Air pollution linked to poor sleep, study finds
Exposure to nitrogen dioxide and airborne particles affects sleep efficiency, says medical professor
‘Exercise pill’ could deliver benefits of fitness in tablet form
Drug could transform lives of those who are unable to exercise because of obesity or serious physical disability, mouse study suggests
Royal Institution’s new director Sarah Harper: we must show gold standard for science
Second woman to be appointed in RI’s 218-year history identifies role, in era of fake news, to supply trusted data across many issues from health to climate change and robotics
How artificial wombs will change our ideas of gender, family and equality
Science has shown what’s possible with lamb foetuses. For humans this could revolutionise birth, solving inequalities and raising new ethical dilemmas
UTI test used by GPs gives wrong results in at least a fifth of cases, study claims
A large proportion of patients seeking help for urinary tract infections are being misdiagnosed – and even told their problem is psychological, say researchers
Cheap, widely available drug could stop thousands of mothers bleeding to death
Tranexamic acid could save the lives of a third of women who die in childbirth from excessive bleeding, which kills 100,000 a year
Q&A: saturated fat, your health and what the experts say
The key points in a debate between cardiology experts over the link between fat, cholesterol and coronary disease
How my potentially fatal allergy was cured – with 70 wasp stings
Four years ago, Gavan Naden nearly died from anaphylactic shock after being stung by wasps. He became fearful of going outside, but a drastic immunotherapy regime has saved him
Colds feel worse to lonely people, study suggests
Loneliness has no impact on symptom severity or likelihood of getting sick, but does appears to be linked to feeling more under the weather, say researchers
Mediterranean diet may reduce risk of form of breast cancer – study
Eating plenty of nuts, fruit and fish may cut risk of getting oestrogen-receptor-negative cancer, Dutch research finds