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A baby girl with a deadly genetic disorder was treated for the condition while inside her mother's womb, in a world-first.Little Denver Coleman, now two months, from Baton Rogue, Louisiana, is 'thriving' and is not showing any signs of…

After years of research, No7 has just released it's most innovative range yet, including five skincare products aimed at reversing skin damage.A new range of skincare has joined the popular No7 brand, and can be bought online and in stores…

An unlucky “mushroom hunter” from eastern India has become the first person known to be infected with a fungal disease that normally affects plants. Chondrostereum purpureum is a fungus which causes the progressive and oft-fatal disease…

World-first vaccine could be rolled out in MONTHS for baby killer winter bug RSV — which hospitalizes 50,000 children and kills 500 per yearPharma giant Pfizer could see its vaccine for RSV approved as soon as AugustThe shot is…

A heart surgeon gave a baby boy a 'chance at life' thanks to a 'world first' operation using stem cells from placentas.Finley Pantry was born with a congenital heart defect that meant the two main arteries supplying blood to his lungs and…

Imagine having an agonising toothache, day and night.You need to see a dentist but there’s no way you can afford it, so you’re waiting for an appointment in the public system.After a long wait - months, sometimes even years - you finally…

A Phase 3 trial testing the world's first topical gene therapy has reported extraordinary results in children suffering from a rare blistering skin disease. The gene therapy gel was seen to completely heal wounds that had been open for…

In a world first, the New Zealand government has passed laws that will permanently outlaw the sale of cigarettes and other tobacco products to anyone born after 2008, creating a "smokefree generation" that will never legally be able to buy…

Hira Ahmad, 28, suffers from Bruck Syndrome, which means she has brittle bones, restricted growth and uses a wheelchair. She grew up breaking bones so regularly she was taken to a hospital every three months. But after giving birth to Dua…

A 13-year-old girl has been cleared of her terminal cancer after a world-first trial involving a revolutionary type of medicine.Alyssa had undergone chemotherapy and a bone marrow transplant – but her leukaemia remained.The teenager from…