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Brain damage link to memory lapse - BBC Health News 27/06/06
Senior moments, such as forgetting a recent conversation, may be a sign of the process that can lead to Alzheimer's disease, research suggests.
Doctors fear gambling explosion - BBC Health News 27/06/06
Internet gambling and super-casinos will cause an explosion in gambling addiction, doctors say.
Ambulance cuts 'would risk lives' - BBC Health News 27/06/06
The Welsh Ambulance Service has too little cash to balance books without risking lives, says its head.
200 babies tested over TB fears - BBC Health News 27/06/06
More than 200 babies are to be tested for tuberculosis after a health worker at a London hospital was diagnosed with the disease.
New advice on blood-pressure drug - BBC Health News 27/06/06
A class of drugs called beta-blockers should no longer be used as routine to treat high blood pressure, says the NHS drugs watchdog for England and Wales.
Two million warned over blood pressure tablets - The Daily Mail 28/06/06
UK recommends new drugs for high blood pressure - Reuters 28/06/06
Chronic lung care 'will improve' - BBC Health News 27/06/06
The government has pledged to improve care for chronic lung conditions, as a report criticises current efforts.
Invention aims to improve surgery - BBC Health News 27/06/06
A deal has been struck to develop an innovative piece of medical equipment which aims to improve vascular surgery.
The Big Question: So how dangerous is cannabis? - Independent 28/06/06
The head of the UN's anti-drugs office has said that cannabis use has turned into a major pandemic which is causing as much harm as cocaine and heroin. Antonio Maria Costa also implicitly criticised countries such as Britain for relaxing the law on the possession of cannabis.
Prostate cancer drug cleared for free use - The Daily Mail 27/06/06
Men with late stage prostate cancer today won the right to free treatment with the first drug proven to extend their lives.
The migraine beaters - The Daily Mail 27/06/06
Migraine is a debilitating condition affecting one in eight people in the UK.
Statins: Side effects of anti-cholesterol drugs questioned - The Daily Mail 27/06/06
They're the new anti-cholesterol wonder drugs taken by millions. But with side effects including muscle pain and depression, some experts are now asking: should they be dispensed more carefully?
A jab to fix brittle bones... - The Daily Mail 27/06/06
A plastic solution injected into the back is being used to treat painful fractures in patients with osteoporosis.
Do herbal diet pills really work? - The Daily Mail 27/06/06
Obesity is expected to overtake smoking as the main cause of avoidable deaths in the next decade, according to a recent House of Commons report.
New scan to detect Parkinson's disease - The Daily Mail 27/06/06
Scientists have developed a new scanning technique for Parkinson's disease, offering hope that many patients who may have been wrongly diagnosed will be able to start treatment earlier.
MMR confusion 'could lead to deaths' - Telegraph 28/06/06
Children are in danger of serious illness or death unless confidence is restored in the MMR jab, children's doctors said yesterday.
Being gay 'starts in the womb' - Telegraph 27/06/06
Boys with a number of elder brothers are more likely to grow up to be gay than boys with relatively fewer older brothers, younger brothers or sisters of any age - but is not the result of upbringing, says a study published today
New research, presented today at the 7th EULAR annual congress, reveals one third of rheumatoid arthritis patients feel their condition has 'considerably' negative influence on their sexual activity.
Half A Million Lives Lost Annually In Europe To Preventable Injuries - Medical News Today 27/06/06
Half a million lives could be saved annually in the World Health Organization (WHO) European Region* if existing knowledge was used to prevent injuries, state the authors of a Public Health paper published online on June 26, 2006 by The Lancet.
The Greater The Number Of Bars In A Neighborhood, The Higher The Rates Of Assault - Medical News Today 27/06/06
* A new study analyzes the relationship between alcohol outlets and overnight hospital stays due to assaults. * Results indicate the greater the density of alcohol outlets, especially bars, the higher the rates of assault. * The authors speculate that failure to regulate growth in outlet numbers will lead to higher rates of violence, especially in urban areas.
Fetal Alcohol Exposure: Baby's First Stool May Provide Clues - Medical News Today 27/06/06
Meconium: Baby's first stool may provide clues to fetal alcohol exposure * Fetal alcohol exposure is usually determined through self-reported maternal consumption. * New research shows that certain fatty acid ethyl esters (FAEEs) in meconium may provide dependable biomarkers of fetal alcohol exposure. * FAEEs ethyl linoleate and ethyl arachidonate appear particularly promising.
Male Sexual Abuse Survivors Struggle In Relations With Health Care Providers -- Study - Medical News Today 27/06/06
New research reveals that male survivors of childhood sexual abuse face unique challenges that many health care practitioners do not recognize and understand as well as they should.
A newly discovered receptor in a strain of Escherichia coli can be blocked to avert infection, a finding that might aid in developing better therapies to treat bacterial infections resulting in food poisoning, diarrhea or plague.
