Archive for February, 2009
February 28, 2009
- Parents told not to give cough and cold remedies to children
- 'My cerebral palsy is just another arbitrary feature like eye colour'
- The full list of medicines
February 27, 2009
- Patients at risk as NHS staff refuse flu jabs
- Face up to the truth about Facebook: It can damage your health
- 50 of the best lunchtime sandwiches
- Rugby player 14 was first in world to die from allergy to acne drug
- Premature babies: is medical intervention always the right answer?
- Spa Spy: Investigating the curative claims of wellbeing retreats worldwide
- Can sleep deprivation be the cause of mental illness?
- Ivan Cameron: one mother offers insight into the suffering of cerebral palsy victims
- 10minute body sculpting
February 26, 2009
- Up to 1000 people a day admitted to hospital for alcoholrelated illness
- Top five health and beauty websites
- British medical student commits suicide while working with African war victims
- Children who watch TV are fatter
- Cambridge University students quarantined after vomiting bug outbreak
- Teenage pregnancies rise for first time in seven years
- Teen pregnancy figures expected to rise
- Baby vaccine withdrawn over contamination fears
February 25, 2009
- HRT 'doubles risk of deadly skin cancer'
- Fertility expert warns 'don't rush into treatment'
- There is still no cure for cerebral palsy
- Long hours put workers at risk of dementia according to research into damage to brain
- Stem cell surgery could help father walk again
February 24, 2009
- Jobless from Henley: Part XIII
- Glass of wine a day raises risk of cancer in women
- Yoga cuts depression by half in women with breast cancer
- Excessive PlayStation gaming causes new skin condition
- Teenage obesity is as bad for health as smoking: research
- Garden centre waterfeatures may harbour deadly bugs
- Fried eggs could help keep bloodpressure down
February 23, 2009
- Justice for haemophiliacs
- Alzheimer's sufferers could improve memory by listening to favourite music
- NHS should pay for patients to be treated abroad House of Lords rules
- Cheese can help to reduce risk of certain cancers research finds
- Cervical cancer cases halved in 20 years
- Lifecoach: eating issues
- New cases of diabetes up by three quarters as obesity rises researchers find
- Bad hair days
- Blood inquiry condemns 'procrastination' which led to thousands of patients being infected with HIV and Hepatitis C
- Victims of contaminated blood inquiry due to hear findings
February 21, 2009
- Through her dignity in dying Jade Goody shows us all how to live
- Record numbers sell home to fund care
- 10000 British troops to be fighting Taliban in Afghanistan within 12 months
February 20, 2009
- 'Right to die' can become a 'duty to die'
- Antidepressants: just how safe are they?
- Gardening their way to health
- 10minute body sculpting
- 'I'm lucky it didn't get me…'
- Woman 'forced on a 120mile trip to give birth'
- Spain prepares to fully legalise abortion
- Joint Clinic: I think I have broken a rib
- Spa Spy: investigating the curative claims of wellbeing retreats worldwide
- Finger on the Pulse
- Doctor's Diary
- Greatest 101 questions of all time 81101
- Greatest 101 questions of all time: 6180
- Greatest 101 questions of all time 4160
- Greatest 101 questions of all time 2140
- Study shows increased health emergencies on aircraft
February 19, 2009
- Breastfeeding 'can reduce chance of multiple sclerosis sufferers having a relapse'
- Breast screening tests 'can lead to unnecessary treatment'
- South East 'is biggest risk area for cervical cancer'
- Nice ordered to release model used to deny thousands osteoporosis drug
- Britons binge drink 'because they are Europe's high achievers'
- People in areas with lots of fast food restaurants 'have higher stroke risk'
- Eating apples 'may help beat breast cancer'
February 18, 2009
- Meningitis bacteria 'masquerade as human cells to evade body's defences'
- Internet and couriers used to sell illegal drugs says UN
- Insomnia and other sleep problems 'can drive you mad'
- Smoking 'worse for your health than being working class'
- Britons' health at risk from time spent in virtual worlds says Dr Aric Sigman
- Drinking two cups of coffee a day 'cuts stroke risk by 20 per cent'
February 17, 2009
- Baby heart transplant raises questions on UK rules
- Terry Pratchett: We need to talk about dementia
- Parents of Britain's youngest heart transplant patient break silence
- Anorexic girls admitted to hospital rise by 80 per cent in a decade
- Health advice: Seasonal Affective Disorder
- Dirk Wittenborn: a history of brain candy and why it brought my father nothing but misery
- Quilting pottery and computer games 'may cut risk of dementia'
- Winston Man sues cigarette company over throat and lung cancer
- Hollywood personal trainers: the transformers
February 16, 2009
- Star Trek gadget checks suitability to medicines
- Almost half of over 50s 'unaware of leading cause of blindness'
- John Suchet: 'My Bonnie is gone: it's as if she has died'
- Severe migraine sufferers 'more at risk of heart attack or stroke'
- 'I am 45 and a bit overweight but does that mean I am on the scrap heap for ever?'
