Parents jailed for torturing disabled girl
'Miracle' that daughter, 4, survived horrific violence
17 Feb 2007
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Mental health patients need smoke-protection too
Clare Allan complains that the "logic" of no-smoking policies in mental-health settings escapes her (The unfair smoking ban will mean fuming on the wards, February 7). We'd like to help. Second-hand smoke is dangerous.
17 Feb 2007
Cell transplants 'restore sight'
Cell transplants have successfully restored vision to mice which had lost their sight, leading to hopes people could benefit in the same way. UK scientists treated animals which had eye damage similar to that seen in many human eye diseases.
17 Feb 2007
Deaf to sign via video handsets
Deaf people could soon be using video mobiles to chat with their friends using sign language.
17 Feb 2007
Brain 'can beat early blindness'
The brain can learn to see in later life even if it has been deprived of visual input early on, work suggests.
17 Feb 2007
Bid to protect disabled motorists
A Shropshire MP campaigning to make sure disabled parking bays are not misused is calling for private wheel-clampers to be better regulated. Telford MP David Wright is highlighting the issue in the House of Commons.
7 Feb 2007