On Friday, conflicting advice was issued by France and Britain to tens of thousands of women with breast implants made of cheap industrial silicone that some fear pose health risks.

Around 30,000 French women were urged by the government to seek eek removal of the implants, made by now-defunct French company Poly Implant Prothese (PIP) that may rupture and cause inflammation and irritation.

But in Britain, where an estimated 30,000 to 40,000 women are affected, Chief Medical Officer Dame Sally Davies said: “Women with PIP implants should not be unduly worried. We have no evidence of a link to cancer or an increased risk of rupture. If women are concerned they should speak to their surgeon.” Removing implants “carries risks in itself”, she said. “I do think that every woman who has these implants should go and get checked … It’s better to have them replaced than to worry about them rupturing,” said British woman Pat Demetriou, who had faulty PIP implants removed in 2010.

A new U.S. study has revealed that toddlers who have poor relationships with their moms are more likely to pack on extra pounds as they grow up.

The involved researchers found more than a quarter of those who scored lowest on mother-child relationship tests as toddlers went on to become obese at age 15.

“There is an overlap in the brain between the areas that govern stress and energy balance,” said Sarah E. Anderson, who worked on the new study and of the Ohio State University College of Public Health in Columbus. “This stress response could be related to obesity through appetite regulation.”

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According to a study, elderly people whose eyesight is failing can improve their balance and avoid dangerous falls by practicing tai chi.

The gentle form of martial art builds strength besides improving balance control to reduce the chances of life-threatening falls among old people with poor eyesight.

Study author Dr William Tsang said: ‘Tai chi can be a suitable form of exercise for those with visual impairment and indeed assists with improving their balance control.’

The results were published in the Age and Ageing journal.

Under plans to toughen up the National Curriculum, children will have to learn their times tables by the age of nine.

A ‘gold standard’ lesson plan modeled on the most rigorous exam systems in the world is what desired by Education Secretary Michael Gove. Gove would signal the change when an independent review publishes evidence that standards in England lag far behind other countries.

Pupils in Singapore are expected to master times tables and division by the age of nine, compared with 11 in England, according to the report by Tim Oates of Cambridge Assessment, a research group and exam board attached to Cambridge University.