People with schizophrenia use different areas of their brain to process some short-term memories, research suggests. The finding by US scientists might help explain why the condition is often linked with enduring memory problems.
A mother whose toddler son uses Viagra to stay alive says a review into the cost of providing stronger drugs for his condition may put his life at risk. Oliver Sherwood, two, currently takes Viagra four times a day to treat pulmonary hypertension (PH) which can kill sufferers within two years.
The father of a 16-year-old boy who is severely disabled after choking on chewing gum in bed says he wants him to live at home again. Rhys Thomas, of Holywell, Flintshire, has been blind and unable to move or speak since his parents found him unconscious last October. He is now living at a Colwyn Bay care home for people with brain injuries.
Commenting on proposals relating to child poverty and the Winter Fuel Allowance in today's Budget, Liberal Democrat Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, Danny Alexander said:
Councillors in Shepway have reacted with astonishment at the news that the official magazine of Shepway District Council, "Shepway Today", has given the address of Cllr Linda Oliver, as North Road, Hythe, when she now lives in Bath.
Today's budget is a green cop out which kicks the difficult decisions on environmental taxes into the long grass and offers no help to the millions of hard pressed families struggling to make ends meet, according to Liberal Democrat Leader, Nick Clegg.
