It's saved the sex lives of many, now research suggests Viagra could save people with muscular dystrophy from an early death.
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Carrie, Samantha, Charlotte and Miranda are back. The Sex And The City stars took to the big screen with the world premiere in London of their tales of love and high fashion in New York. ...
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Their music lit up the pop charts, now the Bee Gees plan to sweep London's West End with a show based around their songs.
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An Australian swimmer survived a great white shark attack by poking the creature in the eyes as it dragged him through the water after badly savaging his left leg. ...
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Children struggling to read are enjoying a boost to their reading skills thanks to extra support at a young age. ...
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An NHS Trust has reduced its rates of MRSA infection to zero after introducing a simple prescription technique which could, it believes, have a dramatic effect if introduced across the health service. ...
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A man who has been almost continuously hiccuping for over a year is pinning his hopes on new treatment which could stop the condition once and for all. ...
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If a man's mother is highly educated, the chances are the woman he marries will have a similar education, according to a new study. ...
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If you could do with a good laugh – then here's a date for your diaries and a chance for you to get involved in a grand, planet-sized chuckle. World Laughter Day will be held on May 4th, with organisers The Laughter Clubs hoping supporters a...
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Teenage girls in Scotland are set to benefit from a £64 million immunisation programme to provide protection against the virus responsible for 70 per cent of cervical cancers. The vaccine is being introduced on September 1st - a year before ...
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Polio has been wiped out in Somalia in what's been described as an 'historic achievement' for the country's public health. There hasn't been a reported case for a year - a major landmark following an intensified eradication effort to wipe ou...
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Just a couple of years ago she was working as a receptionist and waitressing. Now Leona Lewis is queen of the American music charts after becoming the first British female to hit number one in the US in twenty years.
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Where there's life there's hope, it's said, and Josie Russell's story is a very fine example of that. Josie was just nine when she was left for dead by Michael Stone after he killed her mother Dr Lin Russell and six year sister, Megan, in a h...
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Japan's Antarctic whaling catch fell far short of its target this season, hampered by a series of skirmishes with anti-whaling protesters, the Fisheries Agency has confirmed. ...
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Scientists in Amercia have identified genetic detail in early-stage lung tumours that could be used to predict whether a patient's cancer is likely to recur and shape their treatment more effectively. ...
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It's been a contentious military operation and the decision-making which led to the invasion of Iraq remains controversial, but a new survey suggests that a high proportion of Iraqis are looking positively to the future.
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While the current talk is all about an impending recession, it's encouraging to be able to report that UK unemployment has fallen by just under forty thousand.
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If you think you'd be happier if you won the lottery or just had a few extra pounds in your pocket then think again. New research suggests it's not how much you have that matters, it's how you spend it. The study from University of British Columbia i...
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Save the Children has launched a global emergency appeal for £5 million to help surviving families in Myanmar - Burma - after their homes were destroyed by a cyclone. ...
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It's one of the most instantly recognisable tourist attractions in Britain and enduringly popular with tourists. And now the secrets of Stonehenge could finally be revealed. Work is underway on a major research excavation to investigate the bluest...
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It's being called ‘the Jamie Oliver effect.' The ubiquitous chef's recent TV show, which highlighted animal welfare issues in chicken farming, has helped increase the popularity of free range eggs. Sales have risen by almost 20% and now acco...
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Research by scientists in Australia has identified a completely new type of vision never seen before in the animal world – and it is probably all about sex. Professor Justin Marshall, from the University of Queensland and the Queensland Brain Inst...
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Their plight has outraged animal lovers not only 'down under', but around the world. Now though, hundreds of kangaroos facing a cull on a disused naval defence site in Australia have won a reprieve. Government officials have put on hold the ...
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Cafe culture is often associated with youth, be it our favourite characters in re-runs of Friends swapping one-liners over a brew at Cafe Perk – or the urban cool of those hip young things sipping lattes amid the sprawl of the weekend papers...
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Early on Sunday I walked along a main road in central London after completing a long night shift which had seen me yawning and barely able to stay awake a couple of hours before. And yet as I retraced my steps to the nearest Underground station,...
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Few of us would truly believe that we could defy medical opinion and walk again, if told we'd never walk another step. But Guy Harris refused to accept expert advice and against all odds he is now walking again. ...
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It's not perhaps the most obvious gift, but then it may be just what he's always wanted. Certainly if you see Pope Benedict XVI whizz past you on a skateboard in a couple of weeks' time, you'll know he's pleased with his present from a...
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Britons are wealthier, healthier and living longer, according to new findings from the Office for National Statistics. In its annual Social Trends report, it said that Britain's output per head had more than doubled in the last 30 years, and...
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Now here at Optimist World we like to take a little credit for putting a smile on your face. But our witty words or uplifting stories may only be part of the reason you're grinning as you read this... ...
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They're aesthetically pleasing to the eye – truly beautiful and a sight to behold. But new research suggests that coral fish are pretty smart too when it comes to searching out their environment. ...
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When it comes to optimism, the theatre world could teach many of us a thing or two. It believes there's no business like show business and it lives by its saying that 'the show must go on.' True enough, when a power cut hit the opening...
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Women maimed by landmines in Angola are taking part in a beauty contest which organisers say will be empowering and instil a sense of pride in them over their physical appearance. It's hoped the crowning of the world's first Miss Landmine in...