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Dutch unease over tobacco lobbying

BBC News — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:25:30 +0000

Are Dutch officials too close to the tobacco industry?(read article…)

‘Swan’ family want genetic answer

BBC News — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:25:29 +0000

Mother tries to raise the profile of a “syndrome without a name”(read article…)

When was the real baby boom?

BBC News — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:25:27 +0000

Why 1920 was the biggest year for(read article…)

‘Cycling gave me my freedom back’

BBC News — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:25:26 +0000

‘How cycling helped me fight my brain tumours’(read article…)

VIDEO: Injured soldiers to climb Everest

BBC News — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:25:25 +0000

A group of injured soldiers are training to climb Mount Everest for the charity Walking With The Wounded(read article…)

VIDEO: UK ‘will do more to fight disease’

BBC News — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:25:24 +0000

The British Government has announced it is to significantly increase funding to fight disease in the most deprived parts of the world.(read article…)

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

BBC News — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:25:22 +0000

Debbie Lewis had her PIP breast implants removed after they ruptured and leaked(read article…)

VIDEO: Soldier’s mind-control bionic op

BBC News — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:25:20 +0000

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 mind.(read article…)

VIDEO: Mystery illness at US high school

BBC News — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:25:19 +0000

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 cause.(read article…)

VIDEO: Contaminated drugs given to 40,000

BBC News — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:25:18 +0000

More than 100 people have died in Lahore after taking contaminated heart medicine, Pakistan officials have said.(read article…)

VIDEO: Singing teacher’s speech problems

BBC News — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:25:16 +0000

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 box.(read article…)

Foetus parties: Womb with a view?

BBC News — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:25:15 +0000

Prof Cathy Warwick, chief executive of the Royal College of Midwives, outlines her fears about the “commercialisation of childbirth”(read article…)

‘Take both arms’ blood pressure’

BBC News — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:25:13 +0000

Measuring blood pressure in both arms should be routine, says a University of Exeter study, because it is the difference between the arms that counts.(read article…)

Testicular zap ‘may stop sperm’

BBC News — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:25:12 +0000

A dose of ultrasound can stop the production of sperm, according to researchers investigating a new form of contraception.(read article…)

Science decodes ‘internal voices’

BBC News — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:25:11 +0000

Researchers turn brain waves from thoughts of words into actual words, in a breakthrough that could benefit comatose and locked-in patients.(read article…)

Online test to gauge asthma risk

BBC News — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:25:10 +0000

A new online test is being launched that will help people with asthma gauge to what extent they are at risk from a serious attack.(read article…)

Ulcer drugs ‘link to fractures’

BBC News — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:25:09 +0000

Women who take certain ulcer drugs have a small increased risk of hip fractures in later life, particularly if they smoke, US research suggests.(read article…)

Measures ‘reduced suicide rate’

BBC News — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:25:08 +0000

Measures introduced to lower the suicide rate in England and Wales in the past decade appear to have been successful, according to an analysis.(read article…)

Contraceptive pill recalled in US

BBC News — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:25:07 +0000

Around one million packets of birth control tablets are being recalled in the US as they might not prevent pregnancy.(read article…)

Sugar tax needed, say US experts

BBC News — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:25:05 +0000

Sugar added to processed foods is as damaging as alcohol and should be regulated, claim US health experts.(read article…)