An analysis of the brains of military personnel exposed to bomb blasts or concussive injuries, combined with experiments simulating the effect of blasts on the brain, suggests how soldiers could be better protected from improvised explosive devices (IEDs).

Scientists at the University of Bristol have shed new light on one of the great unanswered questions of neuroscience: how the brain initiates rhythmic movements like walking, running and swimming.

Babies born when labour is induced around their due date may have better survival rates than those whose birth is not induced.

It is estimated that up to 62 per cent of people aged over 75 have chronic pain, which is sometimes linked to medical problems such as arthritis.

PA 134/12 - Researchers from The University of Nottingham are leading the largest ever international research project into the genetics of the potentially fatal condition pre-eclampsia.

Hospitals in large cities act as breeding grounds for the superbug MRSA prior to it spreading to smaller hospitals.

Why diabetics suffer from increased pain and temperature sensitivity is a step closer to being understood and effectively treated.

Researchers at the University of Leeds have found a previously unknown mechanism through which pain is signalled by nerve cells.