BAZ BAMIGBOYE: Patricia Hodge and Nigel Havers aim to tickle our funny bones in comedy Private Lives

Nigel Havers and Patricia Hodge are going to help Britain find its funny bone again by taking Noel Coward’s comic classic Private Lives on the road in October. David Pugh, who is producing with the newly formed Nigel Havers Theatre Company, said ticket prices would be kept low: under £10, with a top price under … Read more

FDA approves osteoporosis shot that rebuilds bones at the same rate a teenager’s skeleton grows 

A new osteoporosis drug that can re-grow older women’s bones as fast as a teenager’s develop was approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Tuesday.  An estimated half of women in the US will break a bone due to the devastating bone-loss disease that turns limbs brittle.  They are more at-risk than men … Read more

Broken bones could regrow after injury using a drug cocktail that triggers ‘red alert’ repair cells

Broken bones could be regrown using a combination of readily available drugs, scientists say. Two existing medicines have been tested to stimulate the body’s own repair system in the hope of better treatment for injuries. Stem cells, which build new bone, are switched on to ‘red alert’ and speed up the healing process.   In early … Read more