Napping after learning something new could help you commit it to memory – as long as you dream, scientists say. They found people who dream about a new task perform it better on waking than those who do not sleep or do not dream. Volunteers were asked to learn the layout of a 3D...

X-rays fail to spot up to nearly a third of fractures in the bones of the hip and pelvis, research suggests. US doctors from Duke University warn that relying on standard X-rays alone to give a clean bill of health could lead to wrong diagnoses and law suits. When they re-checked the X-ray...

Patients with minor health problems should go to their local pharmacist rather than their GP, according to the body representing pharmacies in Wales. Community Pharmacy Wales says the NHS could save at least £30m a year, if patients with common ailments were treated by pharmacists and...

Greater use of hypnotherapy to ease the symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome would help sufferers and might save money, says a gastroenterologist. Dr Roland Valori, editor of Frontline Gastroenterology, said of the first 100 of his patients treated, symptoms improved significantly for nine in...

Scientists say they have been able to tell which past event a person is recalling using a brain scan. The University College London researchers showed people film clips and were able to predict which ones they were subsequently thinking about. The research, published in Current Biology,...