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"Superb news" for cancer victims
A U-turn by National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (Nice) will mean that people with rare froms of blood and bone marrow disorders are to be allowed a drug previously denied to them on ...100 children in HIV scare at Addenbrooks Hospital, Cambridge
Addenbrooks Hospital in Cambridge sacked surgeon Mr Madan Samuel after he failed to sterilise his scissors whilst carrying out operations between 2004 and 2009. The hospital was forced to write to t...East Midlands Ambulance paramedic 'refused to help'
A coroner at Derby Coroner’s Court has been told that as Melissa Proctor Bain suffered a blood clot in her lung and lay dying in a pub in Derby a paramedic who arrived drove past the pub and had...Leap forward in testing for ‘mad cow disease’
The first reliable blood test for vCJD has been developed by scientists at the Medical Research Council Prion Unit, University College London. It is up to 100,000 more sensitive than the current metho...‘Grow your own’ – blood vessels that is!
Scientists have developed the ability to grow human veins in laboratories that can be stored for up to a year and safely transplanted into any patient. Definitely a step up from growing your own veget...Birds, partners and stress
A recent study of gouldian finches has linked having a ‘poor quality’ mate to high levels of stress. In fact these birds were found to have up to four times more of the stress hormone cort...Positive thinking
“Laughter is the best medicine” anon Laughter relaxes the whole body. A good, hearty laugh relieves physical tension and stress, leaving your muscles relaxed for up to 45 minutes after. La...The M&S diet – eat plenty, don't exercise
Lose 10lb in 4 weeks eating plenty of food and taking no exercise? Too good to be true? Apparently not. Good old Marks & Spencers have developed a food range called Simply Fuller Longer which has ...Blood type linked to protecting against heart attack
A study published on-line by the Lancet has concluded that a gene that causes people to have blood group ‘O’ can also give them some protection against a heart attack. Almost half of the ...Housework is stressful – it’s official!
A new study shows that those taking most of the responsibility for running the home had significantly higher blood pressure than those who left it to someone else. The findings by scientists from the ...
