Archive for January, 2009
January 31, 2009
January 30, 2009
- Cocaine: the number of women seeking treatment has doubled in two years
- Hughes Syndrome: simple to treat but all too often ignored
- Finger on the Pulse
- Beauty on the go
- Scifi beauty
- Spa Spy: Four Seasons Hotel Ritz Lisbon
- Can you get fit for the ski slopes in your own home?
- Beauty news
- Joint Clinic: What is a Baker's cyst?
- 10minute body sculpting
- Rabies travel health advice: How to stay safe
January 29, 2009
- Blood cancer patients to have lives prolonged after NHS deal on drug
- Should you let your teenagers drink?
January 28, 2009
- Infecting patients with worms 'could hold key to treating asthma'
- The painting that went and did its work
January 27, 2009
- Kay Stanley embryos: Australian family hit back at surrogate mother claims
- Women think about food more than sex
January 26, 2009
- American woman gives birth to octuplets
- GPs should treat patients by phone to cut NHS carbon footprint report says
- Government given six months to get £13billion NHS IT project back on track
- Climbing equipment for scaling new heights
- Childhood stress 'can damage immune system and longterm health'
- Personal trainers: booming
- 'I can't tell my husband that our move to South Africa has made me dreadfully depressed'
- Teenager to become model after operation to put metal rod in back
January 25, 2009
- More drinkers on the piste survey claims
- Scientists investigate possible link between coffee and childhood leukaemia
January 24, 2009
January 23, 2009
- 10 minute Body Sculpting
- Recession Flu: how to fight it
- Recession Flu: "I started to have panic attacks"
- Are you suffering from 'Recession Flu'?
- Selfimprovement: finding help
- James LeFanu: Doctor's Diary
- Finger on the Pulse: Patients have responsibilities as well as rights
- Telegraph Christmas Appeal: "Arthritis made my body crumble like pastry'"
- Toddlers told to stop parents smoking in 'sinister' move by health service
January 22, 2009
January 21, 2009
- Gene breakthrough to make smoking less addictive
- Children who wheeze because of a virus 'should not be given steroids'
- Mondays are busiest day in A?E
- Health insurance should reflect your residence status
- Abortions in GP surgeries to be extended.
- Gordon Brown signs first NHS constitution
- Woman who cries 'crocodile tears' when she eats is cured by Botox
- MP3 players damaging hearing warn doctors
- Gym has 'human dumbbells' to help customers exercise
- Twothirds of Birmingham is overweight says health survey
- Gene breakthrough 'paves way for nicotinefree cigarettes'
January 20, 2009
- Music teachers should wear earplugs or stand behind noise screens
- Jade Goody shows her baldness in public for first time
- Toddler died after paramedics missed injury inquest hears
- How to lose weight: Just relax
- Nice decision to block osteoporosis drug access was 'irrational'
- Cost to the NHS of helping smokers to quit has risen
- Addictions to overthecounter and prescription drugs 'significant problem'
- Health advice: detoxing
- Alan Johnson promises 'broccoli police' will not deny health care to the obese
- Pensioners support idea of compulsory insurance for care in old age
- Home diet and play 'more important than PE in helping children lose weight'
- Real and fake acupuncture 'can effectively relieve the pain of headaches'
- Drinking in first three months of pregnancy raises risk of premature birth
- Robot assisted surgery as safe as humans research finds
January 18, 2009
January 17, 2009
January 16, 2009
- Seven yearold boy has 'never eaten a meal'
- A?Es 'at breaking point' over winter bugs
- A Problem Shared: How do I hang on to assets when a relative needs residential care?
- 'Car bomb' doctor Mohammed Asha back to work
- Get fit: Take the plunge and tone up
- LifeCoach: how to avoid the flu
- Computer glitch swaps junior doctors' exam results
- Travel abroad for organ transplants on the NHS under EU proposal.
- Eating with chopsticks 'helps lose weight'
- Refusing to have sex on the first date 'increases the chance of finding a good man'
- Arthritis: Maeve Binchy and Martina Cole share their experiences
- Patients to be given 'personal health budgets'
- Girls of 12 could be given contraceptive implants to curb pregnancies
- Patients will be given own healthcare budgets Lord Darzi to announce
- Ann Widdecombe condemns cash incentives to lose weight
- Listening to an iPod could give you earache scientists find
January 15, 2009
- British woman who moved to Turkey forced to pay for NHS treatment
- Hospital errors led to teenager's death
- Nintendo boom means 5m households have a Wii console
- Our doctors must learn to live with dementia
- Do not be 'too helpful' to patients GPs told
- Man coughs up rat in advert warning over fake drugs
- Toddlers as young as two treated for obesity on NHS says dietician
- Talking to other mothers 'can halve risk of postnatal depression'
- Women struggle to work out because they are 'less confident exercising than men'
- Restaurant menus to calorie information under Government plans
- Restaurant menus to calorie information under Government plans
- British officer workers no longer take lunch breaks
- British officer workers no longer take lunch breaks
- Hospitals are winning the war on infections experts said as cases drop by a third
- Hospitals are winning the war on infections experts said as cases drop by a third
- Great Ormond Street Hospital investigation over treatment of 14dayold baby
- Great Ormond Street Hospital investigation over treatment of 14dayold baby
- Teenage boys may discuss pornography in school lessons
- Teenage boys may discuss pornography in school lessons
January 14, 2009
- Fight against superbugs hampered by doctors failing to wash their hands
- Fight against superbugs hampered by doctors failing to wash their hands
- Companies that are nice to staff 'more likely to survive economic downturn'
- Companies that are nice to staff 'more likely to survive economic downturn'
- Sadness is good for you scientists say
- Sadness is good for you scientists say
- Children who watch more than two hours of television a day putting health at risk
- Children who watch more than two hours of television a day putting health at risk
- Presumed consent for organ donation could increase transplants by a quarter
- Presumed consent for organ donation could increase transplants by a quarter
- Drinking while pregnant 'can make children more attracted to alcohol'
- Drinking while pregnant 'can make children more attracted to alcohol'
- Airlinestyle checklist to be introduced in NHS operating theatres
- Airlinestyle checklist to be introduced in NHS operating theatres
January 13, 2009
- Dying patient treated in foulsmelling bathroom
- Dying patient treated in foulsmelling bathroom
- Bible diets dismissed as healthy food choice
- Bible diets dismissed as healthy food choice
- Foot in brain baby 'a miracle' says mother
- Foot in brain baby 'a miracle' says mother
- Obesity campaign to be changed due to bullying charge
- Obesity campaign to be changed due to bullying charge
- Nurses may face police questions over Cdiff outbreak
- Nurses may face police questions over Cdiff outbreak
- Doctor 'killed bunion patient with adrenaline injection'
- Doctor 'killed bunion patient with adrenaline injection'
- Beautiful women more likely to have affair because of sex hormone
- Beautiful women more likely to have affair because of sex hormone
- Intensive care patients 'should walk around to recover faster'
- Intensive care patients 'should walk around to recover faster'
- Obesity campaign to be changed due to bullying charge
- Obesity campaign to be changed due to bullying charge
- What do your fingers say about you?
- What do your fingers say about you?
- TV does toddlers more harm than good expert warns
- TV does toddlers more harm than good expert warns
- Patients get inadequate pain relief in A?E: health watchdog
- Patients get inadequate pain relief in A?E: health watchdog
- Providing prescription drugs over the counter 'will not help patients'
- Women feel more pain due to rheumatoid arthritis than men
- Women feel more pain due to rheumatoid arthritis than men
- Little evidence herbal menopause remedies work
- Little evidence herbal menopause remedies work
- Three cups of brewed coffee a day 'triples risk of hallucinations'
- Three cups of brewed coffee a day 'triples risk of hallucinations'
- Midwives 'more overworked than in past 10 years'
- Midwives 'more overworked than in past 10 years'
- Number of dementia and heart disease sufferers to stretch NHS to breaking point
- Number of dementia and heart disease sufferers to stretch NHS to breaking point
- Open plan office workers suffer more from colds high blood pressure and stress
- Open plan office workers suffer more from colds high blood pressure and stress
- Hormonal headaches hit five million women a month
- Hormonal headaches hit five million women a month
January 12, 2009
- Humananimal clone research halted amid funding drought
- Humananimal clone research halted amid funding drought
- British Nutrition Foundation publishes food guide to protecting the body
- British Nutrition Foundation publishes food guide to protecting the body
- Baby girl is born two days after her mother dies
- Baby girl is born two days after her mother dies
