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A very dangerous hare was set running last year when it was suggested Alzheimer’s could be “caught” from blood ­transfusions. It can’t, but the alarm was sounded when researchers at University College London warned that some patients who had contracted CJD (Creutzfeldt-Jakob … Read More

For several years doctors have been concerned about the side effects of CT scans which use a much higher dose of radiation than your common or garden X-ray. The pay-off is CT scans give much finer results of what’s going … Read More

Aspirin is a very simple substance. Its chemical structure is so tiny that, compared to molecular monsters like proteins and carbohydrates, it can cross the “blood-brain barrier” – an obstacle that has so far stopped cancer drugs reaching and attacking … Read More