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Organ donation Q&A The shortage of organs available for transplant would not be solved by introducing a “presumed consent” system of organ donation, a government appointed taskforce has concluded.

Transplant of 'grown' organ A 30-year-old Spanish woman has become the "first transplant patient to receive an organ grown to order in a laboratory", The Independent reported today. It said the woman's damaged windpipe had been successfully replaced with a "bioe

Ginkgo 'won't stop dementia' A study has found that "Ginkgo biloba does not prevent dementia" according to the Daily Telegraph today. The newspaper reports that the thousands of elderly people may be "wasting their time" taking the Chinese herbal supplement to w

Breast cancer counselling Counselling can "double a woman's chances of surviving breast cancer" according to the Daily Mail today. The newspaper claimed that regular sessions with psychologists also cut the chances of the cancer returning, and affected the length

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