Olympic champion Sir Steve Redgrave has said technology can transform the learning of children with dyslexia. The gold medal-winning rower - who is dyslexic himself - called on ministers to do more to raise awareness.
The BBC is to be given the details of millions of pensioners and disabled people, so that it can help them convert their televisions to digital. The move is part of the government's Digital Switchover Bill, which featured in the Queen's speech on Wednesday.
Scientists in Northern Ireland are to investigate if B-vitamin supplements can help prevent osteoporosis.
Britain's poorest communities are 2.5 times more likely to develop Type 2 diabetes than the general population, research suggests. They are also 3.5 times more likely to develop serious complications of diabetes, including heart disease. The report, by the charity Diabetes UK and the All Party Parliamentary Group for Diabetes, calls for action to tackle social inequalities.
Commenting on the Mental Health Bill announced in the Queen's Speech, Liberal Democrat Shadow Health Secretary, Steve Webb MP said:
Controversial laws allowing people with untreatable personality disorders to be detained, even if they have not committed a crime, are to be revived. The draft Mental Health Bill was axed in March amid much opposition.
