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• Statins 'benefit healthy people'

  Thousands of heart attacks and strokes could be prevented if the cholesterol-lowering drugs, statins, were more widely prescribed, research suggests.

• Oldest living kidney donor at 83

  An 83-year-old man becomes the oldest person in the UK to donate a kidney while still alive, the NHS Blood and Transplant service says.

• Robotic arm controlled by thought

  Two patients who are paralysed from the neck down are able to control a robotic arm using their thoughts.

• Cannabis laws 'need changing'

  Growing small amounts of cannabis should be treated like a speeding ticket with a fine and no criminal record, according to a UK drugs charity.

• Ambulance change 'to save lives'

  At least 150 lives will be saved and thousands of wasted ambulance journeys avoided by a change in 999 response practices, NHS chiefs believe.

• U-turn on NHS prostate drug use

  A drug for advanced prostate cancer, which can extend life by more than three months, is likely to be approved for NHS use in England and Wales after the medical watchdog reverses an earlier decision.