A fundamental overhaul of the support given to workers who are off work through illness is needed, a government adviser says. Dame Carol Black, the national director for health and work, said ill-health was costing the economy £100bn a year.
Children with autism do not appear to leak damaging proteins from their intestines, a study into the so-called "leaky gut" theory has suggested. It has been claimed autistic children cannot fully digest proteins found in many foods - and that the resulting peptides escape and affect the brain.
A drug to tackle two of the leading causes of blindness is a step closer after successful experiments in mice.
A father from Leicester who lost his disability benefit after a charity bike ride has taken his case to a tribunal.
People with learning disabilities and their carers are calling on Cornwall County Council not to close their day care centre. The Blantyre Centre in St Austell is one of a number of sites earmarked for possible closure as the council bids to improve its adult social care services.
A blind man hoping to complete seven marathons in seven days has had to alter his route just weeks before his first challenge. Dave Heeley, 50, will run his first marathon in the Falklands Islands but is not allowed to use Argentinian air space to reach Chile for his second. Organisers said the second challenge would now take place in Brazil.