Archive for the ‘Health News’ Category
Saturday, March 13th, 2010
<img src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/47448000/jpg/_47448738_-8.jpg" align="left" width="466" height="260" alt="A health worker uses EpiSurveyor to collect data for a Malaria study in Nigeria" border="0" vspace="4" hspace="4">DIGITAL PLANETBBC World ServiceThe explosion of mobile use in developing countries is helping transform health care.Groups such as DataDyne use mobiles to collect and share vital data on health ...
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Friday, March 12th, 2010
Massage is no more effective at cutting anxiety than deep breathing and soothing music, say US researchers.The study of 68 people, reported in Depression and Anxiety, showed anxiety symptoms were halved for those given 10 massage sessions over three months. But those given relaxation therapy, which is much cheaper, improved ...
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Friday, March 12th, 2010
By Nick TriggleHealth reporter, BBC NewsAdult social care in England is "chronically under-funded" and "severely rationed", MPs say.The Health Committee warned urgent action was needed and told the political parties to stop their point-scoring and seek solutions instead. The cross-party group said if politicians failed they would "betray current and ...
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Friday, March 12th, 2010
New York City has agreed to pay up to $657m (£437m) to thousands of rescue and clean-up workers at the 9/11 attacks Ground Zero site.The settlement would compensate more than 10,000 plaintiffs who say they were made sick by dust from the collapsed World Trade Center towers. At least 95% ...
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Friday, March 12th, 2010
Scientists say they have been able to tell which past event a person is recalling using a brain scan.The University College London researchers showed people film clips and were able to predict which ones they were subsequently thinking about. The research, published in Current Biology, provides insight into how memories ...
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Thursday, March 11th, 2010
Scientists have discovered the primary mechanism by which thalidomide causes malformed limbs in developing embryos.This side-effect was recognised after thousands of affected children were born to mothers who had been prescribed the drug for morning sickness. Research in the journal Science reveals that thalidomide binds to and renders inactive the ...
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Thursday, March 11th, 2010
Many lives could be saved if GPs followed guidelines for reducing cholesterol in patients at high risk of heart disease, research suggests.A study of 25,250 patients in Germany found that only about half were assigned the correct targets for lowering cholesterol. Doctors believe the findings, published in the European Heart ...
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Thursday, March 11th, 2010
Skin transplant surgery could be an effective way of treating the skin disease vitiligo, say US researchers.A team in Detroit transferred healthy skin cells to 32 patients who had areas of the body that had lost colour due to the condition. They found the treated area regained on average 52% ...
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Thursday, March 11th, 2010
The doctors' union claims that England's medical records database is being pushed through too fast, with details sometimes being uploaded without patients' knowledge.But those behind the new system say many patients are astonished that hospital doctors still do not have access to basic information, and the process to opt out ...
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Wednesday, March 10th, 2010
Coronation Street actress Beverley Callard has revealed she has been receiving treatment for depression.The 52-year-old actress, who plays Rovers landlady Liz McDonald, was absent from the soap for five months last year after a "serious breakdown". She was treated at the Priory Clinic at the time and remains an outpatient ...
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