- Type 1 diabetes: how schools are failing some children
- Type 1 diabetes: how schools are failing some children
- One in four women have had unprotected sex after running out of contraceptive pill
- One in four women have had unprotected sex after running out of contraceptive pill
- National Cold Water Swimming Championships: the thrill of the chill
- National Cold Water Swimming Championships: the thrill of the chill
- New rules on drugs will not increase access for terminally ill: expert
- New rules on drugs will not increase access for terminally ill: expert
- GP supersurgeries not needed in many areas: MPs
- GP supersurgeries not needed in many areas: MPs
- Boy of five becomes smallest patient to get brain implant
- Boy of five becomes smallest patient to get brain implant
- Britain 'has fewer hospital beds than Lithuania and Hungary'
- Britain 'has fewer hospital beds than Lithuania and Hungary'
- Mouthwash 'can cause oral cancer'
- Mouthwash 'can cause oral cancer'
- 'I allowed my badly behaved stepchildren to be taken into care. Only now do I realise how much I have lost'
- 'I allowed my badly behaved stepchildren to be taken into care. Only now do I realise how much I have lost'
- Lack of sleep linked to increased risk of catching a cold
- Lack of sleep linked to increased risk of catching a cold
- Men with stressful jobs 'double the chance of having a stroke'
- Men with stressful jobs 'double the chance of having a stroke'
- Vicks VapoRub misuse 'could make colds worse'
- Vicks VapoRub misuse 'could make colds worse'
- Threeyearold makes plea to Gordon Brown over anticancer drug to help extend father's life
- Threeyearold makes plea to Gordon Brown over anticancer drug to help extend father's life
- LifeCoach: Our experts answer questions
- LifeCoach: Our experts answer questions
- Laughing 'can help you lose weight'
- Laughing 'can help you lose weight'
- Conjoined twins: Woman pregnant with twins with two heads and single body
- Conjoined twins: Woman pregnant with twins with two heads and single body
January 11, 2009
- New research raises possibility of prenatal screening for autism
- New research raises possibility of prenatal screening for autism
- Husband 'too fat' for couple to adopt
- Cancer and arthritis patients 'could gain from new drug deal'
- Fiona Phillips condemns Government over Alzheimer's failure
- NHS staff told not to hold meetings where alcohol served in order not to offend Muslims
- CES 2009: World's first dishwasher safe keyboard to help beat superbugs
- France bans ads pitching mobile telephones to children
- Cadbury warns Dairy Milk eaters about its 'milk and nut ingredients'
- Celebrities paid £90000 by Government to front public health campaigns
- Mother of baby born free of breast cancer gene hails 'priceless' procedure
January 10, 2009
- Dignitas founder accused of profiting from assisted suicides
- The children left to die by social workers
- The children failed by social services
- Lives put at risk because of neurology delays
January 9, 2009
- Widow of property developer 'begged doctors not to switch off life support'
- Grandson held in mental hospital for killing founder of antigun and knife campaign
- Dentists could use hypnosis to boost the pain relieving qualities of laughing gas
- Assisted suicide law does not need to change DPP
- Designer baby: A commentary
- Child mental health problems 'to double'
- Jacqueline Gold: I'm just so lucky to be pregnant at 48
- Jacqueline Gold: I'm just so lucky to be pregnant at 48
- 10 minute body sculpting: How to get the body you've always wanted
- 10 minute body sculpting: How to get the body you've always wanted
- Joint Clinic: Osteopath Kristian Wood fixes your aches and pains
- Joint Clinic: Osteopath Kristian Wood fixes your aches and pains
- Finger on the Pulse
- Finger on the Pulse
- Have you got time to run the London marathon?
- Have you got time to run the London marathon?
- Measles epidemic feared after 'unprecedented rise' in cases
- Birth of first British baby genetically screened for breast cancer
- James LeFanu: Doctor's Diary
- James LeFanu: Doctor's Diary
- Designer babies: Controversy over embryo selection
- Designer babies: The gene test
January 8, 2009
- Patient 'died of starvation in NHS hospital'
- Pregnant teenage girl and boyfriend expelled from independent school
- Woman has triplets after being told she could never have children
- Multimillion pound Change4Life obesity campaign too 'simplistic'
- Test 'could save thousands of newborns'
- One in six hospital trusts 'still uses mixed sex wards'
- Badly behaved schoolchildren 'more likely to suffer health problems in adulthood'
- Scientists discover how to 'supercharge' the body's own healing system
- Scientists identify chemical processes that lead to ageing
- Common heart disease test 'inaccurate' doctors warn
- Chemical coshes 'double the chance of Alzheimer's patients dying'
- Demand soars for mountain rescue teams
- Finding love online
- Playing outdoors 'cuts risks of shortsightedness'
- Record number of Britons shedding Christmas bulge with plastic surgery
- Halfton teenager had five stone of fat cut off
January 7, 2009
- Head of BMA to run polyclinic after opposing them vehemently
- Castaway doctor forced out of post after patients' revolt
- Gordon Brown warns Cabinet could meet Mr Motivator
- More than half of GPs rate Labour's record on NHS as 'poor'
