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Editor's Choice (view all news in this section)
The text nurse: Mobile phone 'diary' allows people with diabetes and asthma to monitor their own health
(Daily Mail 20/11/2008)
The patient spends a minute or so a day keying in data, such as blood-sugar levels an...(see more)
Key NHS reform 'delivered little'
(BBC 20/11/2008)
The King's Fund said GPs in England had been slow to make the most of being put in ch...(see more)
Heavy drinkers 'lie to doctors'
(BBC 20/11/2008)
A government poll of nearly 2,000 people found men most likely to lie about drinking ...(see more)
Medical Practice (view all news in this section)
Key NHS reform 'delivered little'
(BBC 20/11/2008)
The King's Fund said GPs in England had been slow to make the most of being put in ch...(see more)
Heavy drinkers 'lie to doctors'
(BBC 20/11/2008)
A government poll of nearly 2,000 people found men most likely to lie about drinking ...(see more)
Dramatic drop in test waiting times
(The Scotsman 20/11/2008)
WAITING times for key diagnostic tests have f...(see more)
Health Trends (view all news in this section)
C.diff 'a factor in more deaths'
(BBC 19/11/2008)
General Register Office for Scotland statistics showed C.diff was a factor in 597 dea...(see more)
Drug-resistant ward bug concern
(BBC 18/11/2008)
Hospitals need to be vigilant against an emerging drug-resistant bacterium Acinetobac...(see more)
Periods of healthy old age vary
(BBC 17/11/2008)
Researchers collected data on life-expectancy, then surveyed older people from each c...(see more)
Latest Developments (view all news in this section)
The text nurse: Mobile phone 'diary' allows people with diabetes and asthma to monitor their own health
(Daily Mail 20/11/2008)
The patient spends a minute or so a day keying in data, such as blood-sugar levels an...(see more)
Rapid care 'cuts baby's HIV risk'
(BBC 19/11/2008)
A study, of 377 HIV-positive South African babies, found that babies given treatment ...(see more)
Ginkgo 'won't stop dementia'
(NHS Choices 19/11/2008)
This large, randomised, controlled trial prov...(see more)
Ongoing Research (view all news in this section)
Technology to eradicate malaria
(BBC 19/11/2008)
In the face of increasing parasite resistance to anti-malarial drugs there is now gre...(see more)
New superbug version of E.coli found on British dairy farm
(Daily Mail 18/11/2008)
A new superbug version of E.coli which could trigger life-threatening infections has ...(see more)
Micro needles aid bionic advances
(BBC 18/11/2008)
Engineers in Wales have helped to develop micro technology which could lead to a bion...(see more)
Life and Living (view all news in this section)
Britons rate their happiness at 7.8 study shows
(Telegraph 19/11/2008)
The figures are revealed in a Quality of Life...(see more)
Fat chance: On the scales of injustice, overweight women always lose out
(Daily Mail 18/11/2008)
Overweight women, according to medical research, are far more likely to lose their jo...(see more)
Exercise cuts the risk of cancer - but only if you get at least seven hours sleep, study finds
(Daily Mail 18/11/2008)
A 10-year-study of thousands of women found significantly fewer cases of cancer, incl...(see more)
Healthy Eating (view all news in this section)
EU pledges '£421m to get obese children to eat fruit
(Telegraph 18/11/2008)
22 million children in the EU are overweight,...(see more)
Is your Omega-3 fish oil supplement any good - or a load of old codswallop?
(Daily Mail 17/11/2008)
The best way to get nutrients is from food; for Omega 3s, this means everyone should ...(see more)
Vitamins A and E 'do not help prevent cancer'
(Telegraph 17/11/2008)
Antioxidant vitamins are known to help fight ...(see more)
Case Histories (view all news in this section)
'Right to die' girl granted final wish of Disneyworld trip
(Telegraph 18/11/2008)
A terminally ill girl who won the right to di...(see more)
Mark had bandy knees - so he went to stretch his legs (quite literally)
(Daily Mail 18/11/2008)
An X-ray confirmed I had severe osteoarthritis in my left knee. The cartilage cushion...(see more)
Thought meningitis only struck children? Read on...
(Daily Mail 18/11/2008)
Eighteen months ago Dee Waterton was feeling the healthiest she'd ever been.'On the S...(see more)
Commentary (view all news in this section)
What a way to go. British toilet habits revealed
(BBC 19/11/2008)
Mari Williams of Tearfund, said: "It's scandalous that in the 21st Century, more than...(see more)
Pensioners to get free Viagra
(The Scotsman 17/11/2008)
Mexico City is giving out free Viagra and oth...(see more)
How scientists tracked down the origin of Aids
(The Scotsman 15/11/2008)
By following the trail of genetic changes HIV...(see more)