Plastic heart gives dad new life
Plastic heart gives dad new life
A father dying from heart failure is given the UK’s first totally artificial heart that allows him to leave hospital and await a transplant at home.
Internet Explorer users have lower IQ says study
Internet Explorer users have lower IQ says study
The study gave web surfers an IQ test, then plotted their scores against the browser they used.
IE surfers were found to have an average IQ lower than people using Chrome, Firefox and Safari. Users of Camino and Opera rated highest.
Warning over nasal tanning spray
Warning over nasal tanning spray
A government agency is warning people not to use a new tanning product that is being sold in the UK because it has not been tested yet.
Music therapy may help depression
Music therapy may help depression
Music therapy can be used to treat people with depression, alongside other methods, according to researchers in Finland.
Elizabeth Aston
Anyone who goes through life trusting people without making sure they are worthy of trust is a fool. Yet there are people who may be trusted, men as well as women. There are as many difference in their natures as there are flowers in these meadows.
Drivers get organ donor ‘nudge’
Drivers get organ donor ‘nudge’
Drivers will have to state whether they want to be an organ donor when they apply for a new or replacement licence.
Hospital student nurses withdrawn
Hospital student nurses withdrawn
About 100 student nurses are removed from a Lincolnshire hospital because of “serious concerns” expressed by the Nursing and Midwifery Council.
Eric Hoffer
NHS trusts abuse system – Lansley
NHS trusts abuse system – Lansley
NHS managers are abusing the system by making patients wait longer for treatment, the health secretary says.