By studying the healthy blood cells of a 115-year-old woman, researchers from New York found more than 400 mutations, but discovered her body ‘tolerated’ them.
Hospital admissions for dog bites are three times as high in the most deprived areas of England as in the least, official figures show.
Seven-year-olds are happier when they are allowed some sweets, snacks and television time, rather than none at all, suggests a study of children’s well-being.
Drinking more than three cups of a coffee a day may reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes by a third, a study has suggested, with those who drink more over time also cutting their chances of the disease.
Skin grown in the laboratory can replace animals in drug and cosmetics testing, UK scientists say.
Lung cancer will soon become the biggest cancer killer among women – overtaking breast cancer – because of the number who took up smoking 50 years ago.
Despite his life ebbing away, the teenager yesterday celebrated the realisation of his long-held ambition to raise £1million for the Teenage Cancer Trust.
A Labour MP who exposed the neglect of her dying husband on a hospital ward told of her anger last night after an official report appeared to dismiss her concerns.
At least 1,000 hospital patients in England die each month from avoidable kidney problems, according to a study commissioned by the NHS.
The number of older people in England needing care will “outstrip” the number of family members able to provide it by 2017, a think tank has warned.
