National and International News
Drugs 'should not be first treatment for depressed children' - The Independent 28/09/05
Drugs should not be given to depressed children as the initial treatment, the Government's medicine watchdog says today. The advice from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (Nice) follows safety fears about antidepressants which have been linked with an increased risk of suicide.
Depressed youngsters 'need the therapy of talk rather than pills' - The Times 28/09/05
GPs to stop prescribing antidepressants blamed for suicidal feelings in under-18s - The Guardian 28/09/05
Anti-depressants 'not for young' - BBC Health News 28/09/05
Support call for young depressives - Daily Mail 28/09/05
GPs under fire for Prozac prescriptions to children - Daily Mail 28/09/05
Euthanasia law must change, says struck-off doctor - The Guardian 28/09/05
A retired doctor vowed yesterday to continue to campaign for the legalisation of doctor-assisted suicide after he was struck off the medical register for obtaining pills in his own name to help a terminally ill friend end his life.
Doctor is struck off for trying to help friend die - The Times 28/09/05
Euthanasia doctor is struck off - BBC Health News 28/09/05
Doctor who tried to help friend end his life was irresponsible, GMC ruled, UK - Medical News Today 28/09/05
Healthier option at schools - The Times 28/09/05
STATE and private schools will have to stock healthy food and drinks in vending machines under a change in the law to be announced today by Ruth Kelly, the Education Secretary.
Junk food to be banned in schools - BBC Health News 28/09/05
Junk food to be banned from schools - Daily Mail 28/09/05
Burgers banned but cakes saved on school menus - Daily Mail 28/09/05
UK School meals system failing needy children, say researchers - Medical News Today 28/09/05
Pomegranate juice promising for prostate cancer - Reuters 28/09/05
Pomegranate extract may prevent prostate cancer or slow its growth, if results of lab experiments conducted at the University of Wisconsin in Madison translate to real-world benefits.
Seven saintly fruit juices - Daily Mail 28/09/05
Pomegranates 'slow tumour growth' - BBC Health News 28/09/05
E-Coli outbreak 'peaked' - Daily Mail 28/09/05
The E.coli outbreak that has swept across schools and communities in south Wales valleys has peaked health officials have declared.
Plaid Cymru demands urgent debate on e-coli outbreak, Wales - Medical News Today 28/09/05
Blair heading for conference defeat on NHS - Daily Telegraph 27/09/05
Tony Blair was heading for a humiliating conference defeat last night over his plans to increase private sector involvement in the National Health Service.
Blair faces defeat over NHS plan - BBC Health News 28/09/05
Criticism for ban on baby cooing - BBC Health News 28/09/05
A national support group for mothers has criticised a hospital that has banned visitors from cooing at babies because of human rights fears.
Baby gawpers ban is 'misguided' - Daily Mail 28/09/05
'Postcode lottery' for special needs childcare - The Guardian 28/09/05
Parents of children with special needs face a postcode lottery in their search for good nurseries and childminders, Ofsted warned today.
Postcode lottery for special needs - Daily Mail 28/09/05
Blair adviser warns of flu pandemic threat to UK - The Guardian 28/09/05
One of Tony Blair's top security advisers warned yesterday that Britain could face a flu pandemic in the next few years.
Flu outbreak 'will overwhelm hospitals' - Daily Telegraph 27/09/05
Psychologists to analyse the mental scars of disfigurement - The Times 28/09/05
DISFIGUREMENT can have profound psychological consequences, but they are poorly understood and hard to predict, according to a research team about to begin a study into the subject.
Study into effects of disfigurement - Daily Mail 28/09/05
Debts 'may force top doctor cuts' - BBC Health News 28/09/05
The first evidence has emerged that the NHS deficits crisis is hitting senior doctor posts in England.
Third of all NHS trusts plan cuts, says BMA - Daily Telegraph 27/09/05
Authorities accused of failing to tackle causes of breast cancer - The Guardian 28/09/05
The government and the "cancer establishment" are today accused of failing to tackle the causes of breast cancer, in a report that claims environmental pollutants have played a significant part in its epidemic rise.
Key gene 'may reverse hair loss' - BBC Health News 28/09/05
Scientists believe manipulating genes within hair cells can reverse baldness.
Would-be fathers pollution threat - BBC Health News 28/09/05
Men wishing to father a baby should avoid air pollution around the time of conception to ensure best quality sperm, research suggests.
