Engineers from the University of California San Diego have devised a cheap and simple way to check blood pressure using a smartphone. They’ve come up with...
Almhouses have been providing charitable shelter to the elderly in the UK since medieval times. The world’s oldest form of social housing. more than 1,000 years...
It’s long been known that the older you get the more difficult it is to fight off infection. This decline in resistance to infectious diseases with...
Heart failure patients are at increased risk of dying from their condition on polluted days and up to two days afterward, a world-leading scientific conference has...
Every year more than one million people receive a pacemaker. Until now, leadless versions were only available for 20% of these patients. However, thanks to an...
Up to 150,000 patients in England will soon benefit from a new treatment for chronic heart failure – a move that could save the NHS money...
Across the globe, more than 12 million people suffer a stroke every year – that’s one every three seconds. Six-and-a-half million die from a stroke annually...
Scientists in America are joining forces to answer the question of whether intermittent fasting can help slow the ageing process in humans. Research has shown that...
The vibrantly coloured and short-lived African killfish may hold secrets to reversing muscle ageing, say researchers. As we age, our muscles start to waste. Called sarcopenia,...
People who have had the most common type of stroke should have a genetic test to find out whether they can be treated with a drug...
