A multi-purpose gadget for blind people that will enable them to listen to music and identify household items is under development. The TellMate, designed by Singapore company, GaiShan Technology could soon be available in the UK.
Rapid treatment of mini-strokes massively reduces the risk of a major stroke by 80%, a Lancet study shows.
The spectacular opening ceremony for the Special Olympics World Summer Games has taken place in Shanghai, China.
A bill to strengthen laws on hate crimes against gay or disabled people in Scotland is to be brought forward.
An Armagh man has successfully challenged a law that prevented some people with learning disabilities from voting. The 17th Century law, which was still in use until recently, contained offensive and degrading language.
Bath products to help ease the skin inflammation caused by allergic eczema may not be worth the amount of money the NHS spends on them, a study says. There is no clinical evidence these emollients work, nor any consensus of medical opinion, researchers writing in Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin contend.