National and International News
Cash for muscle condition research - Daily Mail 06/06/05
A team of Newcastle-based scientists has been granted almost £500,000 from lottery funds to help research debilitating condition Duchenne muscular dystrophy, it's been announced.
Legionnaires' fears for rig workers - Daily Mail 06/06/05
Fifteen workers on a North Sea gas platform have been airlifted off after traces of Legionella bacteria were discovered.
Clark case pathologist banned - Daily Mail 06/06/05
A Home Office pathologist who failed to disclose evidence that could have helped to clear Sally Clark of the murder of her two sons has been found guilty of serious professional misconduct by the General Medical Council.
Shedding the pounds with laughter - Daily Mail 06/06/05
Dieters looking for another edge might want to consider exercising their sense of humour - scientists have found that a good laugh is a calorie burner not to be ignored.
Hormone key to fighting cancer - Daily Mail 06/06/05
Growth hormones may hold the key to combating cancer and extending lifespan, scientists have revealed.
Crackdown on unregistered workers - Daily Mail 06/06/05
Dodgy dieticians and rogue radiographers are being targeted in a crackdown on unregistered health workers.
New superbug 'threatening the NHS' - Daily Mail 06/06/05
A new superbug, which has claimed the lives of 12 patients at one of Britain's leading specialist hospitals, is threatening the NHS.
Anti-cancer drugs in chicken eggs - BBC Health News 06/06/05
A genetically-modified chicken whose eggs contain large amounts of a protein which can be used to treat cancer could become a commercial reality.
Court work ban for Clark doctor - BBC Health News 06/06/05
The pathologist who carried out post-mortem tests on the two babies of Sally Clark has been found guilty of serious professional misconduct.
Botox 'helps to prevent drooling' - BBC Health News 06/06/05
Botox injections can prevent children with cerebral palsy from suffering a distressing side effect of the condition, scientists have found.
Obesity linked to problem births - BBC Health News 06/06/05
Obese women have a higher risk of suffering complications when they are giving birth, a study has found.
How blood disorder blocks malaria - BBC Health News 06/06/05
Scientists believe they have uncovered why people with a gene for a blood disorder are immune to malaria.
'How could I miss my own cancer?' - BBC Health News 06/06/05
Elizabeth Howard, a GP, missed her own cancer for eight months.
'Accidental check-up saved my life' - BBC Health News 06/06/05
Like many men Brian Johnson does not like seeing the doctor.
'I tried living like an asylum seeker' - BBC Health News 06/06/05
Each week failed asylum seekers are having to survive on little more than £5 cash and a bag of food, donated by local charities.
Futuristic cot may reduce deaths - BBC Health News 06/06/05
Students at Coventry University have developed a cot which automatically rocks babies to sleep and controls their temperature.
Heroin prescription 'cuts costs' - BBC Health News 06/06/05
There are strong reasons to support the practice of prescribing heroin to drug misusers, researchers claim.
Key genes predict cancer outcome - BBC Health News 06/06/05
Scientists have pinpointed a key sequence of genes which appear to be active in rapidly developing cancers.
Ebola, Marburg vaccine 'success' - BBC Health News 06/06/05
The first vaccine to protect monkeys against Ebola and Marburg viruses has been developed by scientists from Canada, the United States and France.
Hope for new contraceptive option - BBC Health News 06/06/05
Scientists are working on an alternative to the contraceptive pill which they hope would carry a lower risk of side effects.
Boys less likely to eat healthily - BBC Health News 06/06/05
Boys are more reluctant than girls to be tempted by Jamie Oliver-style healthy school dinners, research shows.
Keeping fit may only take minutes - BBC Health News 06/06/05
Keeping fit and healthy may not require hours of physical exercise every week, research suggests.
Arthritis patients denied drugs - BBC Health News 06/06/05
Many patients with severe rheumatoid arthritis are being denied effective drugs, say campaigners.
Patients killed by new bug strain - BBC Health News 06/06/05
A new and more virulent strain of a potentially fatal hospital infection is being seen in the NHS.
Island GPs profit from quiet nights - The Times 06/06/05
SOME family doctors in the Outer Hebrides are among the best-paid in the country after signing on to staff an out-of-hours emergency system.
