National and International News
Ban lifted on adverts for some pharmacy drug sales
The advertising ban on certain over-the-counter drugs, such as remedies for bone and heart diseases, is to be lifted, the government said yesterday.
Financial Times 12/08/03
BBC Health News 12/08/03
Bodies left unburied in Paris as heat toll soars
French mortuaries in crisis and mafia blamed for Italy's forest fires
The Guardian 12/08/03
Clot-buster coating for blood cells
Red blood cells could be tailored to carry lifesaving drugs into the heart of clots forming in blood vessels, say scientists.
BBC Health News 12/08/03
Emergency calls at record as ambulance services feel the heat
A RECORD number of emergency calls were made to ambulance services over the weekend as people collapsed in the heat.
The Times 12/08/03
Iraqi 'messenger of peace' ready for his artificial limbs
An Iraqi war orphan who lost both arms in a US missile attack was seen yesterday by doctors in Britain who hope to give him a near-normal life with a set of artificial limbs.
The Independent 12/08/03
BBC Health News 12/08/03
Master class in glass
Making glass eyes is a rare skill - and Britain has only one practitioner left
The Times 12/08/03
The older, the better
British children may be getting more obese, but their parents and grandparents seem to be getting much fitter
The Guardian 12/08/03
Parkinsons drugs linked to gambling
COMPULSIVE gambling may be a rare side-effect of some drugs prescribed for Parkinson’s disease, according to researchers in America.
The Times 12/08/03
BBC Health News 12/08/03
Pregnancy poverty gap revealed
Some first-time mothers in affluent areas of Glasgow are older than grandmothers in the city's poorest communities, studies have shown.
BBC Health News 12/08/03
'Quick hit' research ignores health promotion
The Guardian 12/08/03
Research aiming to prevent and reduce ill health is being ignored in favour of short-term, politically high profile "quick hits", a report claimed today.
Syphilis is back
It had been virtually wiped out in Britain but one of the deadliest sexually transmitted infections is once again spreading at an alarming rate. We should be worried
The Guardian 12/08/03
US pupils get obesity reports
Pupils' weight and fitness details are being added to school reports in the US, in an effort to reduce obesity levels.
BBC Health News 12/08/03
Warning over extreme diets
People who go on extreme diets could be seriously damaging their health, experts have warned.
BBC Health News 12/08/03
Why Madonna's favourite yogic exercises are in danger of bringing Britain to its knees
They are the A-list exercise fads followed by everyone from Claudia Schiffer to Madonna. But now, it seems, yoga and Pilates could be bad for you.
The Independent 12/08/03
Cheshire and Mersey News
Cumbria and Lancashire News
Paramedics to get new uniforms
PARAMEDICS in Bolton will be kitted out in new uniforms later on in the year.
Bolton Evening News 11/08/03
Greater Manchester News
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