An experimental drug has cured monkeys infected with the strain of the Ebola virus present in West Africa, US-based scientists say.

Physical activity has little role in tackling obesity - and instead public health messages should squarely focus on unhealthy eating, doctors say.

The likelihood of being bitten by mosquitoes could be down to genes that control our body odour, a pilot study in Plos One suggests.

A newborn baby, who lived for less than two hours, became the UK's youngest ever organ donor a year ago, it has been revealed.

For the first time, brain signals relating to the constant ringing noise of tinnitus have been mapped across a wide area inside a patient's brain.