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SA ‘fails pupils on textbooks’

BBC News — Fri, 18 May 2012 01:20:01 +0000

The South African government’s failure to provide textbooks to all state school pupils violates the constitution, the high court rules.(read article…)

African troops in Guinea-Bissau

BBC News — Fri, 18 May 2012 01:20:00 +0000

The first wave of a West African peacekeeping force lands in Guinea-Bissau to try to bring stability after last month’s military coup.(read article…)

Patients ‘skip’ cholesterol drugs

BBC News — Fri, 18 May 2012 01:19:14 +0000

Why some people ignore blood pressure problems(read article…)

How village life can help the elderly

BBC News — Fri, 18 May 2012 01:19:13 +0000

How retirement complexes could help tackle social care crisis(read article…)

VIDEO: Brand urges drug treatment changes

BBC News — Fri, 18 May 2012 01:19:12 +0000

Comedian and actor Russell Brand has told MPs taking drugs should not be seen as a “criminal or judicial matter” but a “health issue”.(read article…)

VIDEO: One in 10 babies born premature

BBC News — Fri, 18 May 2012 01:19:11 +0000

Fifteen million babies, one in 10 births, are born prematurely every year, a global project suggests.(read article…)

VIDEO: Blind man ‘excited’ at eye implant

BBC News — Fri, 18 May 2012 01:19:10 +0000

A British man who has been totally blind for many years has had part of his vision restored after surgery to fit a pioneering eye implant.(read article…)

VIDEO: World health charity targets Greece

BBC News — Fri, 18 May 2012 01:19:09 +0000

Michael Portillo travels to Greece to find out how the Euro crisis has affected attitudes to the monetary union.(read article…)

VIDEO: Tackling the trade in human flesh pills

BBC News — Fri, 18 May 2012 01:19:08 +0000

South Korea has stepped up customs inspections to stop capsules filled with powdered human flesh being smuggled into the country from China.(read article…)

VIDEO: Thoughts used to control robotic arm

BBC News — Fri, 18 May 2012 01:19:08 +0000

Two patients in the United States who are paralysed from the neck down have been able to control a robotic arm using their thoughts.(read article…)

‘Care gaps and funding gaps’

BBC News — Fri, 18 May 2012 01:19:07 +0000

We need to find ways of not just meeting the basic needs of the elderly, but also improving wellbeing, reducing loneliness, and restoring some pleasure to their life(read article…)

Light-powered bionic eye invented

BBC News — Fri, 18 May 2012 01:19:06 +0000

A retinal implant – or bionic eye – which is powered by light has been invented by scientists at Stanford University in California.(read article…)

Cannabis laws ‘need changing’

BBC News — Fri, 18 May 2012 01:19:05 +0000

Growing small amounts of cannabis should be treated like a speeding ticket with a fine and no criminal record, according to a drugs charity.(read article…)

Old films to aid memory recovery

BBC News — Fri, 18 May 2012 01:19:04 +0000

Old home movies are being used to help trigger the forgotten past of people with dementia and other memory loss.(read article…)

Robotic arm controlled by thought

BBC News — Fri, 18 May 2012 01:19:03 +0000

Two patients who are paralysed from the neck down are able to control a robotic arm using their thoughts.(read article…)

Oldest living kidney donor at 83

BBC News — Fri, 18 May 2012 01:19:02 +0000

An 83-year-old man becomes the oldest person in the UK to donate a kidney while still alive, the NHS Blood and Transplant service says.(read article…)

Statins ‘benefit healthy people’

BBC News — Fri, 18 May 2012 01:19:01 +0000

Thousands of heart attacks and strokes could be prevented if the cholesterol-lowering drugs, statins, were more widely prescribed, research suggests.(read article…)

Zimmerman found with bloody nose

BBC News — Thu, 17 May 2012 22:11:35 +0000

A Florida neighbourhood watch volunteer who shot an unarmed black teenager had a bloody nose and a cut on his head, according to police reports.(read article…)

Facebook’s first female engineer

BBC News — Thu, 17 May 2012 22:06:55 +0000

The social networking giant’s first female engineer(read article…)

US puts tariffs on Chinese panels

BBC News — Thu, 17 May 2012 21:52:53 +0000

The US says it will impose import tariffs of about 30% on Chinese solar companies, saying China is flooding it with subsidised products.(read article…)