Doctors usually diagnose dementia only after memory and thinking problems become noticeable. By that stage, damage to the ...

Colorectal cancer is becoming increasingly common in adults under the age of 50, making it more important than ever to ...

Preventing liver cancer begins long before cancer develops. Researchers have discovered that most liver cancers arise after ...

Why does one person lose weight on a low-carbohydrate diet without any problems while another develops much higher ...

Many people choose sugar substitutes to cut calories, manage diabetes, or lose weight. One of the most common is erythritol, ...

Most people know that the kidneys clean the blood, but far fewer realise they also help protect the brain. Growing research shows that chronic kidney disease can damage memory, thinking and ...

Many people think of migraine as simply a painful headache, but it is actually a complex neurological condition. Around one in three people with migraine experience an aura before the headache begins.

Scientists at Idaho National Laboratory (INL) have developed a simple but important new tool that could make it much safer ...

Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI; Image Processing: Joseph DePasquale (STScI), Naomi Rowe-Gurney (NASA-GSFC). Neptune’s small inner moons may actually be the broken remains of a much older family of icy ...

Lithium-ion batteries have powered our phones, laptops and electric vehicles for more than 30 years. They have changed the ...

People trying to quit smoking, reduce alcohol use or overcome drug addiction often face intense cravings that make recovery difficult. A new review suggests that something as simple as controlled ...

Type 2 diabetes often develops quietly over many years. Many people have no obvious symptoms until serious damage has already ...