HEALTH

The patient was able to move his right arm to feed himself for the first time in eight years.

There is now robust evidence that lead harms children's IQ and alters their behaviour.

Ten "low priority" medicines will be removed from prescription services – more are expected to follow.

These young people often face more negative health outcomes than HIV patients in other age groups.

Cash-strapped government may struggle to contain outbreaks as it also battles cholera epidemic.

Health secretary attends memorial service for one-year-old who died of sepsis after missed diagnosis.

Obstructive sleep apnoea is often associated with excessive urinating at nighttime.

New Statesman reports advice given by scientists was ignored by Soviet authorities.

Commuters have a few options to limit exposure to dirty city air for themselves and their families.

ONS figures show teenage conception rates are at the lowest level since 1969 – that's cause for celebration.

The study is the first to use stem cells from fat cells to help men with the problem.

Being ok with not having sex after having a child is linked to higher relationship satisfaction.

Shaare Zedek Medical Center to investigate beneficial effects of drug on condition.

Scientists think they have found the mechanism responsible for DNA damage as we age.

People with pica disorder also eat non-food substances including soap and dirt.

The lungs produce half the platelets circulating in the blood of mice.

MRI scans have identified multiple changes to the brain of blind participants.

Semen analyser is currently at the prototype stage and scientists have filed for FDA approval.

A man in New Zealand posted the disturbing video to Facebook as a warning.

It's easy to pick out patterns in terms of looks, but similarities in exes' social qualities are less easy to pin down.

Public Health England introduced system to help 'poor' grasp of dealing with new drugs such as Spice.

Navigating London appears to be particularly taxing on the hippocampus, study finds.

Losing your sense of smell in middle or old age has been linked to a higher risk of earlier death.

When sexual satisfaction lingers, our relationships are strengthened.

Amyloidosis is difficult to diagnose so is often only caught later. Without treatment it eventually leads to death.

1C rise in global temperatures estimated to account for 100,000 new diabetes cases in US.

Mathematical model evaluates future of pandemic – and how many cases could be prevented.

Venom blocks an acid channel in brain responsible for much of the slower-onset damage after a stroke.

Here are 10 of the countries with the worst problems with water quality in 2017.