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Watch: Robots set to join surgical teams across the UK

The NHS is developing a £50 million framework for robotic surgical equipment. Surgeons use computers to operate four robotic arms, which are used to control instruments.

Czech Republic

Czech baby delivered after brain-dead mother kept alive for 117 days

Eliska was born on August 15. Her mother, 27, was declared brain dead on April 21.

United Kingdom

Euroviews. As a GP, I'm happy FaceApp is making us all think about old age - for once ǀ View

FaceApp has taken the world by storm in the last week, giving users the chance to see themselves age through its algorithm. [...] It turns out we are more interested in ageing than we realised.

United Kingdom

Rare conjoined twins successfully separated in London

Safa and Marwa were born as craniopagus twins — joined at the head. They were separated in London after four operations and 55 hours of operating time.

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France

Quadriplegic Frenchman Vincent Lambert has died

Vincent Lambert, a quadriplegic Frenchman who has been in a vegetative state for more than 10 years, has died.

World News

New hope to end cervical cancer as HPV vaccine have major impact

Researchers said on Wednesday a vaccination against HPV is having a major impact on stopping infections and should significantly reduce cases of the disease within a decade.

France

French doctor charged with poisoning patients

An anaesthetist in France is suspected of poisoning patients during surgery to trigger heart failures and then heroically bring them back from death's doorstep.

USA

Babies with 'Bubble Boy' diseased cured with gene therapy

Eight babies were cured by the experimental treatment.

World News

Euroviews. How the EU fails patients trying to access critical medicines ǀ View

Patients in Europe are unable to access the medicines they need, failed by an inconsistent system across the EU. A progressive plan for the future of healthcare provision across the continent is much needed.

Australia

Watch: Parkinson's sufferers say infrared light helmets ease symptoms

While there is no scientific proof the devices work, researchers are now starting clinical trials.

Earth News

Shake it Off: Stress-Proof Your Brain

The latest technique to slay anxiety, emotional blockages and stress

Hungary

Hungarian doctors make progress on separating conjoined twins

Rabia and Rukia are conjoined at the head, an extremely rare event that occurs in about one in 2.5 million live births.

United Kingdom

Nervous Brits stockpile food with 'Brexit box' during uncertainty

The company Emergency Food Storage says Brits are buying 25 'Brexit boxes' every day.

United Kingdom

Drugs companies sign 'gagging orders' over no deal Brexit preparations

Britain's government has previously urged the health sector to stockpile medical supply as drugs could be severely restricted in the event of a no-deal Brexit.

USA

Can this 'Mad Russian' cure your addiction | NBC Left Field

Yefim Shubentsov claims to have cured 167,000 people from addiction by manipulating their energies.

World News

Snake oil or science? Homeopathy in Europe

The University of Lille is the latest European higher education institution to suspend its provision of training in homeopathy. Is the tide turning against a complementary medical practice that relies on the "memory" of the remedies it proposes? We investigate.

World News

Gender equality could help men in Europe live longer: report

What is causing men in Europe to die at young ages, how does men’s health differ across the region, and what can be done to address the issue?

Earth News

Crystal therapy: the power of placebo?

From amethysts to agates or quartz, crystals have always exerted a strange fascination on mankind.

Italy

Meet Sammy: The 22-year-old who looks like an old man

What's it like to be one of 100 people in the world who suffer from a rare rapid-ageing condition? Sammy Basso shares his experiences with Euronews.

World News

Japanese medical school apologises for marking down female entrance candidates

Tokyo Medical University has apologised after admitting it has been marking female candidates down for over a decade. Many in the country worry that female doctors will take time off for maternity leave, and create a doctor shortage.