Just one night of bad sleep may lead to more of a protein linked to Alzheimer’s disease building up in the brain.

People with Alzheimer’s disease tend to have sticky clumps of beta-amyloid protein in their brains, although the roll these plaques play in the condition is unclear. It’s possible this protein helps cause the condition, or instead that the protein forms plaques in the brain in response to the disease.

The unique eating habits of slim people - 6 great tips for losing weight and staying slim.

OFTEN we curse those seemingly natural slim individuals who appear to be able to eat anything they like without ever gaining an ounce of weight. Appearances can be deceiving though, and when you look closer, there can be some marked differences in the way slim people consume their food that play a big part in their ability to maintain their trim physiques.

So what can we learn from them? 

1. THEY ARE FUSSY WITH THEIR FOOD CHOICES

New research suggests people on proton pump inhibitors are more likely to die than those taking different antacid or none at all.

Millions of people taking common heartburn and indigestion medications could be at an increased risk of death, research suggests.

The drugs, known as proton pump inhibitors (PPIs), reduce acid production by the stomach lining and are very widely prescribed, with low doses also available without prescription from pharmacies. In the UK, doctors issue more than 50m prescriptions for PPIs every year.

March. 05, 2017 -- Schools from Rhode Island to California have closed down for days this winter after students and teachers became ill with what is believed to be norovirus, public health officials say.

Norovirus, incorrectly called the "stomach flu," is a short-term illness that's different from the flu. It strikes about 20 million people a year in the U.S., most commonly in the winter, and causes a few days of misery, with diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain.