Archive for April, 2009

Doctors warned over donor consent

Doctors should not be taking it on themselves to ask bereaved families for consent to use organs for transplants, a study says.

Walnuts may prevent breast cancer

Eating walnuts may help to reduce the risk of developing breast cancer, research suggests.

Sugary drinks ‘worsen vomit bug’

Parents are making children with vomiting and diarrhoea worse by giving them flat coke and lemonade, experts say.

‘Heart trick’ - one family could get three transplants

A Scottish family could become the first in the UK with three members to undergo a heart transplant.

Stephen Hawking

His form of debilitating motor neurone disease