Dutch unease over tobacco lobbying

Are Dutch officials too close to the tobacco

‘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

‘Cycling gave me my freedom back’

‘How cycling helped me fight my brain

VIDEO: Injured soldiers to climb Everest

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

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: 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: Contaminated drugs given to 40,000

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sugar tax needed, say US experts

Sugar added to processed foods is as damaging as alcohol and should be regulated, claim US health