Finding A Cellular Neverland: How Stem Cells Stay Childlike - Medical News Today 28/06/06
Despite their celebrated "immortality," the capacity of embryonic stem (ES) cells for endless division has its limits. After a very extended childhood spent dividing in a culture dish, even stem cells tend to grow up and assume adult roles as workaday nerve, muscle, or blood cells, never to return to their youthful state.
Obesity In Prostate Cancer Patients Predicts Cancer Recurrence And Progression - Medical News Today 28/06/06
Obesity in a patient is an independent predictor of whether localized prostate cancer will progress following radiotherapy treatment, say researchers at M. D. Anderson Cancer Center.
Stanford Researcher Links Hot Flashes To Insomnia - Medical News Today 28/06/06
Millions of women experience menopause each year, and many find themselves having to cope with a plethora of unpleasant symptoms. Hot flashes, headaches and mood swings all come with the territory and, for some women, so does insomnia.
Chest X-ray Exposure May Increase Likelihood Of Breast Cancer - Medical News Today 28/06/06
An analysis of 1,600 women with BRCA 1/2 mutations suggests that exposure to chest X-rays may increase the risk of breast cancer, and that exposure before the age of 20 may be linked to particularly heightened risk. The research, conducted by a consortium of European cancer centers, was the first to analyze the impact of low-level X-ray exposure among women at genetically high risk for the disease. The study will be published online June 26 in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
Research On The Effects Of Alcohol And Risk Produces Surprising Results - Medical News Today 28/06/06
a report published by the Journal of Studies on Alcohol, researchers have stated that whereas individuals find risky choices significantly more attractive after consuming a moderate amount of alcohol, groups do not.
Merck's Gardasil Vaccine Not Proven Safe For Little Girls - Medical News Today 28/06/06
The National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC) is calling on the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) to just say "no" on June 29 to recommending "universal use" of Merck's Gardasil vaccine in all pre-adolescent girls. NVIC maintains that Merck's clinical trials did not prove the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine designed to prevent cervical cancer and genital warts is safe to give to young girls.
Production Of Key Alzheimer's Protein Monitored For First Time In Humans - Medical News Today 28/06/06
Science is now poised to answer an important and longstanding question about the origins of Alzheimer's disease: Do Alzheimer's patients have high levels of a brain protein because they make too much of it or because they can't clear it from their brains quickly enough?
Risk Of Becoming An Alcoholic Affected By Personality And Parents' Alcoholism - Medical News Today 27/06/06
Personality and parental alcoholism interact to influence an individual's risk of becoming an alcoholic
UK recommends new drugs for high blood pressure - Reuters 28/06/06
LONDON (Reuters) - A major shake-up in the way doctors are being advised to treat high blood pressure was announced by Britain's drugs watchdog on Wednesday.
Trafficked women's symptoms akin to torture victims' - Reuters 27/06/06
LONDON (Reuters) - Women and girls trafficked for forced sexual or domestic work suffer post-traumatic stress on a par with torture victims, researchers said on Wednesday.
Activity level in kids unaffected by environment - Reuters 27/06/06
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - While children vary in how active they are, they are consistent in the amount of physical activity they engage in every day, regardless of the amount of school-based physical education they receive, their daily routine, background or culture.
Nicotine-like drug may help schizophrenics think - Reuters 27/06/06
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - An experimental drug, which stimulates the same cell receptors as the cigarette chemical nicotine, is showing promise at improving the thinking deficits that go with schizophrenia, a problem that remains largely untreated, researchers report.
Milk thistle drug blocks lung cancer in mice - Reuters 27/06/06
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Silibinin, a drug derived from milk thistle, destroys lung cancer in mice, investigators at the University of Colorado, Denver report in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
Counseling better than drug treatment for insomnia - Reuters 27/06/06
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), a counseling method that emphasizes the role of thinking and behavior modification, is more effective than zopiclone for the short- and long-term treatment of chronic insomnia in older adults, according to a new report. In fact, the study found that zopiclone was no more effect for insomnia than placebo was (a sugar pill.)
New report attacks all passive smoking - Reuters 27/06/06
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Second-hand smoke kills people and the only way to control it is to ban all smoking in workplaces, the U.S. government's top doctor said on Tuesday.
Meth addicts reduce drug use with new treatment - Reuters 27/06/06
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new treatment that can be given on an outpatient basis resulted in a statistically significant reduction in methamphetamine use by addicted individuals, according to the first clinical study of the protocol.
Sleep loss, air conditioning may be making us fat - Reuters 27/06/06
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - "Super-sized" fast food meals and TV time shouldn't take all the blame for the U.S. obesity problem, according to a research review published Tuesday.
Greater Manchester News
Children 'not doing enough sport' - Manchester Evening News 27/06/06
NINE out of 10 teachers fear that children are missing out on learning vital skills because they are not playing enough sport outside school, according to a survey published today.
Docs target 'hypocrisy' of supermarkets - Manchester Evening News 28/06/06
SUPERMARKETS should not be allowed to run health clinics while simultaneously selling tobacco and fattening foods, doctors will argue today.
UK lung disease deaths higher than average - Manchester Evening News 28/06/06
LUNG diseases kill more people in the UK than in most other European countries, according to a study published today.
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