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Doctors urged to put patients on statins sooner
Experts from Oxford University have recommended that patients at risk of heart attacks and strokes should be put on statins as soon as possible, after a major study found that taking the drugs long-te...NSAIDs raise heart attack risk
Researchers have warned that daily doses of over-the-counter painkillers can increase the risk of heart attacks and strokes by up to 40%. Patients who regularly took diclofenac (the most commonly pres...Boy, 9, saved by pioneering kidney transplant
Nabeel Nanuck has become the first child in Britain to have a pioneering treatment that has allowed him to have a kidney transplant from his mother- even though her organ wasn’t a match. He had ...Apples and pears
Nutritionists now believe that eating one apple or pear daily could halve the risk of stroke. Both of the fruits are known as ‘white-fleshed’, which means that they contain high levels of a plant ...Police probe of midwives at Furness hospital
On the 7 Jun we ran a story about the midwives at Furness hospital in Cumbria Midwives at Furness hospital cover up baby death negligence where the coroner accused midwives at the hospital of colludin...Teenage weight loss increases heart disease risk
According to researchers from the University Medical Centre in Utrecht, Netherlands, malnutrition during adolescence can have severe effects later in life. Researchers studied nearly 8,000 women whom ...Nuts and oats cut cholesterol
A new study shows that people wanting to cut their cholesterol should try to up their intake of nuts, oats and tofu instead of lowering their fatty food intake. A diet that combines soy protein and ve...DIY blood pressure checks for NHS patients
Fears of misdiagnosis in the doctor’s surgery have led to patients being given home monitoring devices. A phenomenon known as ‘white-coat hypertension’ means that about a quarter of ...New blood test detects ovarian cancer
Ovarian cancer has previously been known as a ‘silent killer’ because it often goes undaignosed until an advanced stage. Every year in Britain, 7,000 women are diagnosed with the disease, ...Infected hospital equipment kills
Jacqueline Thomason, 53, had her thyroid gland removed at the Royal Albert and Edward Infirmary in Wigan, when she contracted a group A streptococcus infection. After her death on April 3, a coroner h...
