MP3 headphones can deactivate pacemakers, study shows

Magnetic interference could pose risk to patients with surgically implanted heart monitoring devices

University lecturer gets £5,000 to study Wii

Research project aims to discover whether console can be used to tackle obesity in schoolchildren

Companies are taking insufficient steps to ensure face creams and other products are safe

Project Masiluleke will send millions of text messages to increase HIV/Aids awareness, testing and treatment, reports Bobbie Johnson

Search giant to fund research aimed at detecting and preventing virulent new diseases

Research suggests that spending time searching the web may stimulate the brain of elderly people more than reading a book

Dan Roberts: The world's first download-to-mobile therapy service promises to soothe your troubled mind

For many people with serious illnesses, blogging offers a way to cope and share their stories. By Joanna Moorhead

Team randomly selects 193 remedies and detects lead, mercury or arsenic in 20.7% products

Fiona Russell: During five years of daily cycling in Glasgow I have become accustomed to 'almost dying' on a regular basis