The "gold standard" for staging Alzheimer’s disease is positron emission tomography (PET) brain scans for amyloid plaques and ...

A girl who suffered severe burns after falling into a cooking pot can now put on her school uniform by herself after ...

Weight training helps protect older people from dementia, according to new research. Volunteers with mild cognitive impairment who practiced strength training showed improvements in memory and brain ...

One in 10 young Americans schedules “worry time,” according to new research. The survey of 2,000 general population Americans ...

People with low levels of "bad" cholesterol are less likely to develop dementia, according to new research. And statins lowered the risk of the debilitating condition even further in people with low ...

British scientists in the Antarctic are using new technology to track where they go to the toilet - to help keep it clean. The British Antarctic Survey team is using vehicle tracking and colored dials ...

A baby owl has been named "Bob the Builder" - after it was hand-reared to avoid noisy building work. The American Barn Owl was born at the Scottish Owl Centre but damage to the sanctuary's buildings ...

A newborn pygmy goat has been named in honor of a charity after a public vote. The goat was born two weeks ago at Pennywell ...

Aqua aerobics sessions really do help people slim down - particularly overweight women, according to new research. Carrying out the popular form of exercise activity for more than 10 weeks can trim ...

A newly discovered plesiosa u r fossil suggests several species of the long-necked marine dinosaur roamed the oceans 180 million years ago. The nearly complete specimen of Plesiopterys wildi from ...

Four in five homeowners see their home as an extension of themselves, according to new research. The survey of 2,000 American homeowners explored respondents’ attachments to their homes, and the ...