All news by author: Isobel Williams

Researchers have found that every additional step up to around 10,000 steps per day reduces the risk of death and cardiovascular disease, and you'll only need to do 4,000 steps a day to live longer

Cases of gonorrhoea, lymphogranuloma venereum, chlamydia and and congenital syphilis are all up. They can still lead to serious health complications if left untreated

Researchers found that people whose physical activity levels fall short of recommended guidelines, but who manage to do some during their leisure time, are likely to have a lower risk of strokes

The Metropolitan Police has released bodycam footage of officers kicking down a door to rescue people from a burning building before a 25-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of arson

Dolphins with a calf were seen swimming in the River Thames by a RNLI lifeboat crew returning to their station. Crew members were shocked to see them in the water

The moon has shrunk more than 150 feet in circumference in the last few hundred million years, and due to its brittle surface, faults have formed where sections of crust push and crash against one another

Those with PCOS are known to suffer symptoms such as excess hair growth, acne, infertility and poor metabolic health - but a new study has suggested the condition also affects memory and brain ageing

A recent study of a lake bed in the Jezero crater, on Mars, by NASA's Perseverance, has found that it at one point may been filled with water, with sediments inside possibly providing evidence of earlier life forms

Obese people are 73 per cent more likely to have monoclonal gammopathy (MGUS), a benign blood condition that often precedes multiple myeloma, researchers found

Experts have said that the feeling of desire, which causes us to crave certain people more than others, has a biological signature behind it after a new study on voles

Scientists can now accurately predict which vital organs are likely to fail first with a simple blood test meaning heart failure and Alzheimer’s disease could be treated early

Nearly two centuries later, scientists from the American Geophysical Union think the central and eastern United States may still be experiencing aftershocks from those events

The painting was one of 3,000 pieces stolen from the Arnot Gallery in New York over a 12-year period in the 1950s and 1960s but it was recovered from a dealer in Mawdesley, Lancashire

Victims of long Covid may finally have their sense of smell restored after a study found a potential treatment involving an image-guided minimally invasive procedure that only takes 10 minutes, scientists say