Scientists develop PURPLE tomatoes to create 2,000 litres of modified fruit juice set to reap multiple health benefits
The tomatoes, which are genetically modified, have been developed by UK scientists but grown in Canada, where restrictions on GM products are looser.
Patients should be pushier with GPs, says watchdog chairman
Prof David Haslam, chairman of the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) told the Daily Telegraph people should see themselves as equal partners with their doctors.
Woman ‘to become first in the world to give birth to a baby from a transplanted womb’
The unnamed woman, who was born without a womb, was one of nine to receive a womb transplant in Sweden between September 2012 and April last year.
Hundreds of children ‘detained in police cells’
Hundreds of children in England and Wales have been held under the Mental Health Act and locked in police cells because officers did not have anywhere else to take them, the BBC has learned.
Ban on sale of ‘harmful’ e-cigarettes to children
Ministers will launch a crackdown on under-age smoking this week by banning the sale of e-cigs to those under 18 and making it illegal for adults to buy cigarettes for children.
The AAA pacemaker: It’s the size of a small battery and takes just seven minutes
The first six British patients have been implanted with a wireless pacemaker smaller than an AAA battery that is set to revolutionise the treatment of heart disease.
Baby who was ‘grey, grizzly and not feeding’ died at home just hours after doctors said he ‘had wind’ and sent him home
A bereft mother has been forced to relive the harrowing moment she tried to revive her dying newborn baby hours after medics sent him home saying he had wind, an inquest heard today
End of the diabetes jab? New insulin implant controls blood glucose levels without injections
Insulin injections for diabetics could soon be a thing of the past thanks to the creation of a revolutionary new implant.
The secret to a long and happy marriage? The amount of ‘cuddle’ hormone you have in your brain
Some credit the fact that they have always been best friends, others that they give each other plenty of space.
‘I thought I’d die two days before my wedding’: Anorexic who lost 4st in five months recovers after partner and daughter give her strength to turn life around
A young mother whose struggle with anorexia caused doctors to fear she would die just two days before her wedding says her recovery should give hope to young people suffering with the condition.