London researchers are trialling a new drug they hope will be the first in the world to restore hearing. The potential breakthrough could transform the lives of millions of people who rely on hearing aids or cochlear implants to overcome deafness.more
In the battle for the title of the healthiest country in the world, Spain beat Italy. According to the Bloomberg Healthiest Country Index, Iceland, Japan and Switzerland were also among the top five.more
Junk food advertising will be banned on the entire Transport for London (TfL) network from 25 February under groundbreaking measures to help tackle child obesity, the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, confirmed.more
The cost of a prescription in England is to rise to £9, the Government has announced. The move will mean an extra 20 pence is added to the current price of £8.80 from April 1.more
Czech authorities said Wednesday they would slap checks on beef imported from Poland after veterinarians found the dangerous Salmonella bacteria in a 700-kilogramme batch of Polish beef.more
Dr Charles Gerba, a germ specialist and professor at the University of Arizona, suggests that soap dispensers could be hiding gross - and potentially dangerous - bacteria inside.more
The NHS is spending £70m placing mobile scanning trucks in supermarket car parks in a bid to cut deaths from lung cancer by encouraging patients to undergo a check-up.more
Police have issued the advice after more than 500 suspected counterfeit items estimated to be worth over £40,000 were seized in a raid on a fake perfume factory in London last month.more
Leavers want autonomy and a sense of control, Remainers want intimacy and closeness - and both are traumatised by a decade of shocks and loss of faith in government.more
Families should ban phones at bedtime and keep them away from the dinner table, according to the first official advice on social media and screen use from the UK's top doctors.more
From Exmoor to Northumberland, the country's poorest people are being denied access to England's most beautiful countryside and missing out on the mental and physical health benefits that can result, research has found.more
Criminal gangs are selling fake Valium online at a fraction of the cost of genuine tablets, leading people to take potentially lethal doses of illicitly-produced drugs, according to a leading addiction treatment service.
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