MRSA scare in hospital baby unit - BBC Health News 28/09/05
Five babies in the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley have been affected by the MRSA superbug, it has emerged.
Pregnancy stress 'passed to baby' - BBC Health News 28/09/05
Children whose mothers were overly stressed during pregnancy may themselves be more vulnerable to anxiety as a result, research suggests.
Mini-needles 'give painless jabs' - BBC Health News 28/09/05
Squeamish patients who cannot stand the sight of needles could be offered pain-free injections, thanks to the work of Cardiff scientists.
Hockney leads smoking ban protest - BBC Health News 28/09/05
Artist David Hockney will lead protests against the government's plans to ban smoking in most public places at the Labour Party Conference.
US clinic halts liver transplants - BBC Health News 28/09/05
A hospital in California has suspended its liver transplant programme, saying doctors arranged an operation for a Saudi who was low on a priorities list.
Franchise hospital managed by NHS - BBC Health News 28/09/05
The hospital which became the first in the country to be run by a private company is being taken over by another NHS Trust.
Disease gene signposts sought out - BBC Health News 28/09/05
UK researchers are to analyse thousands of DNA samples in a bid to find genetic signposts for eight major diseases.
British sea sponge may fight cancer - Daily Mail 28/09/05
A sea sponge found in rock pools on British beaches may help the battle against breast and lung cancer, scientists have said.
Smoking less reduces cancer risk - Daily Mail 28/09/05
Cutting down from 20 cigarettes a day to 10 can significantly reduce a smoker's risk of getting lung cancer.
Hewitt defends plans for NHS reform - Daily Mail 28/09/05
Health Secretary Patricia Hewitt has defended plans to give private firms a greater role in the NHS.
Anorexia is a real disease - Daily Mail 28/09/05
This week, experts announced that the eating disorders anorexia and bulimia may be biological diseases rather than mental conditions.
Health fear over state of school lavatories - Daily Telegraph 27/09/05
The disgusting state of school lavatories can result in children suffering from psychological problems such as stress and anxiety, the 2005 World Toilet Summit, in Belfast, was told yesterday.
Grin - and you'll definitely bear it - Daily Telegraph 27/09/05
Dannii Minogue swears that chuckling at 'Little Britain' is helping her sister Kylie cope with her treatment for cancer. And recent studies show that laughter might be the best medicine, says Lucie Hoe
A serious falling-out - Daily Telegraph 27/09/05
Hair loss affects half of men over 40, causing many to question their sense of self and sexuality. But being bald isn't all bad, says Martin Plimmer
Under the knife: Sculptra - Daily Telegraph 27/09/05
Lesley Thomas finds out the truth about a facial filler
Tuition fees drove mother to suicide - Daily Telegraph 27/09/05
A mother who killed herself because she feared she could not pay her daughter's university tuition fees is being held up in China as the latest victim of the financial and mental costs of its obsessive drive for education.
Pregnancy targets 'put pressure on nurses' - Daily Telegraph 27/09/05
Tony Blair's obsession with targets was blamed yesterday for creating a culture in which a teenage girl was given a contraceptive injection by a sexual health nurse in the lavatories at McDonald's.
New rules spell end of free dental treatment for many children - Daily Telegraph 27/09/05
Thousands of children will be denied free NHS dental care from next April because of controversial rules being forced on dentists.
From birth to the potty in three weeks - Daily Telegraph 27/09/05
or new parents, the days of nappy changing seem to last forever. The wait for baby's first time on the potty, however, could be a lot shorter, according to a new method for training.
Optical tomography with standard ultrasound imaging can help distinguish early-stage breast cancer... - Medical News Today 28/09/05
A new study shows that combining a technology called optical tomography with standard ultrasound imaging can help distinguish early-stage breast cancer from non-cancerous lesions--and potentially reduce the number of breast biopsies performed. The study appears in the October issue of the journal Radiology.
Want good quality sperm? Avoid air pollution at the time of conception - Medical News Today 28/09/05
Scientists have found a link between exposure to air pollution and a reduction in the quality of sperm. You can read about this study in the journal Human Reproduction.
Pneumonia no worse for HIV-positive patients - Medical News Today 28/09/05
Pneumonia doesn't appear to harm HIV-positive patients any more than those without HIV, according to a new international study conducted in part by the University of Alberta.
