New research has found women who have more of the amino acid tryptophan in their blood are more likely to sleep better during pregnancy....

Omega-3 supplements have been shown to improve liver function in some patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Research led by...

Southampton research has shown that nitric oxide can greatly improve the effects of antibiotics in tackling the chronic lung infections...

Two million people in the UK are estimated to have undiagnosed COPD, a debilitating lung disease. New research has pinpointed the...

Women who are overweight and conceive by in vitro fertilisation (IVF) are twice as likely to develop gestational diabetes – making losing...

Patients with lung conditions are prone to infections that can be hard to treat with antibiotics. Now researchers have found a drug that...

New research by Professor Robert Read into the development of Salmonella food poisoning has revealed how the bacteria get inside and...

The Medical Research Council (MRC) and National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) have responded to the findings of an important...

Our researchers are pioneering the use of a nose drop containing a type of ‘friendly’ bacteria that could help prevent meningitis and...

Southampton will lead a nationwide trial of a treatment approach that could improve survival from emergency bowel surgery by guiding the...

For centuries the Sherpa peoples of the Himalayas have lived in air so thin in oxygen that lowlanders find every breath difficult – now...

Data scientists have used clinical data to help predict how the incurable neurological condition amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) will...