The condom that changes colour when it comes into contact with STIs
A group of schoolchildren from Essex have invented a condom that detects sexually transmitted infections such as chlamydia and syphilis.
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Rules for driving with dementia are out of date, say doctors
The rules around driving with a dementia diagnosis should be reviewed, doctors are to warn, amid concerns the current system has failed to keep up with the rising number of elderly drivers.
Migrant laws ‘will see 7,000 nurses deported by 2020’
The NHS will lose almost 7,000 nurses over the next five years because Government rules will force them to be deported, a report warns today.
Meningitis B vaccine offered to all babies from September
All newborn babies in England and Scotland are to be offered a vaccine to combat meningitis B from September, the government has announced.
A new male pill is being developed that could change the contraception game for good
Vasalgel is a non-hormonal form of male contraceptive which is currently being developed and should soon be approved for sale by the Food and Drug Administration panel in the US, paving the way for worldwide sale.
NHS spends huge sums on foreign nurses, yet two thirds of local applicants are rejected
The NHS is spending ludicrous sums poaching foreign nurses while rejecting two thirds of British applicants for training, the head of the nursing union has warned.
More student nurses begin ward duties at local hospitals
An extra 45 student nurses have started work at East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trusts hospitals and community health facilities as part of the organisations long term nurse recruitment programme.
Can fasting help you lose weight and live for longer?
Fasting is in fashion. The 5:2 diet is now so mainstream that several restaurants offer special 500-calorie, three-course menus making it easier for those on the plan to eat out, and everyone from Benedict Cumberbatch to Miranda Kerr has used it to keep in shape.
New anti-malaria drug developed at Dundee University
Researchers at Dundee University have discovered a new compound which could treat malaria while protecting people from the disease and preventing its spread, all in a single dose.
NHS complaints report tells of children barred from seeing dying mother
A dying womans children had to listen to their mothers final hours from behind the curtain of her hospital cubicle without staff explaining what was happening, while she suffered several cardiac arrests.