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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.
