‘I want to help other sufferers’ Facebook boss with incurable cancer opens up

ONE of Nicola Mendelsohn’s favourite sayings – displayed on posters around the London offices of Facebook where she is the company’s vice president for Europe, the Middle East and Africa – is: “What would you do if you weren’t afraid?” It was intended to encourage blue-sky thinking at work but for the past 15 months […]

High definition hearing: Deaf sufferers joy as scientists invent bionic ear

The research could transform the lives of thousands of people. Hearing aids and implants are limited because users are often unable to pick out complex sound or hear clearly among background noise. Researchers at The Bionics Institute in Melbourne are developing a way to adapt the cochlear implant in the ear to stimulate the auditory […]

Asthma UK weather warning: Sufferers warned to stay indoors during thunderstorms

The first 20 to 30 minutes of a thunderstorm are hazardous to asthma patients, according to National Institute of Health Professor, Isabella Annesi-Maesano. Asthma patients should stay indoors during thunderstorms, with the windows shut, to avoid life-threatening attacks. Pollen is drawn up into the sky, during a storm, by dry air. The electricity, that’s generated […]