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

Why do some people never get depressed?

Why do some people never get

‘Swan’ family want genetic answer

Mother tries to raise the profile of a “syndrome without a

When was the real baby boom?

Why 1920 was the biggest year

VIDEO: Mystery illness at US high school

High school students in the small community of Leroy, New York State, have been coming down with strange tics and verbal outbursts, with no obvious

VIDEO: Brains may be ‘wired’ for addiction

Abnormalities in the brain may make some people more likely to become drug addicts, according to scientists at the University of

Europeans hit by deadly cold snap

At least 30 people have died in Ukraine and 10 in Poland after a sudden drop in temperatures across much of central and eastern

SA fears over ‘leaking’ condoms

South Africa’s leading HIV group warns that large numbers of “faulty” condoms handed out during the ANC centenary celebrations remain in circulation despite a

Measures ‘reduced suicide rate’

Measures introduced to lower the suicide rate in England and Wales in the past decade appear to have been successful, according to an

Contraceptive pill recalled in US

Around one million packets of birth control tablets are being recalled in the US as they might not prevent

VIDEO: Art by animals goes on show

A work of abstract expressionism by a chimp and a still life of a flower by an elephant are part of a new exhibition in London of artworks created by

Super-Earth ‘could support life’

Astronomers have found a fourth planet with conditions similar to Earth, which they say could support

‘Big cat’ theory ruled out by DNA

Scientists fail to find any evidence that “big cats” killed two roe deer found dead in

Seagrass age surprises scientists

Meadows of seagrass, a keystone species in marine ecosystems, found in the Mediterranean Sea are likely to be tens of thousands of years old, a study