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Editor's Choice (view all news in this section)

Parkinson's linked to vitamin D (BBC 14/10/2008) A US team found 55% of Parkinson's patients had insufficient levels of vitamin D, com...(see more)
'Credit crunch insomnia' emerging (BBC 14/10/2008) Nearly half of the 1,000 men and women surveyed by NetDoctor said they were sleeping ...(see more)
Too few surgeons for cancer ops (BBC 14/10/2008) One in 10 hospital trusts in England and Wales do not have enough expert surgeons doi...(see more)

Medical Practice (view all news in this section)

Too few surgeons for cancer ops (BBC 14/10/2008) One in 10 hospital trusts in England and Wales do not have enough expert surgeons doi...(see more)
Big rise in press junk food ads (BBC 13/10/2008) Fewer children are being exposed to junk food advertising on UK TV but the industry i...(see more)
Bars to be banned from giving women free drinks in latest crackdown on binge Britain (Daily Mail 13/10/2008) Pubs could be banned from promotions such as offering free drinks to women as part of...(see more)

Health Trends (view all news in this section)

'Credit crunch insomnia' emerging (BBC 14/10/2008) Nearly half of the 1,000 men and women surveyed by NetDoctor said they were sleeping ...(see more)
More using prescription drugs to boost brain power (BBC 13/10/2008) Increasing numbers of people are using prescription drugs like Ritalin to boost alert...(see more)
Sudden deaths (BBC 13/10/2008) In the UK, 12 young people die from an undiag...(see more)

Latest Developments (view all news in this section)

British cancer patient has her breast removed in revolutionary keyhole surgery (Daily Mail 11/10/2008) A British cancer patient has become the first in Europe to have her breast removed us...(see more)
Virtual healing (BBC 11/10/2008) "It's a bit like going to the Imax cinema," q...(see more)
Honey for burns (NHS Choices 10/10/2008) This review was carried out by the Cochrane C...(see more)

Ongoing Research (view all news in this section)

Parkinson's linked to vitamin D (BBC 14/10/2008) A US team found 55% of Parkinson's patients had insufficient levels of vitamin D, com...(see more)
Shark blood 'offers cancer hope' (BBC 13/10/2008) Sharks have immune systems similar to humans, but their antibodies - the molecules wh...(see more)
'Nanotech search' for antibiotics (BBC 13/10/2008) UK researchers are using microscopic "nanoprobes" to find new drugs to tackle antibio...(see more)

Life and Living (view all news in this section)

Music fans 'risk losing hearing' (BBC 13/10/2008) One in 10 people with personal MP3 or CD players could suffer permanent hearing loss ...(see more)
Forget the gym, the office is the place to get fit (The Scotsman 12/10/2008) FORGET the gym: get fit in the office. That's...(see more)
How to breathe more easily about asthma (Daily Mail 11/10/2008) Children who take paracetamol more than once a month may have a greater risk of devel...(see more)

Relationships (view all news in this section)

Virginia Ironside's Dilemmas: I've recently learnt that my 11-year-old daughter sent a vile email to a boy at her school. (The Independent 13/10/2008) Dear Virginia, I've recently learnt that my...(see more)
Life Support: How to make small talk (The Independent 13/10/2008) Don't be shy Small talk - about the traffic, ...(see more)
Premature ejaculation may be a genetic problem (BBC 07/10/2008) Men who suffer from premature ejaculation may be able to blame their genes, work sugg...(see more)

Healthy Eating (view all news in this section)

Now school pupils are banned from eating tomato ketchup as part of healthy eating drive (Daily Mail 12/10/2008) Tomato ketchup has been banned from school canteens as part of a move towards healthi...(see more)
Common fibre a 'true superfood' (BBC 12/10/2008) An ongoing study by the Institute of Food Research suggested pectin, a fibre found in...(see more)
Call to ban junk food from NHS (BBC 11/10/2008) The British Dental Health Foundation (BDHF) called on the NHS to fill its vending mac...(see more)

Case Histories (view all news in this section)

Football-mad schoolgirl whose spine twisted 110 degrees is on the pitch weeks after 10-hour operation (Daily Mail 14/10/2008) Alex suffers from Coffin-Siris syndrome, which affects just 16 people in the UK and 8...(see more)
This man woke up utterly exhausted every morning. The reason? He had been 'dying' forty times an hour in his sleep (Daily Mail 14/10/2008) Charles, 57, had been fighting extreme tiredness for most of his life. For years he w...(see more)
'No one told me that my breast cancer treatment would leave me needing two new hips' (Daily Mail 14/10/2008) After a mastectomy and months of gruelling chemotherapy, Radio 4 presenter Jenni Murr...(see more)

Commentary (view all news in this section)

Research fear over Christie money (BBC 13/10/2008) A cancer treatment centre, which invested £7.5m in an Icelandic bank, has said resear...(see more)
Mother industry (BBC 13/10/2008) Childless Asian couples from Britain are incr...(see more)
World crisis may cause suicide rise: WHO (World health - EU Monitor 09/10/2008) The global economic crisis is likely to cause...(see more)

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