Health
Plant native to one of world’s largest jungles could hold key to combating deadly pancreatic cancer
The vine Ancistrocladus likoko which only grows in the Congo destroys cancer cells - and stops them spreading
New treatments for neurological disorder that blights lives of 6.5 million Brits on horizon
Known as Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS), it triggers the irresistible urge to move around
Pancreatic cancer is killing more Europeans than ever and death rates are rising
Number of deaths has almost doubled in the past three decades killing over 9,000 Britons
Smoking a joint could improve the memory of people with dementia
The chemical that makes people feel 'high' destroys rogue brain proteins behind the devastating illness
Nearly 9 in 10 young people would tell friends & family they are ‘fine’ even if struggling with mental health problem
New research released by the mental health anti-stigma campaign, Time to Change, reveals that when asked, nearly nine in ten (88%) 16-24-year-olds would tell friends and family they are ‘fine’, even if struggling with a mental health problem, such as depression or anxiety. When asked why, responses suggest young people doubt whether those around them really want to hear the honest answer. The top concerns were: I don’t want to burden people (59%) Just because people ask how you are, doesn’t mean...
Mum paralysed in car crash walks again thanks to Iron Man robotics
Emotional footage shows Monique Kelley, 28, taking steps using an exoskeleton as part of a clinical trial
Child Leukemia survivor set to graduate as paediatric nurse
Katy Payne, 20 wanted to give back and help the children who are suffering the same trauma she did as a child
One family’s journey to teacher their deaf daughter to speak & listen
When Susan Rosenthal and her husband James' daughter Aimee’s was diagnosed deaf the family’s journey began to teach her to speak and listen, this is their story... When our baby daughter Aimee failed her newborn hearing screening test and we thought nothing of it. It was only at the follow up appointment six weeks later when we learned that she had a bilateral moderate to severe hearing loss that we felt that our word had crumbled. Since Aimee was such a...
After cancer treatment I was told I could never walk…but look at me now!
Following his bone marrow transplant for Leukaemia Duncan suffered an infection in his spine which resulted in total paralysis from the waist down (something that is unheard of in itself) - his neurologist told him she was unsure if I would ever walk again – however through his treatment of reflexology he got his feeling back and now can walk again, this is his story... At the end of 2012 I noticed I had been getting very tired easily and had bouts of nausea...