National and International News
Field hospital for attack victims - BBC Health News 02/08/05
Plymouth police are setting up a permanent "field hospital" to treat victims of drunken violence.
Childbirth down after Caesareans - BBC Health News 02/08/05
Women who have babies by Caesarean section are less likely to have another pregnancy, a study has shown.
Baby may not have died from MRSA - BBC Health News 02/08/05
A baby thought to have been the youngest victim of MRSA in hospital may not have died from the superbug, a report has found.
NHS choice 'not exciting public' - BBC Health News 02/08/05
The public have once again turned their noses up at NHS choice with a huge majority saying they just want good local services, a survey suggests.
Home test kits for bowel cancer - BBC Health News 02/08/05
Home testing kits are to be sent out to people in their 60s in a bowel cancer screening programme for England, the government has announced.
Women heart drug risks 'unknown' - BBC Health News 02/08/05
Too little is known about potential side effects for women taking heart drugs, scientists have claimed.
WHO urges more tests on pig fever - BBC Health News 02/08/05
The World Health Organization has urged China to carry out further tests on the pig disease that official figures now show has killed 36 people since June.
More NHS jobs 'filled in England' - Daily Mail 02/08/05
A falling number of NHS vacancies for doctors and nurses has been hailed by the Government.
Hospital op waiting lists smaller - Daily Mail 02/08/05
The Government has moved a step closer to meeting its six-month waiting time target by the end of the year as new figures showed a steady drop in patients needing an NHS operation.
Britain doubles disease donations - Daily Mail 02/08/05
Britain has announced it is doubling its official support for the Global Fund to fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
Ambulance boss 'was undermined' - Daily Mail 02/08/05
A woman ambulance chief was undermined because of a culture of sexism, a report has revealed.
Smoking ban calls are welcomed - Daily Mail 02/08/05
Campaigners have welcomed calls by top health and safety advisers for the Government to press ahead with a total ban on smoking in public places
Parents keen to get Frank advice - Daily Mail 02/08/05
Parents make one in seven calls to the Government's anti-drugs advice line, it has been revealed.
More women needed for drug trials - Daily Mail 02/08/05
More women should be included in clinical trials for new drugs to treat heart disease, researchers have said.
Heart transplant patient dies - Daily Mail 02/08/05
Europe's longest surviving heart transplant patient has died months after celebrating the 25th anniversary of his operation.
Food salt level targets are scrapped - Daily Mail 02/08/05
Proposed targets to reduce the level of salt in food were scrapped after manufacturers said they could not meet them, according to a foods watchdog report.
False memories used to help dieters - Daily Mail 02/08/05
Powers of suggestion like those employed by TV mind manipulator Derren Brown can turn dieters off certain foods, researchers have found.
Baby may not have died from MRSA - Daily Mail 02/08/05
The superbug MRSA may not have been the cause of a day-old baby's death, a report has said.
Art row hospital explains decision - Daily Mail 02/08/05
A hospital under fire because of the number of operations it cancels and its record on fighting the MRSA bug has revealed it had raised £45,000 to spend on "art activities" during the last year.
More women needed for drug trials - Daily Mail 02/08/05
More women should be included in clinical trials for new drugs to treat heart disease, researchers have said.
Home testing kits for bowel cancer - Daily Mail 02/08/05
Details of the national screening programme for bowel cancer in England were being outlined by the Government.
Gene discovery could lead to anti-ageing treatments - Daily Mail 02/08/05
Scientists have discovered a whole family of genes that appear to control lifespan, it was revealed today.
Viagra link to 102 deaths - Daily Mail 02/08/05
More Than 100 people have died after taking the controversial anti-impotence pill Viagra, The Mail on Sunday can reveal.
Man dies in golf club 'salmonella' outbreak - Daily Mail 02/08/05
A suspected food poisoning outbreak at a golf club dinner which is thought to have caused the death of a member is under investigation.
Lovesick teenagers turn to junk food for comfort - Daily Mail 02/08/05
A third of young people over-eat to combat stress or depression often related to their love life, a study has found.
Firms urged over new worker stress - Daily Mail 02/08/05
Firms have been urged to give new recruits a proper induction after a report showed that stress levels of people starting a new job have hit an all-time high.
