Bird flu study raises concerns
January 27th 2012 - Controversial research into a new, engineered strain of bird flu has raised concerns about how such research should continue.

UK moves to three parent treatment
January 20th 2012 - British researchers are hoping to develop a potentially controversial "three parent" treatment to eliminate a range of genetic diseases, it was announced yesterday.

Cancer link to processed meat, claim
January 13th 2012 - Having too much processed meat, such as sausages and bacon, in the diet may increase the risk of cancer of the pancreas, according to research published today.

Brain decline begins at 45
January 6th 2012 - The brain can start to deteriorate as early as aged 45, researchers claim today.

Watch out for those maids-a-milking
December 30th 2011 - Comedians have made fun of the hazards faced by recipients of the gifts in the partridge in a pear tree - and now British analysts have revealed the real-life toll involved in activities such as milking cows.

Two arm pressure readings show risk
January 2012 - Measuring blood pressure in both arms could help detect risk of heart disease, British researchers reported today.

Watch out for those maids-a-milking
December 2011 - Comedians have made fun of the hazards faced by recipients of the gifts in the partridge in a pear tree - and now British analysts have revealed the real-life toll involved in activities such as milking cows.

Test offers blood pressure cure hope
November 2011 - British researchers say a new test could enable doctors to identify thousands of people whose blood pressure could be cured with a simple treatment.

Ovary transplant baby born
September 24th 2004 - The first baby has been born to a woman who underwent an ovary transplant, it was announced today.

Celebrations and questions over Tamara birth
September 27th 2004 - The birth of a baby to a woman who had an ovarian transplant has created hope for dozens of others - despite some scientific scepticism.

Bioterrorism alert as physicians from Australasia and Thailand meet
May 6th - 8th 2002 - News Special from the Royal Australasian College of Physicians Brisbane.

Creativity or mental chaos - debated at international psychiatric conference
July 9th 2001 - The links between psychiatry and the arts are to be celebrated at a conference which starts in London today.
The Royal College of Psychiatrists has teamed up with the World Psychiatric Association to stage the event: "2001: A Mind Odyssey".

Cover-ups that led to spread of mad cow disease
October 26th 2000 - The epidemic of so-called mad cow disease in the United Kingdom probably sprang from a genetic mutation in an animal in the early 1970s, according to a government report.

Curing bubble babies
June 27th 2000 - Two doctors spoke today of the remarkable treatments they have devised for two once incurable blood conditions - and how they hoped they could lead to more cures.