A new handheld device could replacing traditional stethoscopes for heart disease screening, say scientists. University of Cambridge researchers have developed an instrument for detecting certain types ...

Weight training helps protect older people from dementia, according to new research. Volunteers with mild cognitive impairment who practiced strength training showed improvements in memory and brain ...

A social media star has helped develop the world's most advanced robotic arm - designed over four years with $2 million in research. Amputee singer and model Tilly Lockey, 19, says she feels like a ...

A vaccine for shingles may lower the risk of dementia, according to new research. A public health policy in Wales may have produced the strongest evidence yet that a jab can reduce the risk of ...

Eating only during the daytime could protect night shift workers from the increased risk of a heart attack or stroke, according to a new study. Food timing could be a bigger risk factor than sleep ...

A schoolgirl left with burns and unable to dress herself after falling into a cooking pot can now put on her school uniform ...

British scientists in the Antarctic are using new technology to track where they go to the toilet - to help keep it clean. The British Antarctic Survey team is using vehicle tracking and colored dials ...

London Zoo’s otter pups have decided it’s warm enough to take their first swims. The Asian short-clawed otter pups, born in January to first-time mother Midge, have spent their first few months tucked ...

This is the heartwarming moment a mother met her baby chimp for the first time just 14 hours after she gave birth via a planned C-section. Mahale, 30, celebrated the birth of her fourth offspring on ...