Declining financial skills are detectable in patients in the year before they develop Alzheimer's, according to US researchers.

The anti-cancer properties of carrots are more potent if the vegetable is not cut up before cooking, research shows. Scientists found "boiled before cut" carrots contained 25% more of the anti-cancer compound falcarinol than those chopped up first.

BBC News Women treated for breast cancer are at a higher risk of a relapse if they have "dense" breasts, say researchers. Women with denser breasts had a 21% risk of cancer recurrence. Those with denser breasts are...

BBC News A drug that failed tests as an antidepressant is being hailed as "Viagra for women" after surprising but not unpleasant side effects. The drug works directly on the brain's pleasure zones In three separate...

BBC News Darwinian natural selection could help halt human "mad cow disease", experts say after finding a tribe impervious to a related fatal brain disorder. Kuru attacks the brain tissue The Papua New Guinea tribe...

BBC News There is a clear link between living to 100 and inheriting a hyperactive version of an enzyme that prevents cells from ageing, researchers say. Chromosomes have telomeres at the end of each strand Scientists...

BBC News Scientists have found a way to disarm a protein thought to play a key role in leukaemia and other cancers. A malfunction in the protein causes leukaemia The breakthrough raises hopes of a new type of therapy...