From Ebola, which has killed 11,314 people since an epidemic swept West Africa last year, to meningitis and MRSA, here we reveal 10 of the most potent diseases in the world.

Omikenshi Co., based in Osaka, Japan, is turning indigestible cellulose from trees and mixing it with konjac to produce a fiber-rich flour, which the company calls 'cell-eat'.

The roundworm, Ascaris lumbricoides, alters women's immune systems to make it easier for them to become pregnant, a study by the University of California Santa Barbara found.

Psychologists at Kyoto University found people who are more content, satisfied and happy have more grey matter in their precuneus - a part of the brain normally associated with consciousness.

Scientists in Salt Lake City found the painkiller decreases level of 2-hydroxyglutarate, a chemical thought to be involved in the development of colorectal cancer.

NHS trusts in England have racked up a deficit of £1.6 billion in the first six months of the financial year - the worst on record. It is estimated it will reach £2.2 billion by the end of the financial year.

Personal trainer Jordan Cruttenden, 34, from Eastbourne, has been slammed on social media for posting a snap of her 'unrealistic' toned and taut tummy just two weeks after having her third child.

The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved genetically modified salmon, the first such altered animal allowed for human consumption in the United States.

Andrew G. Marshall has spent years working with couples in crisis. He claims couples have a ray of hope and that relationships can bounce back even if husbands sleep with other women.

Jonah Sargent, from Minneapolis, took snaps of people in the US and Germany in sweaty positions, which he hopes to turn into a new book as part of a Kickstarter project.

EdgeGear realized that in order to see your smartwatch while working out, you have to completely shift your position. The company made SHIFT, which holds a watch below the thumb.

The little boy, Shavez Forte from Pittsfield, Massachusetts, was diagnosed with a Stage IV brain tumor last month and his mother was looking for a way to keep him in good spirits.

The word 'stress' can get thrown around as a blanket term to cover any time we don't feel quite right. Here expert, Charlotte Watts reveals the truth about stress and how to cope with everyday life.

Stroke patients are more likely to regain their cognitive functions if they speak more than one language, new research has discovered.

Doctors will strike over three days, providing emergency care only for 24 hours from 8am on December 1, followed by full walkouts from 8am to 5pm on December 8 and 16.

Professor Frank Wang, of Michigan University in the US, has advised women not to believe the hype when they see creams and ointments promising to prevent or reduce pregnancy stretch marks.

Officials today published long-awaited proposals to overhaul NICE and the Cancer Drugs Fund - the two routes by which new cancer drugs are approved for NHS funding.

Hospital failings are contributing to the needless deaths of up to 600 stillborn babies in Britain a year, a damning investigation by experts at the universities of Oxford and Leicester has found.

Data from the Office for National Statistics show that in 2013 the percentage of patients still alive five years after diagnosis had improved for nearly all cancers, compared to 2012.

Roger Garrett, 64, of Highams Park, London, died on July 20 this year. His inquest heard of understaffing, missed opportunities and wrong decisions at Whipps Cross Hospital, London.

Losing weight before conception and only gaining a healthy amount of weight while expecting, 'significantly' reduces the risk of the baby dying in infancy, experts at the University of Pittsburgh found.

Scientists at the University of Georgia found HIV sufferers with high vitamin D levels produced more CD4+T cells, vital immune cells, that help the body fight off infections.

There is no reason to deny yourself a glass this festive season as wine makers are producing 'lower' calorie alternatives for those who want to indulge without piling on the pounds.

Anne Eckersley, 43, from Southport, Merseyside, didn't feel she was terribly overweight, but her blood tests told a different story.

Hospitals - and surgery - can make you ill. However, there are things you can do to minimise the risks.

Based on surveys of 30,000 people over 40 years, researchers from the University Toronto-Mississauga couldn't find a link between having sex more than weekly and higher happiness levels.

The US Defense Advanced Research Project Agency has already tested these implants in individuals suffering from brain injuries to improve their memory.

People can get a skin cancer diagnosis through the app SkinVision. The app uses photos of a person's skin to provide a 'risk rating' and is 83 per cent accurate

April Star, 10, from Miami, Florida, was diagnosed at age six with vitiligo, a condition that causes the loss of skin color in patches. She dreams of being a model and started her own Instagram page.

A study by researchers in California, Texas and Alabama found between 100,000 and 240,000 resorted to using herbs, teas and prescription drugs from Mexico to perform their own abortions.

Nearly 600,000 men received prescriptions for Viagra when it first hit the market in 1998, though women's libido pill Addyi had only counted 227 prescriptions in its first three weeks.

Harley Dabbs, from North Carolina, US, was two years old when a house fire left her body with 85 per cent burns. Now 21, Ms Dabbs has beaten the bullies and learned to accept her scars.

According to a study done by researchers from Cornell University, men eat more food when they dine with their female counterparts, as a way of showing off, than when they are with other men.

Hard of hearing Rachael Reynolds (pictured) paid thousands of pounds to a firm in Dublin called Service Dogs Europe, which claimed to specialise in canine assistance.

The South African court heard that the boy and girl (picture posed by models) were born on the same day in a Johannesburg hospital and due to an unspecified mistake, were sent home with the wrong parents.

Scientists at the University of Melbourne made the surprising discovery that Anatabuse, used to treat alcoholism, plays a key role in 'waking up' latent reservoirs of HIV in the body, paving the way for other drugs to kill the virus.

