The study will use a purified form of the natural compound, with the trial also testing if drugs like aspirin and metformin can prevent the disease.

An artist has commemorated Remembrance Day by painting poppies and soldiers on to used tea bags to honour those who “sacrificed their lives so we can live freely today”. Caroline West, 50, from ...

Scottish Football Association chief executive Ian Maxwell has told how he suffered an eyecare emergency that could have cost him the sight in one eye just before the Euros. He almost missed Scotland’s ...

Analysis by Asthma and Lung UK found lung diseases were responsible for one in eight emergency hospital admissions in England last year.

The ‘nextdoor nature’ programme by the Wildlife Trusts has worked with 1,600 communities in the past two years.

Around 30,000 oysters have been released into the estuary since September last year under the Restoration Forth project.

The former Take Me Out host is riding 300 miles on his dream childhood bike to raise money for BBC Children In Need.

The NHS in England has launched a winter campaign calling on people to “give the gift of blood” this Christmas. Donors have been urged to book and stick to their appointments in the lead-up to ...

An artificial intelligence tool being trialled in the NHS picks up relevant medical information while filtering out background chatter.

The meeting kicks off against a backdrop of deadly weather events, extreme conditions and record temperatures in recent ...