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A revolutionary wound-healing spray could spare thousands of patients the misery of amputations. Shyam Kolvekar, a consultant cardiothoracic surgeon at St Bart’s Hospital, London, wants the product – called Youki, invented by Windsor scientist Sujata Jolly who was awarded the 2016 Medical Livewire Global Award for Innovation in Wound Healing for developing the bio-cell spray – made available where it could help combat problems caused by diabetic ulcers. They cost the NHS £1.3bn to treat and lead to 7,000 amputations a year. He said: “It forms a protective layer to keep out bacteria and prevents over-growth of granulation so the skin can pull together and the ulcer gets smaller with a better chance of healing.”

Older people with high blood pressure could be at increased risk of developing Alzheimer’s, say scientists from Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center in Chicago, because they were more likely to have brain lesions.

NHS England has put an immediate halt on vaginal mesh operations after reports of women who received the treatment for stress incontinence or prolapses being left with serious injuries.