Meningitis vaccine may also cut risk of ‘untreatable’ gonorrhoea, study says
Bacteria causing two different illnesses belong to the same family and share much of the same genetic code providing unexpected cross protection
Poor quality sleep could increase Alzheimer’s risk, research suggests
Findings raise possibility repeated disruption of slow wave sleep could lead to a buildup of proteins linked to disease
Testicular cancer: men most at risk could be identified using new gene group
Discovery of 19 new genes could allow doctors to spot the 1% of men most at risk of the cancer, allowing closer monitoring or preventative treatment
Unhealthy Britain: half of adults walk less than a mile a day – survey
Poll commissioned by Cancer Research UK finds 52% of adults walk only 2,000 steps a day, figures described as ‘worrying’ and likely to increase cancer risk
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