A Shropshire woman who is due to give birth to conjoined twins says she is giving them a “fighting chance” to let them “prove everybody wrong”.
Laura Williams, 18, of Shrewsbury, and her husband Aled, from Anglesey, expect the babies to be delivered by Caesarean section in a London hospital.
Sometimes it can go undiagnosed. Sometimes it can go ignored. Sometimes it can go unnoticed.
Asperger syndrome - a form of autism characterised by difficulties dealing with people and social situations - affects close on one in every 100 people in Britain.
A heart unit that pioneered a technique the government says could save hundreds of lives a year, says it will have to expand to cope with demand.
Middlesbrough’s James Cook Hospital was part of a trail using emergency angioplasty on heart attack victims.
Last month, a Department of Health study concluded the trial had been a success.
A girl who underwent emergency surgery after a life-threatening tumour was found in her brain, now has a “bright future” and is back in school.
At the age of three-and-a-half, Veronica Ghoda’s parents from Bridgend were told she only had a few months to live if the tumour was left untreated.
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Some breast cancers picked up by routine screening and treated with surgery and chemotherapy would have regressed naturally if they had been left, scientists said last night. Research published in a leading medical journal will reopen the debate over breast screening.
The situation in Zimbabwe may soon “implode” as a cholera outbreak spreads and basic services collapse, South African leaders and a group of international statesmen warned yesterday.
On the eve of talks in South Africa between Robert Mugabe’s Zanu-PF party and opposition rivals, South African leaders sharply upgraded their crisis assessment and warned of Zimbabwe’s imminent collapse if urgent action was not taken.
People with HIV in Papua, Indonesia, who are deemed to be “sexually aggressive” may be microchipped to enable the authorities to identify, track and punish those who deliberately infect others under a plan which has the backing of the provincial parliament.
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A new treatment for migraine that is as effective as existing drugs but with fewer side effects will bring fresh hope to millions of sufferers, scientists said yesterday.
Improved understanding of the mechanism that causes the brain to over-react to stimuli has led to the development of a drug that works in a different way from existing treatments.
A skin patch that uses sound waves is being used to kill pain and speed up healing.
PainShield can combat pain in joints or muscles and even relieves the discomfort of wounds that are still healing by firing ultrasound waves into the body to accelerate the repair process.
A tiny remote-controlled drill that spins along the inside of arteries to clean away debris could provide a new treatment for millions of patients with a debilitating leg condition.
The device, which is small enough to safely travel through clogged arteries, cuts away and then sucks up fatty deposits, calcium and other debris which builds up on the sides of the blood vessels.
Blood taken from a pregnant woman may reveal if her baby has a wide range of genetic diseases, researchers claim.
A Chinese University of Hong Kong team said the technique could identify cystic fibrosis, beta-thalassemia and sickle cell disease.
Link to ArticleInconsiderate bosses not only make work stressful, they may also increase the risk of heart disease for their employees, experts believe.
A Swedish team found a strong link between poor leadership and the risk of serious heart disease and heart attacks among more than 3,000 employed men.
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Articles relating to mass media Health news about the Cheshire and Merseyside patch of the NHS in the North West of England.
HEALTH care bosses are looking to appoint a developer by April for a proposed shake-up of health services in Congleton.
Central and Eastern Cheshire Primary Care Trust is looking at developing community healthcare facilities.
LIVERPOOL’s health experts today said anyone injecting themselves with an unlicensed tanning drug is dicing with death.
Medical director for Liverpool Primary Care Trust’s provider services Dr Jim O’Connor said he would be “horrified” if any of his children wanted to inject themselves with tanning hormone Melanotan.
A DAD-OF-ONE is donating one of his kidneys to save his twin brother’s life.
Printer Roy Carroll, 40, of Walton, who was born with only one kidney and one lung was told he had kidney failure four and a half years ago.
ST HELENS and Knowsley Trust is one of the top five NHS organisations in the country for good hygiene.
A Healthcare Commission report revealed that there has not been a single case of MRSA at Whiston and St Helens hospitals this year and praised the infection control and cleanliness in the buildings.
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