The number of victims of heroin-induced brain damage, who are sometimes left blind, paralysed or incontinent, has increased dramatically in recent years, figures show. Many are left unable to care for themselves, but they are forgotten statistics, ignored amid the publicity surrounding drug deaths and drug-related crime. Others make significant recoveries and the signs of

THE DECISION whether or not to immunise a child against whooping cough is one of the most agonising that parents have to take. On the one hand frightening stories about babies brain-damaged by the vaccine deter them from accepting immunisation, while on the other doctors and health visitors press it on them. Doubts about the

MATTHEW POYNTER was such a lively, happy baby that the management of Harefield hospital in west London chose to feature him in a promotional video to raise funds. Matthew, then just one year old, was filmed to the strains of the pop star Sting singing Every Breath You Take. His parents treasure that video. It

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