Allergy alert over cake covering - Daily Mail 02/08/05
Supplies of a chocolate cake covering were recalled amid health fears, the manufacturers said.
Laser boosts cancer treatment hopes - Daily Mail 02/08/05
Cancer treatment could be dramatically improved by an experimental laser therapy that uses a "Trojan horse" technique to target tumours, it has been revealed.
Fat waist 'may indicate heart risk' - Daily Mail 02/08/05
Tummy size may offer a simple way to spot children with risk factors for heart disease and diabetes, researchers have said.
Doctors fear Caesareans may harm fertility - Daily Mail 02/08/05
Women who give birth by Caesarean are less likely to have another child, researchers have discovered.
Teenage drinking 'out of control' - Daily Telegraph 02/08/05
Binge drinking among young people is out of control, the Government was warned last night, after it was revealed that about 13 children a day are admitted to hospital suffering from the effects of alcohol.
Does it work? Echinacea - Daily Telegraph 02/08/05
Chloe Rhodes finds out the truth about Britain's most popular homeopathic treatment
When a routine becomes a ritual - Daily Telegraph 02/08/05
Tonight, in a televised experiment, a medical team will try to cure three obsessive compulsive disorder sufferers with a new type of accelerated therapy. Here, author John Harding explains how he uses the condition to his advantage
Reducing Risk of VCJD - Further precautionary measures announced, UK - Medical News Today 02/08/05
The Department of Health announced today an extension to the precautionary measures to reduce the possible risk of vCJD being transmitted by blood and blood products.
Early warning signs of Alzheimer's show up across cognitive areas years before official diagnosis - Medical News Today 02/08/05
By combing through dozens of Alzheimer's disease (AD) studies, psychologists have gained a clear picture of cognitive problems in people who will develop the degenerative brain disease.
Foundations laid for new, modern NHS dentistry, UK - Medical News Today 02/08/05
New contractual regulations for dentists published today will lay the foundations for a modern NHS dentistry system announced Health Minister Rosie Winterton.
Monthly Creutzfeldt Jakob (vCJD) disease statistics, UK - Medical News Today 02/08/05
The UK Department of Health is today issuing the latest information about the numbers of known cases of Creutzfeldt Jakob disease.
Two-Part NPR Series Examines Ethical Issues Surrounding Reproductive Health Technologies - Medical News Today 02/08/05
NPR's "All Things Considered" in a two-part series on Thursday and Friday examined some of the ethical issues surrounding recent advances in reproductive health technologies.
UK Government consults on world-class health research strategy - Medical News Today 02/08/05
The UK Department of Health today launched a consultation on proposals for a new modernised National Health Research Strategy.
Omega-6 fatty acids cause prostate tumor cell growth in culture - Medical News Today 02/08/05
A study conducted at the San Francisco VA Medical Center (SFVAMC) has demonstrated that omega-6 fatty acids such as the fat found in corn oil promote the growth of prostate tumor cells in the laboratory.
Compulsory examinations for immigrants could increase risk to public health - Medical News Today 02/08/05
In the latest issue of Political Quarterly (UK), James Hampshire examines the current debate about the public health effects of immigration.
'Smart' nanoprobes light up disease - Medical News Today 02/08/05
Researchers from Rice University's Center for Biological and Environmental Nanotechnology (CBEN) have developed a "smart" beacon hundreds of times smaller than a human cell that is programmed to light up only when activated by specific proteases. Altered expression of particular proteases is a common hallmark of cancer, atherosclerosis, and many other diseases.
Prion diseases - is the worst to come? The Biochemist, August issue - Medical News Today 02/08/05
Early predictions of an epidemic have not proved true. But what if vCJD occurs in people of the same age as most CJD patients? Then the true epidemic will explode 20 years from now. The latest Biochemist takes a look at the prion family and how they work.
Women missing out in heart treatment - more needed in clinical trials - Medical News Today 02/08/05
The designers of heart disease trials should ensure that they recruit enough women to reveal reliably whether they are responding to the drugs in a different way from men, according to research published on line today (Tuesday, 2 August) in Europe's leading cardiology journal, the European Heart Journal[1].
