Living with a partner could protect stroke victims from major permanent brain damage, suggests new research. By Richard Alleyne, Science Correspondent Last Updated: 6:02PM GMT 18 Nov 2008   Scientists believe that immediately after a stroke "social support" could lead to a reduction in the...

By Jeremy Laurance, Health Editor Wednesday, 30 July 2008 The first of a new class of treatments for Alzheimer's disease has been shown to be more than twice as effective as existing drugs in slowing progression of the condition, scientists said yesterday. ...

Ian Sample guardian.co.uk, Thursday 1 May 2008 09.31 BST Article history Photograph: Howard Sochurek/Corbis A hormone used in contraceptive pills may help prevent brain damage in people who suffer serious head injuries, researchers claim. Doctors believe injections of...

By Roger Highfield, Science Editor Last Updated: 7:15PM GMT 28 Feb 2008   A breakthrough in understanding motor neuron disease, the incurable degenerative disorder, has been made by scientists. The world's best known scientist, Prof Stephen Hawking, is a sufferer of the devastating...