Beauty queens say modern idea of beauty can damage bones and lead to osteoporosis later in life - Medical News Today 28/09/05
Seven beauty queens from four continents today appealed to girls and young women to realize that modern ideas of "beauty" can damage their bones and lead to osteoporosis later in life.
Tuberculosis and migration patterns - Medical News Today 28/09/05
Genghis Khan and his troops may have unwittingly used more than just brute military force to conquer entire nations and to establish the infamous Mongolian empire. A report in the October issue of Genome Research suggests that Genghis Khan's invasions spanning the continent of Asia during the 13th century may have been a primary vehicle for the dissemination of one of the world's most deadly diseases: tuberculosis.
Gene mutations associatied with hereditary neuralgic amyotrophy discovered - Medical News Today 28/09/05
In a significant advance toward understanding a perplexing and painful neurological disorder, an international team of researchers has discovered gene mutations associated with an inherited chronic pain and weakness syndrome known as hereditary neuralgic amyotrophy (also called HNA).
Antibiotic resistance markers in GM plants not a risk to human health - Medical News Today 28/09/05
Antibiotic-resistance markers in genetically modified (GM) plants do not pose a substantial risk to human health, concludes a review article published in the October issue of The Lancet Infectious Diseases.
Why are humans and apes so different? Is it in the hormones? - Medical News Today 28/09/05
Big apes share more than 90% of our genome and still we are undoubtedly very different. So what is it that gives us our unique “humanness” and higher intelligence? In an article about to be published in the 'journal Medical Hypotheses' a group of Portuguese researchers propose that the differences which separate apes and humans, such as brain size and intellect, can be explained by differences in thyroid and steroid hormones.
£1.7m to build world's first SIMS instrument combined with infra-red spectroscopy - Medical News Today 28/09/05
The University of Manchester has been awarded £1.7m to build a new instrument which will for the first time combine ToF-SIMS and infrared spectroscopy opening up new possibilities in the study biological, organic and inorganic materials.
Treating IBS with hypnotherapy, University of Manchester, UK - Medical News Today 28/09/05
Medics at The University of Manchester have discovered a way to treat Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) using hypnotherapy.
Social Network Analysis Holds Promise for Analysis in Primary Care Setting - Medical News Today 28/09/05
Social network analysis, a way of measuring personal relationships, is a valuable tool for quantitatively analyzing relationships among people and understanding differences between practices.
Prevention of migraine episodes, Topamax shows promise - New long-term clinical studies - Medical News Today 28/09/05
Results from two large clinical trials demonstrate that patients with frequent migraine who were treated with TOPAMAX® (topiramate) for up to 14 months (6 months double blind followed by 8 months open label) had a persistent reduction in the frequency of migraine headaches.1 In addition, analyses from the three 26-week placebo-controlled pivotal trials of topiramate in migraine prevention showed that topiramate improves health-related quality of life (HRQoL).
Preliminary data update from Betaseron 16 yr. long-term follow-up study in patients with MS - Medical News Today 28/09/05
Berlex, Inc., a U.S. affiliate of Schering AG Germany announced updated data from the Betaseron® 16-Year Long-Term Follow-up (16-Year LTF) Study being presented at the 130th Annual Meeting of the American Neurological Association (ANA) meeting.
Patients' Personal Experiences with Relative's Illnesses Influence their Familial Risk Perception - Medical News Today 28/09/05
An in-depth qualitative study of 30 patients with a family history of cancer, heart disease or diabetes finds that a patient's understanding of their familial risk of common chronic diseases depends not only on the biomedical approach of counting affected relatives, but also on such factors as the emotional impact of witnessing illness in the family and the nature of personal relationships with the relative with the disease.
Patient-centered Communication is Associated with Lower Health Care Costs - Medical News Today 28/09/05
When physicians use a patient-centered communication style, they tend to generate lower health care costs, according to an analysis of patient visits to 100 primary care physicians.
Individualized Approach Used When Delivering Clinical Preventive Services - Medical News Today 28/09/05
Physician practices develop individualized approaches for delivering clinical preventive services, such as smoking cessation counseling, cholesterol screening and immunizations, with no one approach being successful across practices.
NICE launches all-in-one pressure ulcer guidance, UK - Medical News Today 28/09/05
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) and the National Collaborating Centre for Nursing and Supportive Care (NCC NSP) have today launched an easy-to-use algorithm format to provide a single reference point for healthcare professionals on all aspects of pressure ulcer prevention and management.
