Little girl also lost her fingers, half a thumb and half a palm after illness She became inspired to walk again after meeting the first man in UK to receive bionic leg prosthetics by Kerry Mcqueeney Last updated at 2:27 AM on 20th December 2011 A child’s first steps are always special. But this brave little girl gave her parents the best Christmas present they could have hoped for when she walked for the first [...]

by Sophie Borland Last updated at 1:19 PM on 20th December 2011 Poor English: Daniel Ubani, who gave a lethal dose of morphine on his first shift Britain has won the right to test foreign doctors and nurses on their ability to speak English following a landmark ruling from Brussels. There is mounting concern that patients are being put in danger by a ban that prevents watchdogs from checking the language skills of European doctors [...]

by Graham Smith Last updated at 8:09 AM on 20th December 2011 A young mother who has tried every form of contraception possible has baffled doctors by falling pregnant six times in five years. Gemma Potter, 23, has repeatedly conceived despite using condoms, the pill, the coil, progesterone injections and an implant. She and her husband Glenn, 27, now have three children – Shaun, four, Jessica, three, and Sophie, two – and have suffered two [...]

By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 11:03 PM on 17th December 2011 All parents will be familiar with the frustration of trying to pacify a  disobedient toddler from time to time. However, doctors have discovered some children have a condition which means they are unable to cope with any sort of demand. Little is know about Pathological Demand Avoidance Syndrome (PDA) at present, but experts believe the reported numbers of sufferers is just the [...]

By Fiona Macrae Last updated at 8:58 AM on 19th December 2011 Breakthrough? Scientists have discovered a compound which switches off appetite, without the usual side effects It is the perfect excuse to have another mince pie. A diet pill that doesn’t make you ill has been developed by scientists. The drug, which switches off appetite using hormones that are created naturally in the stomach when it is full, is billed as the first to [...]

by Angela Brooks Last updated at 3:55 AM on 20th December 2011 More than 18,000 women have a mastectomy every year in England alone. Colette Hatley, 51, a payroll administrator from Ipswich, was the first in the country to undergo robot-assisted breast reconstruction. ‘They give you a tummy tuck and use that removed tissue to tailor a new breast for you,’ said Colette Hatley on DIEP flap reconstruction Five years ago, at 47, I was [...]

By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 11:59 AM on 18th December 2011 Junk food companies are banned from advertising on children’s TV, but less strict rules govern the internet Junk food companies use ‘manipulative tactics’ to hook children while they play online, offering free gifts, games and downloads, according to a report. Food giants including Kellogg’s, Rowntree and Cadbury set up websites aimed at children and use Facebook and Twitter to market products to [...]

by Sue Mott Last updated at 11:26 PM on 19th December 2011 Sir Steve Redgrave still remembers with utmost clarity one of the darkest moments of his sporting career. The champion rower, our greatest British Olympian, was racked with pain and being sick on the hard shoulder of the M4 in London, as oblivious drivers sped by. It was 1992 and his wife had been driving him home from hospital where he had just had [...]

Mrs Hughes has lost 21lbs since starting a diet By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 2:46 PM on 19th December 2011 A woman is facing a race against time to lose four stone – in order to become pregnant before her husband dies. Ayla Hughes, 24 is desperate to have a child with her husband Ben, 28, who suffers from chronic organ failure. Doctors have told former shop worker Mr Hughes he only has [...]

Emergency hospital admissions for conditions such as Parkinson’s and multiple sclerosis up by a third Trend developed despite extra investment By Sadie Whitelocks Last updated at 10:35 AM on 16th December 2011 According to a report emergency hospital admissions for neurological conditions have risen by around a third The number of people suffering from neurological disorders has increased, despite extra spending a report has shown. According to the National Audit Office (NAO) emergency hospital admissions [...]