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VIDEO: Brains may be ‘wired’ for addiction

BBC News — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:54:22 +0000

Abnormalities in the brain may make some people more likely to become drug addicts, according to scientists at the University of Cambridge.(read article…)

Record ‘legal highs detected’

BBC News — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:54:21 +0000

A record number of potentially dangerous new legal highs were found in Europe last year, say doctors.(read article…)

Euro MPs reject new food labels

BBC News — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:54:21 +0000

Euro MPs block changes to food labels that would have allowed claims such as “now contains 15% less sugar”.(read article…)

Legionella Britons die in Spain

BBC News — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:54:20 +0000

Three British men die and three more people remain in hospital after contracting Legionnaires’ disease while on holiday in Spain, a tour company says.(read article…)

VIDEO: Art by animals goes on show

BBC News — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:06:30 +0000

A work of abstract expressionism by a chimp and a still life of a flower by an elephant are part of a new exhibition in London of artworks created by animals.(read article…)

Super-Earth ‘could support life’

BBC News — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:51:09 +0000

Astronomers have found a fourth planet with conditions similar to Earth, which they say could support life.(read article…)

Seagrass age surprises scientists

BBC News — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:31:11 +0000

Meadows of seagrass, a keystone species in marine ecosystems, found in the Mediterranean Sea are likely to be tens of thousands of years old, a study shows.(read article…)

More Galileo satellites ordered

BBC News — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:03:01 +0000

The German-UK consortium building the operational spacecraft for Europe’s Galileo sat-nav system wins a contract to provide an additional eight units.(read article…)

‘I used to cry with pain at work’

BBC News — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:14:17 +0000

‘The operation that saved me from enduring pain’(read article…)

Why do some people never get depressed?

BBC News — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:14:16 +0000

Why do some people never get depressed?(read article…)

‘Swan’ family want genetic answer

BBC News — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:14:15 +0000

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

VIDEO: Injured soldiers to climb Everest

BBC News — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:14:14 +0000

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

VIDEO: Stem cell hope for eye treatment

BBC News — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:14:14 +0000

The first results of a trial involving human embryonic stem cells have been published in a medical journal.(read article…)

VIDEO: UK ‘will do more to fight disease’

BBC News — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:14:13 +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 — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:14:12 +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 — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:14:11 +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 — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:14:10 +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: Singing teacher’s speech problems

BBC News — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:14:09 +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…)

VIDEO: Contaminated drugs given to 40,000

BBC News — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:14:09 +0000

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

Foetus parties: Womb with a view?

BBC News — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:14:08 +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 — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:14:07 +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 — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:14:06 +0000

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

Plan to tackle tropical diseases

BBC News — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:14:05 +0000

Politicians, health experts and drug companies have agreed a plan to combat 10 neglected tropical diseases over the next decade.(read article…)

Bacterial disguise evades vaccine

BBC News — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:14:05 +0000

Some bacteria can evade efforts to vaccinate against them by shifting their disguises, researchers have found.(read article…)

SA fears over ‘leaking’ condoms

BBC News — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:14:04 +0000

South Africa’s leading HIV group warns that large numbers of “faulty” condoms handed out during the ANC centenary celebrations remain in circulation despite a recall.(read article…)

Europeans hit by deadly cold snap

BBC News — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:14:03 +0000

At least 30 people have died in Ukraine and 10 in Poland after a sudden drop in temperatures across much of central and eastern Europe.(read article…)

Online test to gauge asthma risk

BBC News — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:14:02 +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 — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:14:01 +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…)

Humble moss ‘brought on ice ages’

BBC News — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:52:50 +0000

Research shows that primitive moss-like plants could have helped cool the Earth 470 million years ago, bringing on mini ice ages.(read article…)

Spider web’s strength explained

BBC News — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:01:53 +0000

Explaining the remarkable strength of spiders’ webs(read article…)