Egyptian mothers take to the internet

Egyptian mothers take to the internet for help and

Dutch unease over tobacco lobbying

Are Dutch officials too close to the tobacco

VIDEO: Injured soldiers to climb Everest

A group of injured soldiers are training to climb Mount Everest for the charity Walking With The

‘Cycling gave me my freedom back’

‘How cycling helped me fight my brain

VIDEO: UK ‘will do more to fight disease’

The British Government has announced it is to significantly increase funding to fight disease in the most deprived parts of the

VIDEO: ‘£6,000 to replace my burst PIP implants’

Debbie Lewis had her PIP breast implants removed after they ruptured and

VIDEO: Soldier’s mind-control bionic op

A Tyneside soldier travels to Austria for the first stage of a process to fit him with a bionic arm he will be able to control with his

VIDEO: Singing teacher’s speech problems

A singing teacher – who once auditioned for the Spice Girls, is trying to raise awareness of the rare neurological condition that’s paralysed her voice

VIDEO: Contaminated drugs given to 40,000

More than 100 people have died in Lahore after taking contaminated heart medicine, Pakistan officials have

Foetus parties: Womb with a view?

Prof Cathy Warwick, chief executive of the Royal College of Midwives, outlines her fears about the “commercialisation of

‘Take both arms’ blood pressure’

Measuring blood pressure in both arms should be routine, says a University of Exeter study, because it is the difference between the arms that

Testicular zap ‘may stop sperm’

A dose of ultrasound can stop the production of sperm, according to researchers investigating a new form of

Online test to gauge asthma risk

A new online test is being launched that will help people with asthma gauge to what extent they are at risk from a serious

Science decodes ‘internal voices’

Researchers turn brain waves from thoughts of words into actual words, in a breakthrough that could benefit comatose and locked-in

Ulcer drugs ‘link to fractures’

Women who take certain ulcer drugs have a small increased risk of hip fractures in later life, particularly if they smoke, US research

Record ‘legal highs detected’

A record number of potentially dangerous new legal highs were found in Europe last year, say

Weekend hospital admission fears

Research which suggests that patients are more likely to die in hospital if they are admitted at the weekend is backed up by a major

Redknapp lies ‘extremely telling’

Harry Redknapp’s admission of lying to a News of the World reporter is “extremely telling”, a court is

Score draw in TV football case

The Premier League and the importers of foreign satellite TV decoder boxes and cards are both claiming victory after their latest court

Air India asked to pay fuel bill

Air India assures it will pay its dues for jet fuel to three state-owned oil firms by Friday after its fuel supplies are

China miner gets gold price boost

Chinse mining group Zijin says it expects a 20% jump in profits for 2011 boosted by higher gold prices during the

EU approves Iran oil imports ban

EU foreign ministers formally agree to an oil embargo against Iran, as Western powers reinforce their naval presence in the

South Sudan in oil pipeline deal

South Sudan agrees a deal with Kenya to build an pipeline to Lamu, potentially reducing its dependence on its northern neighbour Sudan to export its

IMF warns of Iran oil shock risk

The International Monetary Fund warns of a possible 20-30% spike in oil prices if Iranian exports are

US home prices continue to drop

Single-family home prices in the US dropped by 0.7% in November, amid weaker consumer

Pilkington to close one UK line

Japanese glass manufacturer Nippon Sheet Glass says it will close one of its three UK production lines as it cuts

UK recession looms, says report

The UK will enter recession in the first half of the year as households continue to cut back, says the National Institute of Economic and Social

Hutchison to buy Orange Austria

Hong Kong’s Hutchison 3G agrees to buy Orange Austria in a bid to expand it presence and boost market share in the

BT cuts costs to increase profits

Telecoms group BT reports a sharp rise in profits, thanks largely to a jump in the number of broadband

Uganda signs oil production deal

Oil production is set to start in Uganda after a deal is signed between the government and London-based Tullow oil, which also draws in Chinese and French