National and International News
E coli outbreak in Wales continues to spread - The Guardian 27/09/05
Health experts said yesterday that an outbreak of E coli in south Wales had spread over an unusually wide area.
E.coli outbreak 'reaches peak' - BBC Health News 27/09/05
E.coli airlift boy, four, 'stable' - Daily Mail 27/09/05
New E.coli outbreak cases confirmed - Daily Mail 27/09/05
Move to force E.coli public inquiry - Daily Mail 27/09/05
Woman takes frozen embryos battle to human rights court - The Guardian 27/09/05
A woman fighting for the right to use frozen embryos produced with her ex-partner takes her case to the European court of human rights today.
Last chance in frozen embryo case - BBC Health News 27/09/05
GMC hears doctor agreed to help friend to die - The Guardian 27/09/05
A retired doctor has told the General Medical Council that he agreed to help a terminally ill friend to commit suicide.
Doctor attacks euthanasia 'hypocrisy' - The Times 27/09/05
Third of young women assaulted while drunk - The Guardian 27/09/05
More than one in three young women say they have been sexually assaulted after getting drunk, according to a survey which also suggests that excess alcohol makes them more likely than men to be involved in fights, be arrested or be cautioned by the police.
Drunk young women 'taking risks' - BBC Health News 27/09/05
Not the best solution, but a life-saver - The Times 27/09/05
DOCTORS have been debating for some years whether the Government’s guidelines on the categories of people who should be prescribed statins had been drawn too tightly.
Statin drugs could cut heart attacks by third - The Times 27/09/05
Statins 'could benefit many more' - BBC Health News 27/09/05
Statins 'lower heart attack risk' - Daily Mail 27/09/05
How do you infringe a baby's human rights? Just say ‘coo’ - The Times 27/09/05
HOSPITAL visitors have been banned from cooing at babies because it was decided that such behaviour infringes the newborn’s human rights.
Cooing at new-born babies banned - BBC Health News 27/09/05
Hospital bans cooing over newborn babies - Daily Mail 27/09/05
Hospital defends baby gawper ban - Daily Mail 27/09/05
Breast cancer 'protein' studied - BBC Health News 27/09/05
Scientists at Dundee University are pioneering research which could lead to a new way of predicting how breast cancer will develop
Psoriasis sufferers get new hope - BBC Health News 27/09/05
Patients suffering from an irritating skin condition have been given new hope thanks to scientists on Wearside.
Burgers' seaweed 'health boost' - BBC Health News 27/09/05
Adding a seaweed extract to junk food could make it healthier without changing the taste, scientists say.
Rock pool sponge may fight cancer - BBC Health News 27/09/05
Sponges collected from rock pools in south Wales could be a source of new drugs to combat breast and lung cancer, say researchers.
Third brother set for transplant - BBC Health News 27/09/05
The third of four brothers diagnosed with a rare life-threatening disease is to undergo a bone marrow transplant.
Mbeki 'betrayed' S Africa on Aids - BBC Health News 27/09/05
The leader of South Africa's trade union movement has launched a stinging attack on the government over HIV/Aids.
Epilepsy doctor hearing delayed - BBC Health News 27/09/05
An investigation into the case of a Leicester doctor who wrongly diagnosed hundreds of children with epilepsy has been postponed for a second time.
Doctor 'malpractice' probe delayed - Daily Mail 27/09/05
Index to show cost of drug misuse - Daily Mail 27/09/05
A new index providing accurate information on drug-related deaths has been developed to show the true cost of drug misuse.
MRSA bug hitting many families - Daily Mail 27/09/05
More than one in eight Britons have a friend or family member who has contracted the deadly MRSA bug.
Stress can cause heart attacks - Daily Mail 27/09/05
Stress is as likely to cause a heart attack as being overweight, smoking or having high cholesterol, according to a new US study.
Baby cloning boffin fails again - Daily Mail 27/09/05
A second failed attempt at human reproductive cloning has been reported by maverick fertility expert Dr Panos Zavos.
Tsars to clean-up hospitals - Daily Mail 27/09/05
Hospitals across Wales are set to get tsars in charge of cleanliness and tackling MRSA in a Government-backed move to be debated.
