Patients with severe brain damage who do not appear to have signs of consciousness still seem able to learn, a Cambridge University study suggests.
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September 20th, 2009
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September 20th, 2009
Jack Straw, the Justice Secretary, has called for the NHS to give out heroin on prescription to addicts where other forms of treatment have failed.
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September 20th, 2009
Channel 4 is to crack down on swearing and vulgarity, according to chief executive Andy Duncan who acknowledged there had been a change in 'public mood' over the issue.
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September 20th, 2009
The family of medical student Hester Stewart, who died after taking 'legal high' drug GBL, have called ministers 'irresponsible' for classifying it as safer than cannabis.
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September 20th, 2009
Sex-change experts are considering reviews to current UK guidelines that could see treatment with 'hormone blockers' extended to under-16s and transgender surgery to under-18s.
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September 20th, 2009
In Rome Muslims disobeyed a city ban and came together in a central piazza.
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September 19th, 2009
Home Office staff were officially warned not to eat in front of their fasting Muslim colleagues during Ramadan ? in case it made them feel hungry.
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September 19th, 2009
A Christian couple have been charged with a criminal offence after taking part in what they regarded as a reasonable discussion about religion with guests at their hotel.
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September 19th, 2009
Robert Masih, 20, was taken into police custody in a bid to pacify Muslim extremists who went on the rampage in the village of Jathikai Tehsi Samberial on September 11, attacking churches and the homes of Christians.
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September 19th, 2009
Restating basic truths in a time of moral decline and mental fatigue becomes a high priority. As the ancient Hebrews well knew, people perish for lack of knowledge. People are indeed perishing, and in large measure it is due to the absence of truth and of basic knowledge.