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Netherlands

30,000 chickens culled in bird flu outbreak, Dutch government confirms

Thirty-thousand chickens have been destroyed in the Netherlands after bird flu was found at a free-range farm in eastern town of Barneveld. The

12/03/2015

Russia

Russian rumour mill suggests Putin suffering poor health

12/03/2015

France

France: Controversial draft law revives euthanasia debate

French legislators have started debating a draft law which could take the country a step closer to legalising euthanasia. It’s brought campaigners

10/03/2015

World News

50g of sugar per day to be healthy? Easier said than done!

The World Health Organisation suggests that adults should eat no more than 50 grams of sugar (12 teaspoons) per day to avoid the risks of obesity and

06/03/2015

Liberia

Liberia discharges 'last Ebola patient' from medical care

Liberia has discharged its last confirmed Ebola patient from medical treatment in a key landmark in the country’s battle against the deadly virus

05/03/2015

Sport

Dortmund receive injury boost

Borussia Dortmund have been handed a massive boost after scans showed Marco Reus’ thigh injury was only a dead leg. The 25-year-old, who signed a new

04/03/2015

Italy

World class coma recovery centre threatened by Italy's healthcare cuts

As Italy reins in spending on healthcare, a world-class coma recovery centre in Crotone is threatened by the cuts. Over the last two decades Sant

03/03/2015

USA

Blind man sees wife for the first time in ten years

Sometimes you don’t have to turn to the Hollywood movie makers for that heart-warming story, the one that starts with tragedy, and ends in triumph

25/02/2015

Austria

Austrian men become first in the world to have bionic hands

A bionic hand, a groundbreaking operation and the power of thought. Three Austrian men have made medical history. They have been given robotic hands

25/02/2015

Focus

The future of tackling global health issues discussed at the World Innovation Summit for Health in Doha

The latest groundbreaking medical research and health innovations were under the microscope for two days in Doha. It was the second edition of the

19/02/2015

Italy

Italy stunned by baby's death in ambulance after 'hospitals turned her away'

Italy is in shock. A young mother is in mourning. And public health services are under scrutiny after a newborn baby with breathing difficulties

14/02/2015

Next Series

Messenger RNA: the molecule that may teach our bodies to beat cancer

Groundbreaking German research into the RNA molecule is giving hope of a major leap forward in the treatment of prostate cancer and other conditions

13/02/2015

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Do you know: can our cells create medicines?

13/02/2015

Canada

Canada overturns ban on doctor-assisted suicide

In a unanimous decision, Canada's Supreme Court has reversed a ruling it made in 1993

06/02/2015

USA

Speculation on condition of Bobbi Brown daughter of late singer Whitney Houston

Singer Bobby Brown, the father of Bobbi Kristina Brown, daughter of the late Whitney Houston, has denied reports she is brain dead in hospital.

06/02/2015

World News

Female Genital Mutilation: why do so many cases go unpunished in Europe?

05/02/2015

United Kingdom

Hope for patients of mitochondrial diseases after UK's historic vote

05/02/2015

USA

Measles outbreak in the US: Obama urges parents to vaccinate children

02/02/2015

Next Series

Sucker punch: the European research project dealing a blow to mosquitoes

Using a simple device based on a tube and netting European scientists believe they have taken a major step in preventing malaria

02/02/2015

India

India carries out its first double hand transplant

Doctors in India have successfully carried out the country’s first double hand transplant. The 30-year-old patient received the hands of a

02/02/2015