Black soya 'cuts diabetes risk'
Eating black soya beans could lower fat and cholesterol levels and may help prevent diabetes, a study suggests.
27 Feb 2007
Drug may boost Down's performance
Scientists believe they have found evidence of a drug which alleviates the learning difficulties associated with Down's Syndrome. A Stanford University team in the US looked at a drug once tested as an epilepsy treatment in the 1950s.
27 Feb 2007
RNIB drops white stick from logo
The Royal National Institute of the Blind is to drop the distinctive white stick from its logo in an image revamp.
27 Feb 2007
1.7m 'will have dementia by 2051'
More than 1.7 million people in the UK will have dementia by 2051, costing billions of pounds each year, experts have forecast.
27 Feb 2007
Cornish Carers Short Changed By Government
The Government's national funding package for carers will amount to less that £5 per carer in Cornwall.
27 Feb 2007
Dundee LibDems support "Future of Scotland Bill" proposal
Dundee Liberal Democrats today (Tuesday 27th February) welcomed comments by Scottish LibDem Leader Nicol Stephen MSP that the party would offer a fresh, positive alternative at the election.
27 Feb 2007