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

Home-bound patients 'put at risk' (BBC 16/10/2008) A recent NHS-wide contract was supposed to improve hospital discharge details. Howeve...(see more)
White wine 'just as healthy as red' (Channel 4 News 16/10/2008) Experts say white wine is just as healthy for...(see more)
Charity Says 900 Million Starving (World health - EU Monitor 16/10/2008) A report by Oxfam says spiralling inflation i...(see more)

Medical Practice (view all news in this section)

Home-bound patients 'put at risk' (BBC 16/10/2008) A recent NHS-wide contract was supposed to improve hospital discharge details. Howeve...(see more)
Charity Says 900 Million Starving (World health - EU Monitor 16/10/2008) A report by Oxfam says spiralling inflation i...(see more)
'£5m centre boost in superbug fight (The Scotsman 16/10/2008) A NEW research centre which will lead the fig...(see more)

Health Trends (view all news in this section)

Better detection and drugs will cut cancer death rate by a sixth (The Independent 15/10/2008) The risk of dying from cancer before the age ...(see more)
Warning over health inequalities (BBC 14/10/2008) The World Health Organization report highlights three ills of life in the 21st Centur...(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)

Latest Developments (view all news in this section)

Coma victim able to speak again after pioneering magnetic field therapy (Daily Mail 16/10/2008) A man who suffered brain damage in a car crash can speak again after doctors waved a ...(see more)
Vitamin B can't slow Alzheimer's (NHS Choices 15/10/2008) This trial provides evidence that taking vita...(see more)
Hygiene horror in commuter study (BBC 15/10/2008) Scientists from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine swabbed 409 people...(see more)

Ongoing Research (view all news in this section)

Mind power moves paralysed limbs (BBC 15/10/2008) Using a gadget called a brain-machine interface, Dr Chet Moritz and colleagues re-rou...(see more)
'Bald gene' association found (NHS Choices 15/10/2008) This genetics study has confirmed the associa...(see more)
Pneumonia jab could stop heart attacks, a new study suggests (Daily Mail 14/10/2008) Vaccines already used in the UK to prevent pneumonia could also halve the risk of hea...(see more)

Life and Living (view all news in this section)

Exercise can reverse the effects of Alzheimer's (The Scotsman 16/10/2008) As people age, deterioration in parts of the ...(see more)
Sleep deprivation in Britain is a MYTH - we've never slept so well, claims scientist (Daily Mail 15/10/2008) Millions live in the mistaken belief that they are not getting enough sleep, a leadin...(see more)
Surfing the web is good for your brain (BBC 14/10/2008) A University of California Los Angeles team found searching the web stimulates centre...(see more)

Relationships (view all news in this section)

Lesley Garner's Lifeclass: My husband has lost interest in sex with me (Telegraph 13/10/2008) I have a two-month-old baby. In the last thre...(see more)
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)

Healthy Eating (view all news in this section)

White wine 'just as healthy as red' (Channel 4 News 16/10/2008) Experts say white wine is just as healthy for...(see more)
Maltesers calorie claim 'misled' (BBC 15/10/2008) A Maltesers advert misled consumers when it implied the sweets were a low-calorie sna...(see more)
Jane Clarke: You shouldn't always listen to nutritionists! (Daily Mail 13/10/2008) While it's good news that more of us are paying closer attention to what we eat, we h...(see more)

Case Histories (view all news in this section)

'Hospital deceived me on the death of my beauty queen wife' (Daily Mail 15/10/2008) The former Miss Romania was admitted to Kettering General Hospital on November 20, 20...(see more)
Three brave readers reveal the reality of their breast cancer surgery (Mirror 15/10/2008) When I look in the mirror at the scars on my ...(see more)
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)

Commentary (view all news in this section)

Road travel in Britain 'as dangerous as it was 500 years ago' (World health - EU Monitor 16/10/2008) Researchers examining coroners' reports from ...(see more)
Vaccine 'could end Nigeria polio' (BBC 16/10/2008) An Imperial College London team found a recently introduced polio jab is four times m...(see more)
Afghan aid blunders 'waste millions' (World health - EU Monitor 16/10/2008) Millions of pounds of British aid to poor and...(see more)

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