Under-15s shouldn't drink alcohol

It appears that `early drinking' leads to alcohol problems.

One theory is that fast changes in teengers' brains means that alcohol affects long-term development, causing alcohol problems.

The chief medical officer has launched a 5-point plan for parents to help them.

Alcohol can damage the prefrontal and hippocampus areas of a teenager's brain.

Paracetamol shouldn't be given to children

Analysis of data on 200,000 children suggests that giving paracetamol to young chilren may increase the risk ot those children developing asthma,eczema and hay fever

Doctor linked to AIDS deniers loses libel case

Dr Matthias Rath, who claimed that his nutritional supplements could cure AIDS,cancer and other ilnesses, has losed a libel case against the Guardian and may have to pay £220,000.

It is said that because of his activities saying antiretrovirals were toxic and useless,some people have died sooner than they would have.

Low birth weight linked to depression

Schoolchildren who were underweight at birth are more likely to suffer anxiety, depression and be more withdrawn during school years, according to a study in the US journal Archives of General Psychiatry of over 800 children in Detroit, Michigan.