UK scientists say pioneering research into cystic fibrosis is being delayed by funding problems caused by the economic downturn.

Regular visits to a health club in the online virtual world Second Life appear to help shed the pounds in real life, say exercise scientists.

Screening all post-menopausal women for ovarian cancer may not reduce deaths from the disease, say researchers.

Oscar-winnng actor Colin Firth is credited as one of four co-authors of an academic research paper into human brains.

Beansprouts grown in Germany are suspected as the likely source of an E. coli outbreak that has left at least 22 people dead, German officials say.