Declining financial skills are detectable in patients in the year before they develop Alzheimer's, according to US researchers.

The anti-cancer properties of carrots are more potent if the vegetable is not cut up before cooking, research shows. Scientists found "boiled before cut" carrots contained 25% more of the anti-cancer compound falcarinol than those chopped up first.

BBC NEWS A "double-headed" antibiotic could lead to powerful new drugs to beat resistance, say UK researchers. Antibiotic resistance is an increasing problem It sticks to bacteria in two places making it more potent and...

BBC News Men carry the seeds of their own destruction in the genes present in their sperm, research suggests. Some genes are only passed down by the sperm Scientists working on mice have highlighted a specific gene...

BBC News The World Health Organization is changing its advice on HIV drugs, asking that they be given sooner and to breastfeeding mothers with the virus. If adopted, the recommendations will mean more people taking the drugs...

BBC News A gene known to shield the body from harmful chemicals may also protect against bowel cancer, a study suggests. Bowel cancer is a common form of the disease Dundee scientists found that removing a single gene from mice...

BBC News Laboratory tests suggest morphine could in fact encourage the spread of cancer, for which it is routinely prescribed to relieve pain from surgery and tumours. Morphine is routinely used to relieve pain during and...