Electric dreams

Are we really nearing the stage where paraplegics could walk and blind people see thanks to microchip implants? Jerome Burne investigates.

Cervical cancer linked to use of contraceptive pill

Many women who are on the contraceptive pill for more than five years could triple or quadruple their risk of developing cervical cancer, according to researchers.

Abortions rise in under-age sex crisis

Morning-after pill, lessons in family planning and early puberty are all blamed for soaring pregnancies