Kidney transplant: Surgeons carry out first European keyhole kidney transplant
Surgeons at the Royal Liverpool Hospital have carried out a kidney transplant using keyhole surgery.
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New York’s JFK airport starts Ebola checks
New York’s JFK airport has started screening to try to stem the Ebola outbreak that has killed more than 4,000 people.
Public sector strike: Army to drive London ambulances
Military personnel and police vans are being drafted in to help ambulance services affected by a public service workers strike on Monday.
‘Giant leap’ to type 1 diabetes cure
The hunt for a cure for type 1 diabetes has recently taken a “tremendous step forward”, scientists have said.
Figures for NHS staff stress-related illnesses suggest improvements are ‘going into reverse’
In a sign of the growing pressure on the health service, as reported in The Independents week-long investigation, the proportion of NHS staff reporting stress-related illness is now 38 per cent, up by one tenth since 2008.
How grapefruit really can help us lose weight: Drinking fruit’s juice when eating fatty food can help reduce weight put on by a fifth
Dieters have long sworn that grapefruit helps them lose weight. Now, scientists are beginning to believe them.
First hint of ‘life after death’ in biggest ever scientific study
Southampton University scientists have found evidence that awareness can continue for at least several minutes after clinical death which was previously thought impossible.
New guidance for treatment of MS
The tens of thousands of people living with multiple sclerosis (MS) should have their condition and treatments reviewed more regularly, according to new guidelines.
Blind man regains his sight
A doctor carries out a cataract operation to restore the sight of a blind man in Malawi who has been visually impaired for 12 years – and completely blind for two
Standard of care in England’s homes ‘not good enough’
Too much “awful care” is happening in care homes in England, the chief inspector of adult social care at the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has told the BBC.