Beat the blues with a cyberdoc - The Times 06/06/05
Computer programmes to defeat depression have been cleared for widespread use in the NHS
More people consult Google over health - The Times 06/06/05
GOOGLE, the internet search engine, has now become one of the patient’s best friends, second only to the family doctor.
Tough spores make infection hard to prevent and to treat - The Independent 06/06/05
Public alarm over hospital-acquired infections has focused on MRSA (methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus) but the "superbug" accounts for about 7,000 - of estimated 300,000 infections a year.
Superbug kills 12 at spinal unit as doctors warn of new threat to NHS - The Independent 06/06/05
An outbreak of a lethal new bug at a leading specialist hospital has claimed 12 lives and is posing a grave new threat to the NHS, doctors have warned.
Laboratory success against Ebola virus - The Guardian 06/06/05
Scientists in Canada and the US may have found a way of containing the world's deadliest diseases.
Headstones warn of killer disease - Daily Mail 06/06/05
Temporary graveyards appeared in cities across the UK in a hard-hitting campaign to warn women of the risks of heart disease.
Cheshire and Mersey News
Doctor misses organ inquiry - Manchester Evening News 06/06/05
A DOCTOR at the centre of the Alder Hey organ retention scandal today failed to appear at a disciplinary hearing of the General Medical Council.
Village looks for volunteer life-savers - Chester Evening Leader 06/06/05
AMBULANCE bosses and parish councillors near Chester have unveiled plans to launch an initiative to help save lives.
Meningitis vaccine a life saver - Liverpool Daily Post 03/06/05
A VACCINE which protects against meningitis is saving hundreds of lives in Merseyside.
Free fruit in classrooms - Liverpool Daily Post 06/06/05
EVERY junior school child in Liverpool will receive a major health boost under a new "fruit for all" scheme.
Patients being kept in the dark - Liverpool Daily Post 06/06/05
TWO patients of a suspended Merseyside surgeon last night said they were being kept in the dark about why their doctor has been suspended.
Prof hearing facing delay - Liverpool Echo 06/06/05
A HEARING into the conduct of the pathologist who secretly took organs from dead children at Alder Hey children's hospital has been delayed.
MPs urge caution over hospital ward closure proposals - Warrington Guardian 06/06/05
WARRINGTON'S MPs say proposals to close a ward at Warrington Hospital need to be carefully handled.
'Body-parts' pathologist accused - Daily Mail 06/06/05
A pathologist who secretly took organs from dead youngsters at Alder Hey Children's Hospital is to appear before the General Medical Council charged with serious professional misconduct.
Organ doctor in hearing no-show - BBC Health News 06/06/05
The pathologist at the centre of the Alder Hey organ scandal has failed to attend a General Medical Council (GMC) hearing in Manchester.
Cumbria and Lancashire News
Go-ahead for surgery - Carlisle News & Star 06/06/05
LONGTOWN’S long wait for a new doctor’s surgery is over after Carlisle city councillors gave the go-ahead for a new building in Moor Road.
Hospital care second to none [letter] - Blackburn Citizen 03/06/05
I FEEL I should write to tell you of my care and observations during my three stays in Blackburn Royal Infirmary.
Greater Manchester News
Heart swap woman beats cancer - Tameside Advertiser 06/06/05
A WOMAN who three times defied medics who gave her just two weeks to live has told of her amazing battle against cancer.
More women in booze danger - Manchester Evening News 06/06/05
ALCOHOL could overtake heart disease within five years as the biggest threat to Manchester women's lives.
Senior doctors 'damning verdict' on hospital bosses - Bury Times 03/06/05
SENIOR doctors at Fairfield Hospital are to decide on a motion of "no confidence" in bosses after trade unions delivered their own damning verdict.
Town hospital's new cash blow - Bolton Evening News 03/06/05
CASH-STRAPPED Royal Bolton Hospital - already £7 million in debt - has overspent by a further third of a million pounds in the first month of this financial year.
Cosmetic surgery nearly killed me - Bolton Evening News 03/06/05
THE wife of former Bolton Wanderers soccer star Colin Hendry has warned of the terrible consequences when cosmetic surgery goes wrong.
Peptic could be solution to tooth decay [letter] - Bolton Evening News 03/06/05
I READ with interest and concern, the article "Should fluoride be put in our water?"
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