The amount the government spends on mental health and learning disability services in NI should double within the next 20 years, a review has found. The Bamford Review, to report later, was set up to examine how services for people with mental illness or learning disabilities could be improved.
UK scientists are developing a blood test which may be able to pick up signs of Alzheimer's disease before people start to show symptoms. The team from the Institute of Psychiatry found levels of two types of protein in the blood were only present if people had the condition.
Disabled workers from across the south west have been demonstrating in Plymouth against the possible closure of the factories which employ them.
Extract of a spice used in curry could help prevent rheumatoid arthritis and osteoporosis, US research suggests.
A genetic link to the symptoms of schizophrenia has been found, according to researchers.
A gene mutation which affects brain development increases the risk of autism, scientists have suggested. US researchers looked at 1,200 children with the condition.
