Parasitic worms and allergies have a ‘devastating’ impact on the lives of billions around the globe – but now the University of Manchester is taking steps to tackle our currently ‘limited’ understanding of these conditions and how to treat them.

An interactive smartphone game developed in Manchester to help children with asthma ‘breathe easier’ could save lives, according to specialists.

Drying your wet washing indoors during winter can pose a serious health threat, according to a new study by Manchester doctors.

A family doctor has been suspended from practicing after a tribunal heard that he told a suicidal patient to “jolly well” kill herself during a row at his surgery.

Children who are exposed to antibiotics before the age of one are more than twice as likely to develop asthma claims new research from the University of Manchester.