The CDC report into STDs in 2014 reveals cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis have all risen for the first time since 2006 - with 1.4 million cases of chlamydia - the highest annual cases of any condition ever reported.

Researchers in North Carolina recruited 75 healthy and pain-free people before putting them into groups and testing their pain responses. Mindfulness reduced pain by 44 per cent.

Scientists from the Georgia Institute of Technology took blood samples from women with stage one and two ovarian cancer and a test group of healthy women. They were able to detect 90 per cent of cases

Brussels sprouts that taste like sherbet lemons and cake that isn't fattening? Welcome to the food of the future. The developments will be showcased in the BBC's Tomorrow's Food, later this month.

'At school I got called 'klutz' or 'butter fingers' as I was so clumsy,' writes Victoria Aitken, who suffers from the neurodevelopmental disorder, dyspraxia.

Researchers have discovered that sound can stimulate pupil dilation.
Two universities in Austria conducted a study to analyse the affect music has on a listener's pupil.

Scientists think inflammation caused by an allergic reaction to pollen has a long-lasting harmful effect on the brain.

The activity of white blood cells called monocytes was linked to recovery time, a study by Stanford University found. People with overly active monocytes tended to recover less quickly.

Anxiety both before and after a new baby arrives is just as prevalent as postnatal depression, researchers at Australia National University said, adding it affects one in 10 new fathers.

But as more women delay starting a family to develop a career or get on the property ladder, the average age of first-time mothers has sharply to almost 29 years, up from 23 in the 1960s.

A study by the Queensland University of Technology has revealed women are more likely to opt for a man who is intellectual, shy, calm and methodological to father their children as opposed to an extrovert

Viewers can witness priceless infant courtships and every human emotion in miniature form if they tune into a new compelling series by Channel 4, The Secret Life of 4, 5 and 6 Years Olds.

Just last month, a survey by the University of Leeds found that an astonishing 25 per cent of people get less than five hours' sleep a night.

Anyce Banks, 30, from Windsor, Connecticut, weighed 421lbs when she gave birth to her daughter in 2012 after a surprise pregnancy.

Men with low levels of the 'sunshine' vitamin are 32 per cent more likely to have erectile dysfunction than men with adequate levels, researchers at Johns Hopkins University discovered.

The World Health Organisation survey reveals people across the world are confused about the major threat to public health that antibiotic resistance poses.

Dr Ellie Cannon moved in and observed the Whites, a middle-class family from Surrey, for one week. She was shocked to see a variety of health-related issues they wouldn't have told their doctor.

The 52-year-old presenter apologised to listeners for the strength of his voice after marking his debut on Radio 4's Today programme - but added that he had a 'long time off'.

Scientists at the Mayo Clinic research centre, Minnesota, tested 1,430 men and women, with an average age of 79. They found the worst performers were more likely to suffer memory loss.

The FSA's chief scientific adviser, Professor Guy Poppy, said roast potatoes should be cooked to only 'a light golden colour' and bread should only be prepared to 'the lightest colour acceptable.'

Carlo Cucchi, from Heswall, Merseyside, was born at 24 weeks, weighing less than a bag of sugar at just 1lb 6oz (0.62kg). Doctors said he had just a 20 per cent chance of surviving.

The Care Quality Commission spent it during routine checks of hospitals and care homes. It includes an £80,000 hotel bill racked up by 118 officials inspecting a single NHS trust in Dorset.

Too many antibiotics are being handed out to patients leading to microbe resistance with fears growing that doctors will not be able to tackle deadly infections in the future.

A piercing of the inner ear - known as a daith piercing - may ease the symptoms of migraines as massaging the ear causes feel-good endorphins to be released, pain specialist Dr Thomas Cohn, of Minnesota, said.

Chloe Strudwick, from Ifield, West Sussex, has a squint which leaves her seeing everything as 2D rather than 3D. Doctors believe surgery to remove her eye and shorten the muscles will cure it.

A survey of more than 5,500 women who have had a miscarriage found that 70 per cent felt guilty and 79 per cent felt a failure. Some 67 per cent also said they couldn't talk to their best friend.

Daniel Elton, 18, from Swadlincote, Derbyshire, died of subacute endocarditis, a deadly bacterial heart infection, which had gone undiagnosed for seven months.

Almost 3.5million British adults have diabetes - a 65 per cent increase on 2005. Another half million are thought to suffer from diabetes but have yet to be diagnosed.

Danny Jones, of boyband McFly, is being forced to slow down because of a knee injury, admitting it was initially brought on because he didn't want his wife to beat him in a 5km race.

In the first study of its kind, scientists at Drexel University found a one unit increase in percentage body fat around the middle is linked to a 53 per cent increase in the risk of developing loss-of-control eating within two years.

Research for World Diabetes Day found only one in five people can mention a single symptom of the disease, which affects nine per cent of adults worldwide.

Debbie Vaughan (left), 46, died at her home in Mostyn, Flintshire on Tuesday morning. Her family said she had visited a doctor the day before complaining of a swollen leg.

Victorians were healthier and had stronger immune systems than us, Dr Paul Clayton, of the Institute of Food, Brain and Behaviour, and Dr Judith Rowbotham, of Plymouth University argue.

The Cleveland Clinic is set to begin a trial, offering 10 infertile women the chance to carry their own child after having a womb transplant. So far, four of nine transplants in Sweden have resulted in a live birth.