A settlement being hammered out between BP and victims of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill finally provides a system for monitoring health concerns and compensating people with illnesses linked to the disaster.

An anti-tobacco group has called for a nationwide smoking ban in children’s playgrounds from Ash Wednesday.

HEAVY snow and sub-zero temperatures swept across Europe, killing at least eight homeless people in Poland, closing major airports in Britain and Switzerland and causing hundreds of highway accidents.

An American paediatrician is facing nearly 500 charges of child sex abuse in one of the worst cases in the country’s history.

COCAINE is not a safe party drug and is partly responsible for an alarming proportion of sudden deaths in adults, according to European research.

UNCONTROLLED high blood pressure, as well as causing stroke, is now emerging as the major cause of cognitive impairment, the Irish Heart Foundation (IHF) has warned.

THE Irish Heart Foundation has dismissed as “ludicrous” a plan by one of Britain’s leading medical experts to give everyone over the age of 55 drugs to lower their blood pressure.

A jury at the Central Criminal Court has heard that Swiss teenager Manuelo Riedo died from strangulation.

Thousands of stroke patients die needlessly because they cannot get access to vital treatment, a damning report has found.

A MERE one in four Irish stroke patients can access emergency rehabilitative care, a study has shown.

A STARK new health campaign showing a child drinking from a bottle of cooking oil highlights the dangerous effects of continually eating badly, the Irish Heart Foundation (IHF) said yesterday.

ACCESS to vital life-saving equipment is "a post code lottery" claimed the mother of the former Tyrone Gaelic football captain, Cormac McAnallen.

The nationalist Swiss People’s Party swept to victory with the highest share of the vote in parliamentary elections following an anti-foreigner campaign, according to projections by state-owned Swiss television.

The nationalist Swiss People’s Party swept to victory with the highest share of the vote in parliamentary elections today following an anti-foreigner campaign, according to projections by state-owned Swiss television. The Greens and Social Democrats also picked up seats.

The nationalist Swiss People’s Party emerged with the highest share of the vote in parliamentary elections today following an anti-foreigner campaign, according to projections by state-owned Swiss television. The Greens and Social Democrats also picked up seats.

SEVERAL hundred stroke victims are dying unnecessarily every year, a leading consultant warned yesterday. The provision of specialised hospital units for stroke sufferers could also reduce the risk of disability in one-in-four cases, Professor Des O’Neill said.

The Irish Heart Foundation has claimed that 2,500 Irish people die needlessly from strokes each year due to the poor management of rehabilitation services