Seaweed could end junk food obesity - Daily Mail 27/09/05
Obesity associated with eating too much junk food could become a thing of the past following a scientific breakthrough. According to British scientists, fast food high in fat and calories could be made healthier by adding extracts from exotic seaweed.
Pomegranates 'slow prostate cancer' - Daily Mail 27/09/05
Pomegranate juice may ward off prostate cancer. In tests on mice, the juice dramatically slowed down the growth of prostate cancer cells.
Man leaves £1m for medical research - Daily Mail 27/09/05
A businessman has left more than £1 million to researchers to help find a cure for Parkinson's disease which killed his wife.
Third brother awaits life-saving op - Daily Mail 27/09/05
The third of four sons diagnosed with the same rare disease has gone into hospital to start treatment ahead of his life-saving transplant.
Career women abandon sex for IVF - Daily Mail 27/09/05
Busy career women are abandoning sex and seeking inappropriate IVF treatment to have instant babies, doctors have claimed.
Tired of expensive toys? Try a shoebox - Daily Mail 27/09/05
Parents who have just bought the latest educational toy which claims to aid dexterity and generally make their child a genius, will weep.
A quarter of Britons know a MRSA victim - Daily Mail 27/09/05
A quarter of the population know someone whose family or friends have contracted MRSA, and one in eight has a direct friend of family member who has the deadly bug according to new research.
Drinking water can cure migraines - Daily Mail 27/09/05
Do you have a pounding headache? Drinking water could be a simple cure for migraines, researchers claim. Between six and eight glasses a day can reduce their intensity and duration.
40pc of women 'attacked sexually when drunk' - Daily Telegraph 27/09/05
Almost four in 10 young women claim to have been sexually assaulted after getting drunk, according to research by the drink industry's watchdog.
Hope for baldies as mouse grows fur - Daily Telegraph 27/09/05
Bald mice have been made furry again by introducing a gene, marking another step towards developing the long-sought cure for baldness.
Synthetic protein fragment or peptide could be used to produce more effective cancer vaccine - Medical News Today 27/09/05
Scientists at Monash and Melbourne universities have developed a synthetic protein fragment or peptide, that could be used to produce a more effective cancer vaccine.
Preventing heart disease by controlling your weight and doing exercise - Medical News Today 27/09/05
Playing an increasingly important role in the prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD), controlling one's weight through healthy eating and regular exercise can directly reduce the risk of heart disease and also the impact of an existing heart condition.
Parkinson's disease - Positive results of gene therapy clinical trial, Neurologix - Medical News Today 27/09/05
Investigators report safety findings and statistically significant improvements in clinical measures of movement, PET Scans at 19th Annual Symposia on the Etiology, Pathogenesis and Treatment of Parkinson's Disease and Other Movement Disorders
Pediatric cardiology training recommendations, groundbreaking consensus - USA - Medical News Today 27/09/05
The American College of Cardiology Foundation (ACCF), the American Heart Association (AHA), and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) have joined forces to develop important first-ever recommendations for fellowship training in pediatric cardiology.
Mental ability impaired by combination of lead exposure and hypertension - Medical News Today 27/09/05
Exposure to lead in early childhood and adolescence may contribute to hypertension-related decline that can impair a person's cognitive abilities, according to a new study presented at the 2005 American Heart Association's High Blood Pressure Research meeting.
Job related hypertension eased when supportive spouse is present - Medical News Today 27/09/05
When job strain causes stress, a supportive spouse might help lower the negative impact on a person's blood pressure, according to a study presented at the 2005 American Heart Association's High Blood Pressure Research meeting.
Improve on a promising diabetes treatment - blocking activation of specific type of immune cell - Medical News Today 27/09/05
Scientists in Japan have found a way to improve on a promising diabetes treatment. In the October 3 issue of The Journal of Experimental Medicine, Masaru Taniguchi and colleagues report that transplanted insulin-producing cells survive better when the activation of a specific type of immune cell is blocked.
Defect in gene causes 'neuralgic amyotrophy' - Medical News Today 27/09/05
Neuralgic Amyotrophy is a painful disorder of the peripheral nervous system. This heritable disease causes prolonged acute attacks of pain in the shoulder or arm, followed by temporary paralysis
Canine osteoarthritis of the elow, University of Liverpool wants to recruit 20 Labrador dogs to a new study - Medical News Today 27/09/05
The study will help vets understand how osteoarthritis progresses in dogs and how treatment may slow the disease down. To take part in the study Labradors must be less than two years old and show early signs of elbow osteoarthritis.
