Dementia is now commonly viewed as a disease that has many contributing factors. These involve complex cascades of physiological processes that we do not yet fully understand.

There's very little written about migraine physiology, or what a migraine looks like.

We have limited understanding of the pathophysiology behind most neurodegenerative disorders. Given our lack of knowledge it is therefore difficult to identify what the precise targets should be for any therapeutic interventions.

Participants who drank 2–3 cups of tea and 2–3 cups of coffee per day were 32% less likely to have a stroke and 28% less likely to develop dementia when compared with participants who did not drink tea or coffee.

A new study demonstrates that those of us who eat an ‘anti-inflammatory diet’ have a lower risk of developing dementia later in life.

Coronary heart disease is the UK's leading cause of death, and men are twice as likely to suffer from a heart attack.

Men are 3-4 times more likely to develop bladder cancer. The biggest risk factor is smoking, which increases your risk for bladder cancer by 3 times.

One of the greatest scientific achievements at the beginning of the 21st century was the development of the cervical cancer vaccine.

The global mortality rate for seasonal flu typically is usually between 290,000–650,000 people a year. However, for 2020 and 2021, it has practically vanished from the face of the earth.

How are temperature and touch converted into electrical impulses in our nervous system? This question has finally been answered by David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian, who have just been awarded Nobel Prize in Physiology this year.

Llamas, alpacas, camels and sharks have unusually small antibodies. How can this help us in our fight against COVID?

New research suggests that it may be possible to manipulate our gut biomes to produce special bile acids that help ward off illnesses and allow people to live longer.

The benefits of stretching before exercising have been hotly debated for some time. Evidence is at best contradictory.

Like all mammals humans have internal joints. This arrangement allows the joints to be within joint capsules which are then bathed in synovial fluid (which is our lubricant).

In the scientific community the Tsimane (a small population from Bolivia) have status because they have the healthiest cardiovascular systems of any recorded population, which in turn increases their brains’ resilience to ageing and atrophy.

A study from the University of Southampton suggests that drinking coffee offers protection against liver cancer and chronic liver disease.

Researchers from the World Mosquito Program (WMP) have reported dramatic reductions in rates of dengue infection using a bacteria that naturally inhabits many insects called Wolbachia pipientis.

Latest research is now beginning to unravel much more about the influence of exercise and how it determines our physiology and even our mood and thought processes.

Researchers have used optogenetics to control light-sensitive neurons in the human eye by adding a gene for a light-sensitive protein called an opsin from algae.

As a specific condition diabetes generates medical costs that are two to five times more than those of a person without diabetes.