National and International News
An autumn virus, then suddenly I was deaf
When the writer Meredith Hooper lost her hearing without warning, she thought that it would be permanent. Our correspondent explains some of the causes of sudden deafness
The Times 30/07/03
Anti-depressant offers brain tumour hope
Hope of a longer life is being offered to brain tumour sufferers by research carried out by a Hampshire-based charity.
BBC Health 29/07/03
Barbecue cancer warning
Barbecues poison the air with toxins and could cause cancer, research suggests.
BBC Health 29/07/03
Blair confronts rebels over elite hospitals
A defiant Tony Blair will today risk further isolation from Labour MPs and trade unions by announcing plans to more than double the size of his controversial foundation hospitals reform programme.
The Times 30/07/03
Blair hails big expansion of private surgical clinics
Tony Blair will seek to shift attention from the David Kelly affair today when he announces a big expansion of private health care to cut NHS waiting lists.
The Independent 30/07/03
Blair prepares to talk up public sector successes
Tony Blair will today attempt to shrug off a month of crisis by pointing to falling crime figures and improvements in school performance and NHS waiting lists as proof that the government's public sector reform programme is beginning to deliver results.
The Guardian 30/07/03
Brain scans 'reveal baby thoughts'
A burst of brain activity recorded by scientists could offer clues to a baby's level of understanding of the world around it.
BBC Health 29/07/03
Cancer targets not speeding care
The government's two-week target is failing to have a significant impact on waiting times for breast cancer treatment, research has found.
BBC Health 29/07/03
The Guardian 30/07/03
Cash switch clashes with 'value' pledge
Millions of pounds intended for services for people with learning disabilities has been spent on other things by cash-strapped strategic health authorities (SHAs).
The Guardain 30/07/03
China's last Sars patients recover
Chinese media say the country's last 12 Sars patients now have no more symptoms of the pneumonia-like disease and are no longer infectious, even though they are still in hospital with complications.
BBC Health 29/07/03
Decision due on MMR ruling
The Court of Appeal will decide on Wednesday whether to overturn a High Court order forcing two women to have their children vaccinated with the controversial MMR jab against their will.
BBC Health 29/07/03
Early diagnosis is vital for this most baffling and distressing kind of hearing loss
Sudden deafness is one of the most baffling kinds of hearing loss. Deafness can be divided into two categories. Conductive deafness occurs when the passage of sound vibrations to the inner ear is impeded (perhaps because of fluid in the middle ear, or a hole in the eardrum). The second category is sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL), caused by damage to the cochlea (the acoustic nerve). In a related condition — sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL) — a sufferer may go to bed with normal hearing and wake partially or completely deaf in one ear. In 99.9 per cent of cases the loss is in one ear, and it is often accompanied by tinnitus (ringing in the ear). Occasionally SSNHL can be brought on by trauma — head injuries, surgery, loud explosions — or viruses such as mumps and herpes, and possibly also measles and German measles. But about 95 per cent of new cases of SSNHL — up to 1,000 a year in Britain — have no known cause.
The Times 30/07/03
Falling babies risk brain injury
Simple household falls may be more likely to produce severe brain injuries in babies than previously thought, say researchers.
BBC Health 29/07/03
Health: Patience the key in Labour's struggle to transform NHS
The NHS was practically moribund when Labour won power in 1997 but the Blair Government delayed for two years before attempting emergency resuscitation. It has since ordered the largest injection of funds in the NHS's history and launched a recovery plan that would make Aneurin Bevan's eyes gleam with envy. But that initial delay could prove fatal. The big question now is: can the NHS deliver before ministerial and public patience runs out?
The Independent 30/07/03
'Heart share' athletes compete
Two men - connected by a transplant which gave one the other's heart - are battling for medals at a unique competition.
BBC Health 29/07/03
HIV patients at risk of cancer
HIV patients living without the benefit of modern drugs are far more vulnerable to several different types of cancer, say researchers.
BBC Health 29/07/03
Male suicide rate high
Suicide is the single biggest cause of accidental or violent death among men in England and Wales, statistics show.
BBC Health 29/07/03
McDonald's trumpets healthy sales
Fast-food giant McDonald's has thanked what it called "a dramatic new difference in service, taste and relevance" for signs of a revival in its fortunes.
BBC Health 29/07/03
Pills for everything
Thousands of children are on drugs to control their behaviour. But are they really ill or just the products of poor parenting?
The Guardian 30/07/03
Screen break
Many patients stuck in hospital long for a break from the tedium. And at St Thomas' in London, they get it - as the cinema comes to them. Sarah Ebner reports.
The Guardian 30/07/03
Shipman's nurse sues for £100,000
The nurse who worked alongside Harold Shipman is suing him and the health authority for £100,000 damages over the stress she suffered working with the mass murderer.
BBC Health 29/07/03
Surgery knife siege ends
A doctor who was taken hostage by an armed man has been freed.
BBC Health 29/07/03
Take gas bill to get NHS treatment
Patients going for routine treatment at NHS hospitals in England will have to present a gas bill, passport or other proof of identity to prove eligibility for free care, John Hutton, the health minister, said yesterday.
The Guardian 30/07/03
Taste of tradition
For Asian men, smoking is second nature and a sign of belonging - but some areas are more committed than others in providing help for them to quit. Tina Bexson reports.
The Guardian 30/07/03
Tough call to shame young pretenders
The government should introduce a national standard for organisations seeking to involve young people and should make it "a positive factor" in distribution of funding, the outgoing director of the Carnegie Young People Initiative says today.
The Guardian 30/07/03
WHO steps up polio fight
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has announced a programme of mass polio immunisation in the four countries where the disease remains a major problem.
BBC Health 29/07/03
Cheshire and Mersey News
Centre plans set to improve your health
Plans for a new medical centre serving Appleton and Stretton are unveiled this week - and residents can influence how it will be run.
Warrington Guardian 29/07/03
Cumbria and Lancashire News
£1.8m development for single homeless opens
A £1.8 million flagship scheme to help single homeless people in Bury has finally opened following weeks of uncertainty.
Lancashire Evening Telegraph 29/07/03
Ending a town's housing woe
Ostensibly, , Burnley is in the grip of a grim paradox in being named as one of the worst places in the country for homelessness while having almost 4,000 empty houses.
Lancashire Evening Telegraph 29/07/03
More young "depressed"
Depression is "prevalent" among Bury's young people, a survey has found.
Lancashire Evening Telegraph 29/07/03
Patient's Passport scheme flawed, says MP
Pendle MP Gordon Prentice today spoke of his concerns about the Conservative Party's plans for a Patient's Passport. He said the voucher scheme would subsidise payment for private operations by 60 per cent of the cost in the NHS.
Lancashire Evening Telegraph 29/07/03
Greater Manchester News
Alert as doctor gets hepatitis
Hundreds of women will be offered blood tests after it was revealed a doctor at a Greater Manchester hospital has hepatitis C.
Manchester Evening News 29/07/03
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