Insufficient Evidence For Use Of Diabetes Drug As Treatment Of Overweight Or Obese Adults - Medical News Today 28/09/05
This systematic review finds insufficient evidence to support the use of metformin, a drug used for the treatment of type 2 diabetes and polycystic ovary syndrome, as treatment of overweight or obese adults who do not have diabetes or polycystic ovary syndrome.
Loss of Body Mass Linked to Development of Alzheimer's Disease - Medical News Today 28/09/05
Researchers at the Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center have found that the loss of body mass over time appears to be strongly linked to older adults' risk of developing Alzheimer's disease (AD), and the greater the loss, the greater the chance of a person developing the disease.
The Immune Mechanisms Of Atherosclerosis - Medical News Today 28/09/05
Scientists are depicting a novel scheme for atherosclerosis development, suggesting that this pathology might result from an imbalance between pro-inflammatory processes and calming ones.
Brain cancers: DNA chips improve diagnosis of gliomas - Medical News Today 28/09/05
Institut Curie and Inserm research scientists and physicians have just shown that precise knowledge of alterations in chromosome 1 can be used to improve the treatment of gliomas, the most frequent brain tumors in adults.
Could seaweed make junk food healthier? - Medical News Today 28/09/05
Junk food could be made healthier by adding an extract of an exotic type of seaweed, say British scientists.
Vascular Genomics: From Basic Research To Clinical Application - Medical News Today 28/09/05
Research results in vascular genomics open up avenues for regeneration of dead and damaged heart muscle by cell-based therapy. This is one of hot topics of the Second European Vascular Genomics Network Conference (EVGN Conference - Hamburg, September 27th - 30th 2005).
Dental Students Go Back To School For Oral Health Month, UK - Medical News Today 28/09/05
The School of Dentistry at The University of Manchester is starting the new academic year as it means to go on, by sending students into the community to support Oral Health Month (September).
What would you do if your appearance was suddenly altered forever? - Medical News Today 28/09/05
The Centre for Appearance Research (CAR) at the University of the West of England, Bristol has been awarded a record-breaking half a million pounds by a new charity called the Healing Foundation to fund a new study into the psychology of disfigurement.
Improving food industry's ability to predict foodborne botulism - Medical News Today 28/09/05
A discovery by Institute of Food Research (IFR) scientists is set to improve the food industry's ability to predict foodborne botulism.
Research teams losing digital information because contextual data is not being properly - Medical News Today 28/09/05
Digital information collected by research teams is being lost because contextual data is not being properly recorded, says the head of the UK organisation set up to provide advice on storing information.
High-fidelity simulator can help stroke patients drive again - Medical News Today 28/09/05
A high-fidelity simulator that allows people to practice driving on a computer-generated course can help stroke patients learn to drive again, researchers have found.
Antidepressant Medications are Effective for Use in Primary Care - Medical News Today 28/09/05
The vast majority of patients with clinical depression are seen in a primary care setting. Yet most studies examining the effectiveness of antidepressant medications are done with patients who see a psychiatric specialist and who may have a different etiology, pathophysiology and natural history for their depression.
Cannabis Based SATIVEX® Significantly Reduces Central Neuropathic Pain in People With Multiple Sclerosis - Medical News Today 28/09/05
The cannabis based medicine, Sativex®, is effective in reducing central neuropathic pain and sleep disturbance in people with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) in a UK study published today in the medical journal, Neurology 1.
">Curtailing The HIV Epidemic With Expanded Testing For Primary HIV Infection of Patients With Acute Viral Illness... - Medical News Today 28/09/05
Expanded testing for primary HIV infection among patients with fever or other viral symptoms may be a good expenditure of healthcare resources according to a cost-effectiveness analysis of three tests for primary HIV infection.
Do Nursing Home Patients Benefit from Aggressive Antibiotic Treatment? - Medical News Today 28/09/05
Calling into question the efficacy of current U.S. treatment of nursing home patients, this analysis finds that aggressive antibiotic treatment is less predictive of mortality than is a patient's illness severity when treating nursing home patients for lower respiratory tract infection.
High GGT enzyme may be indicator of cardiovascular disease death risk - Medical News Today 28/09/05
A simple blood test may identify people who have an increased risk of dying from cardiovascular disease, researchers report in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.