- Cystic fibrosis sufferers offered hope by gene therapy treatment
- Cannabis sideeffects highlighted in new campaign
- Lifecoach: skin care
- UFC Cage fighter Dan Hardy's diet tips
February 14, 2009
- Children's clothes sizes to be changed to cope with obesity epidemic
- Testing breast milk for alcohol could damage babies' health
- Scientists warn of first ever case of human mad cow disease from blood plasma
- Why the world loves 'Sailor Sam'
February 13, 2009
- New fathers to stay overnight in maternity wards
- Dance your way to weight loss
- The boy whose gift became a curse
- When private health care doesn't always mean best health care
- Spa Spy: Investigating the curative claims of wellbeing retreats worldwide
- Nature's way to work out
- 50 ways to save cash: Insurance
- Look younger: A natural facelift that lasts
- Joint Clinic: Can you help with my daughter's spine problems?
- How to get the body you've always wanted
- 'Toxic' cabin air found in new plane study
February 12, 2009
- Cold comfort
- MMR vaccine not linked to autism US court rules
- A dog is for saving your life
- Scientists 'map DNA of common cold for the first time'
- Secondhand smoke 'can increase the risk of dementia'
- Valentine's Day: Top 10 tips for flirting
- Flirting: a beginner's guide by a professor of love
February 11, 2009
- This Is Why You're Fat: where dreams become heart attacks
- Simple test 'could identify aggressive prostate cancer'
- Braintraining games 'do more harm than good'
February 10, 2009
- The MMR scandal is back
- Lord Attenborough shows an iron will
- Health advice: Avoiding breast cancer
- Elderly patients 'at risk of adverse drug reactions in hospital'
- One in three GPs 'would refuse to work in surgery that offered abortions'
- Obese women 'significantly more likely to have children with birth defects'
February 9, 2009
- The joy of sex education through the decades
- There's more to the pain of autism than the MMR debate
- How life has preserved its mystery
- Toddler makes full recovery after spending 20 minutes under water
- Grating cheese 'cuts risk of heart disease' says Food Standards Agency
- Help me my brain's gone blank
- "I was pregnant by another man when I got married. Now I want my longlost lover back."
- Hibiscus tea could help cut blood pressure
- LifeCoach: recovering from knee surgery
- Instinctive decisions 'may be better than conscious choices'
- The healing powers of art therapy
February 8, 2009
- Overweight people 'should dance like John Sergeant' says Alan Johnson
- Pregnant women's brains are not mush says study
- New therapy 'can reverse Alzheimer's memory loss'
February 7, 2009
February 6, 2009
- Getting to know my true self
- NHS needs doctors and nurses not tsars
- Big chill: the hidden medical benefits of cryotherapy
- Finger on the pulse
- Doctor's Diary
- Food phobias are ruining our relationships
- Joint Clinic: I injured my knee while skiing
- Spa Spy: Bannatyne's Spa Hotel Hastings
- Detoxing: the benefits of giving up alcohol
February 5, 2009
- Jade Goody: admirable dignity and stoicism
- How to keep your children fit
- Health advice: How to combat anger
February 4, 2009
- Divorce and antidepressants 'can make you look older'
- Divorce and antidepressants 'can make you look older'
February 3, 2009
- Prayer nurse: Patients need care not prayer
- Dementia research cuts must be reversed
- Dementia research cuts must be reversed
- Snow the unlikeliest superfood
- Employers 'should monitor staff for early warning signs of dementia'
- Employers urged to watch staff for early signs of dementia under Government strategy
February 2, 2009
- Every hospital and care home to have a dementia 'tsar'
- Wingsuit flying: taking it to extremes
- I am 24 years old and determined to take my life in a new direction
February 1, 2009
- Premature births 'cost the NHS almost £1 billion a year'
- Pulp Fiction's deadly 'white heroin' hits the streets of Britain
- Elderly could be left to care for disabled adult children under Government plans
- Mother gives birth to two sets of twins despite being on the Pill
- British Airways air steward killed by malaria