Merely putting sugar into your mouth boosts muscle strength for three minutes, New Zealand research has shown.

A new vaccine therapy, derived from rabbit calicivirus disease (RCD), could offer hope for colorectal cancer sufferers, researchers say.

Young children should not watch any TV because it sets them up for obesity and poor academic performance at school, say experts.

Researchers want to hear from serial sex cheats and others with trouser-trouble, to deepen their understanding of what they call "hypersexuality".

The Morells' son on was the result of a mix-up at a fertility clinic in which another woman was implanted the couple's embryo.

An apparently healthy man has become the first person in the world to be prescribed a medicine based on an analysis of his genome.

Results from the pig-cell trial so far indicate improved control of blood-sugar levels and reduced need for insulin injections.

Medical researchers have begun to elucidate the complex role of genes in human health.

As negotiators are stalled in a deal to unite Cyprus, forensic experts are helping to bury the ghosts of a bloody conflict.

IVF clinics are using a radical male infertility treatment too often despite the long-term risks to the babies conceived, one of the technique's pioneers says.

The findings of a study released in Britain this week promise to send alarm bells ringing in the heads of parents everywhere, writes Dita De Boni.

Researchers at Columbia University found happier people were less likely to develop serious heart problems.

Egypt's most famous pharaoh, King Tutankhamun, was a frail boy who suffered from a cleft palate and club foot.

Eat your five-a-day, take exercise, avoid alcohol, sugar, stress... Obsessing about our well-being is dominating our lives - and it's bad for us.

The first, almost complete genome of an ancient human has revealed traits of a man living 4000 years ago.