Ambient air pollution and acute myocardial infarction link - Medical News Today 27/09/05
Scientists have discovered a link between ambient air pollution and acute myocardial infarction, or heart attack.
Alzheimer's - more sensitive tests for predicting - Medical News Today 27/09/05
Two recent studies may help clinicians and researchers better predict and understand dementia of the Alzheimer's type early in its history.
‘Reversibly immortalized' cell line that can supply large amounts of insulin-producing human beta-cells - Medical News Today 27/09/05
Transplantation of insulin-producing pancreatic beta-cells shows great promise as a treatment for type 1 diabetes, but development of this therapy has been hampered by a severe shortage of donor beta-cells, which are obtained from decreased human donors.
Highly symmetrical heartbeats which look the same when run forward or backward in time may indicate unhealthy heart - Medical News Today 27/09/05
Highly symmetrical heartbeats, which look the same when run forward or backward in time, are one sign of an unhealthy heart. Researchers from Harvard Medical School and the University of Lisbon have developed a new index that provides a simple measure of the time reversibility of a heart rate signal.
Drug resistance testing in treatment-naive HIV patients is cost-effective - Medical News Today 27/09/05
Testing for drug resistance in HIV-infected patients at the time of HIV diagnosis is cost-effective and may increase patients' life expectancy, according to an article in the Nov. 1 issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases, now available online.
Smoke and increase your diabetes risk - Medical News Today 27/09/05
Smoking may increase the risk of developing diabetes, according to new research by investigators at Wake Forest University School of Medicine and colleagues.
Patients who have had a kidney transplant face higher melanoma risk - Medical News Today 27/09/05
People who receive a kidney transplant are nearly four times more likely to develop melanoma, a rare but deadly form of skin cancer, according to a study in the November 1, 2005 issue of CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society.
Family history alone can imply cancer mutation risk - Medical News Today 27/09/05
One in five women diagnosed with breast or ovarian cancer who seek mammography have a family history of cancer that suggests they may harbor known cancer-causing gene mutations.
Questionnaire identifies high risk breast or ovarian cancer women… - Medical News Today 27/09/05
A simplified way for patients to report and update their family medical histories could help identify women who have inherited genetic mutations that increase their risk for breast or ovarian cancer.
Cheshire and Mersey News
Human scanner helps ease pain for crippled pups - Liverpool Daily Post 27/09/05
A MOBILE hospital scanner used to diagnose human diseases is being used to check on Labrador pups as part of groundbreaking research to find a cure for canine arthritis.
Transplant schoolgirl faces critical 24 hours - Liverpool Daily Post 27/09/05
A SCHOOLGIRL was battling for her life last night after an eight-hour heart and lung transplant.
Plans to merge trusts are approved - Bootle Times 22/09/05
PLANS to merge South Sefton Primary Care Trust with its Southport and Formby neighbour have been approved.
New unit is opened at Aintree Hospital - Bootle Times 22/09/05
A NEW specialist orthopaedic unit has been opened at University Hospital Aintree.
Cumbria and Lancashire News
Poorer people losing out in health lottery - Blackpool Gazette 26/09/05
A NEW form of deadly postcode lottery has emerged in Blackpool.
Health bosses blast bid for 'supertrust' - Lancashire Evening Post 27/09/05
A bid to create a super-sized NHS authority to take charge of Lancashire's health provision has today been slammed by the people currently in charge of doing the job.
Hunt for day care hospice site hots up - Skelmersdale Advertiser 26/09/05
WEST Lancashire Community Hospice Association is intensifying its site search for a Day Care Hospice.
Greater Manchester News
Baby bid goes to Euro rights court - Manchester Evening News 27/09/05
A BRITISH woman's battle for the right to use frozen IVF embryos to have a baby goes to the European Court of Human Rights today.
Sweet ban takes the biscuit - Manchester Evening News 27/09/05
PROPOSALS to outlaw sweets, crisps and fizzy drinks from all school vending machines have been given the thumbs down by youngsters at a Manchester high school.
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