How a genetic variation makes people susceptible to alcohol and narcotic drug addiction - Medical News Today 28/09/05
Scientists have learned how a genetic variation long suspected in making some people susceptible to alcoholism and narcotic drug addiction actually does so.
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia arises from combination of a genetic predisposition and inhaled chemicals damage... - Medical News Today 28/09/05
An incurable, deadly lung disorder, "idiopathic interstitial pneumonia" (IIP), whose causes were mysterious arises from a combination of a genetic predisposition and damage due to inhaled chemicals, notably from cigarette smoking, Duke University Medical Center researchers have found.
Bone health poor in anorexic girls with depression - Reuters 28/09/05
Depression appears to further increase the likelihood that girls with anorexia will develop the bone-thinning disease osteoporosis, according to a report from Australia.
'Statin' drugs reduce fracture risk in men - Reuters 28/09/05
Men who take a cholesterol-lowering 'statin' drug (such as Lipitor or Zocor, for example) may be protecting more than their heart. A large study comprised mostly of elderly men shows that the drugs reduce the risk of suffering a bone fracture.
Thyroid surgery with local anesthesia possible - Reuters 28/09/05
In some cases, with the right choice of patients, surgical removal of the thyroid gland or part of it can be safely performed using local anesthesia -- with advantages over doing the operation under general anesthesia, a new study indicates.
Scientists find wider uses for cholesterol drugs - Reuters 28/09/05
Cholesterol-lowering drugs could help to prevent diabetics and people at high risk of heart disease from suffering a heart attack or stroke even if their cholesterol level is not high, scientists said on Tuesday.
Facial bone loss contributes to looking older - Reuters 28/09/05
You can blame the bones in the face, not just gravity, for those wrinkles, jowls, and the general drooping appearance that comes with age. A new study shows that the shrinking of facial bones plays a surprisingly important role in the aging of the face.
Medical students learn on 'breathing' robots - Reuters 28/09/05
Faced with a growing number of medical students and few training hospitals, a Mexican university is turning to robotic patients to better train future doctors.
Scientists find wider uses for cholesterol drugs - Reuters 28/09/05
Cholesterol-lowering drugs could help to prevent diabetics and people at high risk of heart disease from suffering a heart attack or stroke even if their cholesterol level is not high, scientists said on Tuesday.
FDA OKs Pfizer's Lipitor for use in diabetics - Reuters 28/09/05
Pfizer Inc. said on Tuesday U.S. regulators have approved its blockbuster cholesterol drug Lipitor to reduce the risk of stroke and heart attack in diabetic patients.
Ex-Merck official says doctors not shown Vioxx data - Reuters 28/09/05
Merck & Co. Inc.'s ex-research chief, in video testimony played for New Jersey jurors on Tuesday, acknowledged that data from studies on the effects of the painkiller Vioxx on Alzheimer's disease patients, showing an increased incidence of deaths, were not immediately disclosed to physicians
Obese women face greater multiple myeloma risk - Reuters 28/09/05
The results of a new prospective study provide additional evidence that obesity may increase women's risk of developing multiple myeloma, a type of bone-marrow cancer.
Fruits, vegetables guard against lung cancer: study - Reuters 28/09/05
A diet rich in fruits and vegetables appears to provide protection against lung cancer, according to research published on Tuesday.
Cheshire and Mersey News
A service for men's health - Liverpool Echo 28/09/05
THEY are regarded around the world as the bibles of car maintenance.
Cumbria and Lancashire News
Doctor 'in sex attack on nurse' - Wigan Observer 27/09/05
A trainee Wigan hospital doctor launched a sex attack on a married nurse while they were having a cigarette break, a court was told.
Greater Manchester News
Dentists must put NHS first - Bolton Evening News 27/09/05
IT was only a matter of time before dental practices in Bolton - and throughout the country - closed their doors to new NHS patients.
Blood donors needed - Bolton Evening News 27/09/05
BLOOD donors are desperately needed in Bolton.
Shame of record hospital attacks - Bolton Evening News 27/09/05
THE number of doctors and nurses being abused by drunken patients in the Royal Bolton Hospital accident and emergency department has reached a record high.
Binge drinking not a problem, say young - Manchester Evening News 28/09/05
YOUNG people are more worried about gun crime than their elders - but fewer of them see binge drinking as a problem.
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