A stroke occurs when the blood supply to the brain is disturbed, resulting in damage to precious cells.

Catalonia has voted to outlaw the traditional sport. What will this mean?

Court ruling endangers international partnerships.

I'm lying next to my little girl, looking into her wide eyes while she smiles that random serene smile, and holds my hand tighter than tight. She is utterly happy; she wants for nothing; she doesn't complain; she's not selfish or jealous or needy: she's just content and perfect and loved. Time like this with Clemmie should be available on the NHS – it is the most glorious therapy.

As a dermatologist, pharmacist and researcher, I have always rooted my practice in the idea that skin care can lead to overall health.

MSD announced today that the European Commission has approved the Marketing Authorization Application (MAA) for SYCREST® (asenapine) sublingual tablets for the treatment of moderate to severe manic episodes associated with bipolar I disorder in adults. Today's decision was based on recommendations from the European Medicines Agency (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP). The ...

I have just spent some time in Zimbabwe, a country facing many challenges. Just two years ago, before they pegged their currency to the US dollar, official inflation figures in Zimbabwe were, staggeringly, being quoted with more than eight digits. The locals told stories of how the price of a loaf of bread would be five times higher when you went to pay for it than when you had entered the store.

Labour needs a bold, charismatic, compassionate and visionary leader to renew the party. Ed Miliband has shown us he could be that leader.

On the front line of the eco-war. Why does the revolution have to involve so much crap? I'm talking literally. When I arrive at Climate Camp after a six-hour journey by train, bus and a half-hour cross-country hike to the Edinburgh parkland headquarters of the Royal Bank of Scotland, I plonk down my bags and ask if I might use the facilities.

A TEENAGER with cerebral palsy who battled illness during her A-levels has defied the odds to gain three A*s and a place at Cambridge.

Colin Powell speaks during the unveiling of his official State Department portrait in the Ben Franklin Room at the State Department in Washington, DC. Photograph: Getty Images.

Researchers have rallied round a promising molecule for rescuing dying nerves. But getting it into the brain remains a daunting challenge, finds Brian Vastag.

Aethlon Medical, Inc., the pioneer in developing therapeutic filtration devices to address infectious disease and cancer, today announced that it has entered into an agreement with GVK Biosciences to expand the opportunity for Aethlon to commercialize its Hemopurifier treatment technology at three to five new clinical centers in India.

London, Aug 18 : Japanese scientists claimed to have found a novel method of stem cell treatment that can cure paralysed patients.

Researchers from this international study found that patients with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection who received at least 3 years of cumulative entecavir (antiviral) therapy achieved substantial histologic improvement and regression of fibrosis or cirrhosis. Full details of the study appear in the September issue of Hepatology, a journal published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the ...

Some of you may have noticed that it is the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. My stomach has. I can hear it groaning as I type this post. I won't be eating anything till 8.38pm.

As the Government was desperately looking for areas in which to make cuts, the spotlight fell on the “free milk for children” scheme. Scrapping it could save £60 million a year, yet almost as soon as it was suggested publicly, No 10 hastily released a statement saying the scheme would remain. But the damage had already been done; the militants were shrieking with outrage that such a proposal ...

The drama surrounding the alleged Pius Okigbo panel's report on the $12.4 billion oil windfall took another dimension Tuesday as former Military President, General Ibrahim Babangida (rtd), threatened to sue Socio-Economic Rights Accountability Project (SERAP) for attempting to damage his reputation.