Girl, five, undergoes pioneering surgery to let her walk after her family raise £42,000 for an operation in the U.S.
Lily Ketteringham has cerebral palsy which meant she was unable to walk without a frame.
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Deadly risk of pill used by 1m women: Every GP in Britain told to warn about threat from popular contraceptive
All GPs have been ordered to warn patients that taking some of the bestselling brands of birth control tablets – including Yasmin, Femodene and Marvelon – means they are nearly twice as likely to suffer blood clots compared to those who use older varieties.
Health watchdog: My prescription for healing the NHS is radical change
I have worked in the NHS for 12 years. I love it I am often overwhelmed by the kindness, care and skills of its staff and yet am too often shocked by some of the behaviour I see.
Could a cure for AIDS lie in GERANIUMS? Plant extract prevents virus invading human cells
Geranium plants could hold the key to a new generation of HIV treatments, research suggests.
Got a good work-life balance? HALF of employees say they haven’t – and 40% admit they’re ‘unhappy’
Juggling a successful career, demanding children and a social life can be a struggle.
The GM monkeys that could hold the cure to DEMENTIA: Twin macaques are first created using ‘cut and paste’ gene-slicing technique
Two Chinese monkeys, named Ningning and Mingming, have become the first genetically-modified primates to be born using a powerful cut and paste DNA technique.
Vodka blamed for high death rates in Russia
The high number of early deaths in Russia is mainly due to people drinking too much alcohol, particularly vodka, research suggests.
Catching the mother of all bed bugs
The ability of bed bugs to return so quickly after human attempts to get rid of them has been explained by University of Sheffield researchers.
Cells from eyes of dead ‘may give sight to blind’
Cells taken from the donated eyes of dead people may be able to give sight to the blind, researchers suggest.
TV doctor behind the 5:2 diet swallows a TAPEWORM in bid to lose weight for new documentary (but gains 2lbs)
He is the man behind the popular 5:2 diet. But despite championing the phenomenon known as The Fast Diet, Dr Michael Mosley has decided to try out another, historical way to shed the pounds – worms.