Brighton beach smoking ban plan considered

Brighton beach could become smoke-free under plans to extend the current ban on lighting-up in pubs, cafes and shopping centres to be considered today. Proposals to widen the smoking ban to outdoor public areas will be discussed by Brighton and Hove City Council as it...

How fetal tissue is used for medicine

Fetal tissue has been used since the 1930s for vaccine development, and more recently to help advance stem cell research and treatments for degenerative diseases such as Parkinson’s disease. Researchers typically take tissue samples from a fetus that has been...

When Losing Memory Means Losing Home

In this installment of NPR’s series Inside Alzheimer’s , we hear from Greg O’Brien about his decision to sell the home where he and his wife raised their three children. O’Brien, a longtime journalist in Cape Cod, Mass., was diagnosed with...