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Is it early Alzheimer's or mild cognitive impairment? Doctors left baffled by new guidelines
Doctors are struggling to diagnose whether patients have dementia or not under a revised definition of the condition 'mild cognitive impairment', a report from Washington University has warned.
Mother who needed face 'rebuilt' with 20 ops after test riding horse sues owners
Kara Goldsmith, who lives in Hallgarth, County Durham, had her case against the horse’s keeper, businessman Bradley Patchcott, rejected last year by a County Court judge.
Saif Mehmood: Baby born so small that midwives put him in sandwich bag to keep him warm
Just after giving birth, Saif Mehmood's mother Sadia was told her son – born at Heartlands Hospital, Birmingham – had only a 50/50 chance of survival.
Heroin vaccine addiction 'is just five years away'
Heroin addicts, as portrayed by Ewan MacGreggor in Trainspotting, could benefit from a vaccine created by the National Institute of Psychiatry in Mexico against the drug.
British scientists appeal for brain donors to help battle against dementia
Newcastle University has just recruited its 200th donor Roy and Susan Mellor, pictured, for its brain bank. The brains are used for research into dementia.
Byron the dog makes the bed, fetches milk and gets money out of cash machine for disabled owner
Golden labrador Byron performs dozens of tasks for Kate Cross from Hinckley, Leicestershire, who suffers from a rare condition that causes weak joints.
Don't spank your child when they're naughty: Physical punishment 'makes them more aggressive later in life'
Children who are spanked or slapped when they misbehave are more likely to display anti-social behaviour later, scientists from the Univeristy of Manitoba claim.
Girl, 13, given contraceptive implant at school in attempt to combat teenager pregnancies
The initiative in Southampton to combat teenage pregnancies was criticised by one mother who said it was morally wrong that her daughter had been given the implant between lessons.
Morvern McDonald physio had a football-sized tumour
Morvern McDonald, 24, from Paisley, Scotland, was baffled when her waistline continued to grow despite a vigorous diet and exercise regime.
Father delivered first baby (with help of 999 operator) after midwife got trapped in snow
Sarah Alder and Steve Watson spent months planning for a home birth in Basildon. But what they hadn't planned for was four inches of snowfall just as she went into labour.
Why are we so soft on dodgy doctors? There are thousands of complaints about them in a single year - yet just ELEVEN are struck off
Doreen Williams was treated appallingly in hospital where she died after seven days. When her daughter tried to complain to the General Medical Council, she got nowhere.
Giving babies finger food can stop them growing up fat
Infants given finger foods during weaning gain less weight than those who are spoon-fed purees by parents, a study shows.
Freezing weather causes outbreak of potentially fatal winter vomiting bug
Health experts are worried that outbreaks of noruvirus, which causes violent sickness and diarrohea, could affect many more people if the icy conditions persist.
Parents who frequently move house 'put children's health at risk'
Children who had moved three times or more were twice as likely to have used illegal drugs according to scientists from the Social and Public Health Sciences Unit in Glasgow.
DVT dangers: Why you should avoid the window seat on the plane (even in First Class)
Sitting by the window discourages passengers from walking around and stretching their calf muscles, compared with the aisle, according to the American College of Chest Physicians.
Aspirin 'not to blame' for stomach bleeding - that's due to a bug, say scientists
It opens up the possibility that otherwise healthy people might be able to take the drug safely for its cancer-preventing benefits.
Taking antibiotics ruptured my tendon: The hidden dangers of everyday drugs we assume are harmless
When Judy Thomas was prescribed a strong antibiotic to shift her chest infection, she didn’t think twice about it. A month after taking ciprofloxican she is still incapacitated.
How 'dementia' can be beaten by a drain in your brain
Carole Smith had hydrocephalus which is an abnormal increase of cerebrospinal fluid in the brain. The condition is most common in people aged 60 or older.
Sisters shed their skin every DAY in condition that causes it to grow six times faster than normal
Stacey and Emma Picken, from County Durham, shed their skin every day after they were born with a rare condition that affects only one in 600,000 people.
The Fixer's Alex Polizzi: 'Life is too short to not eat what you want'
The 40-year-old presenter on how she conquered depression, insomnia, the ultimate hangover cure and having millions of vices.