- Patients 'will be told not to visit GP in pandemic flu outbreak'
- Cooling the brain could prevent damage after heart attacks
- Check elderly relatives and neighbours in arctic conditions doctors urge
- Medicinal plants in danger of dying out according to conservationists
- It is never too late in life to turn the tide
- Menopause treatment reduces risk of bowel cancer
- Flu cases may have peaked: GPs
January 6, 2009
- 1000 people die a year from preventable radon leaks in home
- Patrick Swayze: 'Cancer is putting me through hell'
- Woman dies after contracting rabies in African animal sanctuary
- Deadly bug kills baby and puts seven more in isolation in hospital
- Playing the video game 'Tetris' could reduce trauma claim Oxford University
- Boy dies after outofhours doctors recommend Paracetamol mother claims
- Failed obesity wonder drug Leptin revived by new research
- Teenagers 'turn to alcohol and drugs to cope with school stress'
- Lesley Garner's Life Lessons: How to mend a broken heart
- Pillowtalk: Graham Norton tackles lonely divorcees and mother daughter cruises
- One person diagnosed with diabetes every three minutes charity warns
- Skin cancer patients 'more likely to suffer another cancer'
- Measles could survive attempted eradication due to low vaccination rates
- Fertility treatment on the NHS is still a postcode lottery: research
- Skiers should treat the piste 'like a beach' for skin protection
- Doctors near top of Everest record lowest ever blood oxygen levels
- IVF: In vitro veritas
- Brain shortage threatens medical research
- Spending time in sun can prevent children becoming shortsighted
- Woman unknowingly pregnant dies from severe bleeding in labour
- Blue light 'makes you happy'
- Deaths caused by hospital mistakes 'up 60 per cent in two years'
January 5, 2009
- Benylin advert 'advises workers to throw a sickie'
- £1aday diet pill can 'help rapid weight loss'
- Julia Hobsbawm: How a lifethreatening illness made me rethink my worklife balance
- Mobile phones 'can be used in hospitals'
- Lesley Garner's Life Lessons: Who should I be with?
- Parents who smoke only in garden may still harm children doctors warn
- Diabetes dulls the brain claim scientists
- Winter vomiting bug and flu put NHS under pressure
- Girls play less energetically than boys 'because they prefer to chat'
- Bulimics 'are more impulsive'
- Terror attacks cause drop in suicide rates as they invoke 'Blitz spirit'
- Healthy 2009: Yoga retreat
- Parents of teenage brain haemorrhage victim win legal battle with hospital
- Healthy 2009: Boot camp
- Health advice: 50 ways to boost your wellbeing
- Terrorists could use 'insectbased' biological weapon
- Musician has had hiccups for 22 months
January 4, 2009
- Morningafter pills available to pupils in almost one third of schools
- Pregnant woman told she has two reproductive organs
- Cancer cells 'can outwit chemotherapy'
- Obesity raises risk of ovarian cancer
- Foreign patients get NHS organs
- Detox product claims 'misleading'
- Winter bugs could disrupt lessons
- Morningafter pills available to pupils in almost 1000 schools
- Baby girl given only 10 per cent chance of survival goes home for first time
- Golfers' hearing at risk from 'sonic boom' created by new clubs doctors claim
- Downgrade ecstasy say Government advisers
- Organisation is the secret to a long life
- Fiona Phillips: This time it's family first
January 3, 2009
- It's my decision to speed and get fat
- NHS wasting £2.1 billion a year in procurement inefficiencies
- Scheme to make pubs pay for drunken disorder proves a flop
- 'With Braille I could read - even under the bedclothes at night'
January 2, 2009
- Fall in screening attendance prompt fears of rise in breast cancer
- Kevin Whately: 'Despite the Alzheimer's sometimes she still calls me our Kev'
- Ministers 'have no idea if soldiers get priority healthcare'
- Nice: NHS drugs body puts higher value on extra months for the terminally ill
- Comedian Ricky Gervais in attack on the overweight
- Having a large bottom could help protect against diabetes claims study
- Gene that predicts risk of heart attack identified by scientists
- Top 10 fitness DVDs: Slimmers turn to Strictly Come Dancing
- Patients turn to DIY kits in fight against MRSA
- Baby with spots barred from BA plane in case she was contagious
- NHS pays £116 an hour for temps but agency takes half
- Premature twins come home in time for original due date
- Wellbeing: 10minute body sculpting
- Joint Clinic: 'I get pains in my shins during my training for the London marathon'
- Spa Spy: indulgent antiageing treatment centre in the Tuscan hills
- Virtual cycling: new year new fitness regime
January 1, 2009
- Brain operation businessman plans to jog length of Britain
- Pain hurts more when it's meant
- Headteacher recruits physiotherapist for staff with bad backs
- Antiobesity adverts don't mention the word obese
- Drugresistant 'superflu' in Britain
- Students 'should be given smart drugs to get better exam results'
- Couple have 'his and hers' gastric bypasses
- Where's the care in today's NHS?
- Teenager's dying wish to donate organs saves five lives
- 'Stayathome Friday' set to cost the economy £250m
- Fluoridating water 'can prevent tooth decay in children'
- Health preview for 2009
- Doctors flooded with flu and winter bug patients
- Family doctors 'inundated with patients'