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Russia’s President Medvedev announces a zero tolerance policy on drink-driving – a major cause of death among Russian men.

Romanians come to terms with their difficult childhoods

Liberte, Egalite, Obesite: Fighting flab the French way

Three women take their challenge to Ireland’s abortion law to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg.

Are paid birthing assistants a help during labour?

An “unprecedented” rise in the number of cases of an eye condition could be directly related to people staring at the sun at a holy shrine, an Irish eye surgeon warns.

The global number of swine flu deaths jumps by over 1,000 in a week, with an 85% rise in Europe, new figures show.

The Czech government expresses regret over the illegal sterilisations of Roma women, saying measures were being introduced to stop the practice being repeated.

The smoking ban did not lead to children being exposed to more smoking at home, a study has concluded.

A Belgian man who doctors thought was in a coma for 23 years was in fact awake all along, it is revealed.