91av

Health

Discover the latest health news, scientific discoveries and big ideas about the human body and treating diseases, covid-19, diet, fitness, exercise, wellness and how to live a healthy life.

Health

Brain implant could ease the effects of a traumatic injury years later

A device that was implanted into the brains of people with traumatic brain injuries substantially improved their cognitive function a year later, a small study suggests

News

Health

Rare gene variants can change your height by up to 7 centimetres

News

Health

Ultrasound can push vaccines into the body without needles

News
Composer and musician Helen Anahita Wilson records bioelectric signatures of cancer treating plants at Chelsea Physic Gardens
Health

Music created from bioelectric recordings of cancer-treating plants

Video
Two women choosing food in a cafe

Health

Why does weed give you the ‘munchies’? Here’s what the science says

News
woman sleeping with cbd oil

Health

Cannabis probably doesn’t help you sleep better

News

Health

Why some medical conditions are due to evolutionary design flaws

News

Health

A new way to estimate our maximum lifespan could help us extend it

News

Health

Why it’s healthy for older people to be slightly overweight

News

Health

H1N2 swine flu: UK’s first human case recovers after mild illness

A person infected with a pig flu strain has made a full recovery, but officials are investigating where they caught the virus and whether they may have passed it to other people

News

Health

Long covid: What we now know about its causes and possible treatments

Features

Health

Pneumonia in China: Everything we know so far about mystery illness

News

Health

Not sleeping enough before surgery may increase pain during recovery

News

Health

Drone delivers defibrillators for cardiac arrest faster than ambulance

News