Older adults who get a hearing aid for a newly diagnosed hearing loss have a lower risk of being diagnosed with dementia, depression or anxiety in the following three years, and a lower risk of suffering fall-related injuries, than those who leave their hearing loss uncorrected, a new study finds.

People allergic to peanuts may have a new way to protect themselves from severe allergic reactions to accidental peanut exposure. 

Researchers have developed a new model to optimize radiation therapy and significantly increase the number of tumour cells killed during treatment.

‘Humanizing’ produce encourages consumers to overlook a few flaws.

MIT engineers have developed a magnetically steerable, thread-like robot that can actively glide through narrow, winding pathways, such as the labrynthine vasculature of the brain.

Researchers in Japan have found that the structure of Parkinson’s disease-associated protein aggregates can tell us, for the first time, about their movement through the brain.

Health warnings printed on individual cigarettes could play a key role in reducing smoking, according to new research from the University of Stirling.

A simple viral infection in the lungs of rats can become a lethal form of pulmonary hypertension if a common mutation is present, new Stanford research shows.

Researchers have developed a technology that can remove nitrate from water selectively, preserving beneficial minerals and dramatically reducing the cost of treatment compared with other purification methods.

Air pollution — especially ozone air pollution which is increasing with climate change — accelerates the progression of emphysema of the lung.