Amphetamine-related drugs effective in treating a mouse model of Parkinson's disease - Medical News Today 02/08/05
In a new study reported in the open-access journal PLoS Biology, Tatyana Sotnikova and colleagues from Duke University create a mouse model that recapitulates many of the symptoms of Parkinson's disease and use it to screen potential therapeutic drugs.
Gene Expression in the Aging Brain - Medical News Today 02/08/05
While medical science and a healthy lifestyle can help increase life expectancy, many aspects of aging and longevity are beyond our control.
Human cerebellum and cortex age in very different ways - Medical News Today 02/08/05
Researchers have found that the two primary areas of the human brain appear to age in radically different ways: The cortex used in higher-level thought undergoes more extensive changes with age than the cerebellum, which regulates basic processes such as heartbeat, breathing and balance.
Cracking the perception code - Medical News Today 02/08/05
The brain may interpret the information it receives from sensory neurons using a code more complicated than scientists previously thought, according to new research from the National Autonomous University of Mexico and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
Anti-tumor activity also plays a critical role during eye development in the embryo - Medical News Today 02/08/05
Arf gene prevents excessive growth of blood vessels in the developing eye by blocking signals that trigger accumulation of cells that nurture these vessels, according to St. Jude researchers A gene better known for its role in preventing cancer also plays a key role in the developing embryo, where the gene prevents excessive growth of blood vessels, according to investigators at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
Headache sufferers flout new drug law - The Guardian 02/08/05
Calls for clinical trials and rethink of legislation as patients claim that magic mushrooms can relieve excruciating condition
Food firms balked at targets to cut salt - The Guardian 02/08/05
Proposed targets to reduce the level of salt in food were scrapped after manufacturers said they could not meet them, according to a foods watchdog report published today.
Further pregnancy less likely after caesarean - The Guardian 02/08/05
Women who have their baby by caesarean section are less likely to have another pregnancy, a 17-year study following 25,370 women revealed yesterday.
Report casts doubt on MRSA baby death - The Guardian 02/08/05
A two-day-old baby who was thought to have been the youngest victim of the MRSA superbug may not have been killed by the hospital-acquired infection, a new report has suggested.
Millions targeted in bowel cancer campaign - The Independent 02/08/05
Eating a Mediterranean diet, taking intensive exercise or even having a happy disposition - these things don't only make us healthier, they can actually help add years to our lives. And as scientists learn more about the causes of ageing, many of us could live to be well over 100. Jane Feinmann reports
Millions targeted in bowel cancer campaign - The Independent 02/08/05
Details of the national screening programme for bowel cancer in England were being outlined by the Government today.
Caesereans may reduce fertility - The Times 02/08/05
A 17-year childbirth study suggests that the procedure could lead to problems with future conceptions
Teenage drinking is out of control - The Times 02/08/05
EXCESSIVE drinking among children is out of control, the Government was told yesterday. It was disclosed that 13 children are admitted to hospital every day because of alcohol abuse.
Longer waiting times for NHS 24 call-backs - The Times 02/08/05
SCOTTISH ministers were accused yesterday of “staggering incompetence” over the running of NHS 24 as it emerged that average call-back times rose eight-fold in three years.
Pioneer heart patient dies after 25 years - The Times 02/08/05
EUROPE’S longest-surviving heart transplant patient has died at the age of 75, more than a quarter of a century after the pioneering operation that gave him a new chance at life.
Heart surgery aids elderly with diabetes, angina - Reuters 01/08/05
Elderly diabetic patients with chronic heart-related chest pain -- angina -- benefit from surgery to open blocked coronary arteries to the same degree as similar heart patients without diabetes, according to Swiss researchers.
Singulair eases sleep-disordered breathing in kids - Reuters 01/08/05
In a study of children with mild sleep-disordered breathing, a once-daily Singulair pill led to significant reductions in both adenoid size and respiratory-related sleep disturbance.
New TB vaccine design called for in poor nations - Reuters 01/08/05
Tuberculosis vaccines being tested in developed countries will not protect people living in parts of the developing world where they are most needed because they trigger a different body response, researchers said on Monday.
Oregon anti-meth law would require prescriptions - Reuters 01/08/05
A bill passed by lawmakers on Saturday would make Oregon the first U.S. state to require a doctor's prescription for cold medicines containing an ingredient that can be used to make the illegal drug methamphetamine.
Girls abused by dates at higher STD risk - Reuters 01/08/05
Adolescent girls who have been shoved, hit, forced into any sexual activity or otherwise physically or sexually abused by a date are more likely than their non-abused peers to have been tested for a sexually transmitted disease and to report being diagnosed with an STD.
New health risk found for teen smoking - study - Reuters 01/08/05
People trying to stop teens from smoking may have a new weapon -- a study showing that even secondhand smoke raises the risk of metabolic syndrome, a condition marked by obesity, high blood pressure, unhealthy cholesterol levels and pre-diabetes.
Perrigo recalls oral drops for children in U.S. - Reuters 02/08/05
Perrigo Co. voluntarily recalled four types of liquid pain, cough and cold drops packaged with syringes that could make it difficult to measure proper doses for young children, the company and regulators said on Monday.
Vitamin D low in nearly all elderly who break hip - Reuters 02/08/05
Vitamin D deficiency is nearly universal in cases of hip fractures, researchers in Scotland reported online in Current Medical Research and Opinion on Monday.
Acupuncture shown to relieve tension headaches - Reuters 01/08/05
Acupuncture is an effective treatment for patients suffering from tension headaches, German researchers said on Friday.
Pfizer's Celebrex arthritis drug to add warnings - Reuters 02/08/05
Pfizer Inc. on Monday said the label of its Celebrex arthritis drug has been changed to add a prominent warning of possible cardiovascular risks, such as an increased chance of heart attacks, in line with new warnings on other arthritis and pain drugs.
Cheshire and Mersey News
More than half fail NHS stop-smoking schemes - Liverpool Daily Post 01/08/05
MORE than half of Merseyside and Cheshire smokers who pledge to quit the habit fail within just four weeks, new figures show.
Scientists list early warning signs of Alzheimer's disease - Liverpool Daily Post 01/08/05
AN EXHAUSTIVE search for clues has uncovered a set of warning sign symptoms for Alzheimer's disease that occur before the illness is diagnosed, it was revealed today.
Hospital is a 'victim of its own success' - Southport Visitor 02/08/05
HOSPITAL services in Southport have been dealt a blow, having lost stars in the annual ratings from NHS watchdog the Healthcare Commission.
Cumbria and Lancashire News
'Protect my medic crews from abuse' - Lancashire Evening Post 01/08/05
More needs to be done to stop sickening attacks on the county's life-saving paramedics, says the county ambulance boss.
Greater Manchester News
Wedding joy at last for brave Dawn - Manchester Evening News 02/08/05
THE courageous nurse who lost both legs in an appalling road accident on the way to her wedding will today achieve her greatest dream and finally walk down the aisle.
High salt levels in sweet treats - Manchester Evening News 02/08/05
HIGH levels of salt have been found where consumers least expect it - in desserts, cakes and biscuits, a survey revealed today.
Four in TB outbreak at job centre - Manchester Evening News 02/08/05
FOUR workers at a job centre in Greater Manchester have contracted tuberculosis.
Caesarean mums 'less likely get pregnant' - Manchester Evening News 02/08/05
WOMEN who deliver their baby by Caesarean section are less likely to have another pregnancy, research revealed today.
Binge drinking: Children in danger - Manchester Evening News 02/08/05
THIRTEEN children are admitted to hospital every day suffering from the effects of drinking alcohol, figures showed today.
Mum to be first live kidney donor - Manchester Evening News 02/08/05
A MANCHESTER mum is preparing to become the first person in Britain to donate a kidney to a complete stranger.
Laser killers attack cancer - Manchester Evening News 02/08/05
LASERS could replace chemotherapy to treat cancer, researchers claim.
Experts clash in salt scare - Manchester Evening News 02/08/05
TARGETS to reduce salt in food were scrapped after manufacturers said they could not meet them, a watchdog has claimed.
Metrolink loop to hospital ditched - Manchester Evening News 02/08/05
A PLAN to drop the proposed Metrolink line to Wythenshawe Hospital has been approved.
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