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TODAY'S NEWS
Websites offer “poor quality” cholesterol-lowering drugs
Fri February 3rd - Patients are being warned against buying statins via the internet because of their poor quality and lack of information about how to use the medicine. More
New hope for universal vaccine for influenza
Fri February 3rd - Chemicals found inside flu viruses could pave the way for the development of a universal vaccine for the infection. More
Resistant TB spreading - WHO
Fri February 3rd - The world is facing a serious threat from the spread of hard to treat TB, experts warned yesterday. More
THIS WEEK'S STORIES
Row over new extra time drug ban
Thurs February 2nd - A row broke out today over proposals to restrict a drug for male cancer that was discovered in the UK. More
Cold hands syndrome campaign
Thurs February 2nd - Doctors have urged people with persistently cold hands to recognise the weather may not be to blame. More
Treat adolescent depression signs - professor
Thurs February 2nd - A British expert today calls for more to be done to identify and treat young people with low levels of depression. More
New tomato prostate cancer link
Wed February 1st - British researchers have made new discoveries showing how the redness in tomatoes may protect men against cancer, it was announced yesterday. More
Exercise benefits for cancer patients
Wed February 1st - Cancer patients can benefit from taking exercise after their treatment is complete, researchers say today. More
Asthma test and national review aim to cut deaths
Wed February 1st - Experts have developed a new test to give people with asthma an idea of their risk of a severe attack, it was announced today. More
Ophthalmology

Ophthalmology

23/09/2011 - Pioneering eye treatment to be tested
A hospital in London, UK, has been given the go-ahead to begin pioneering stem cell treatment trials for the retina of the eye. More

31/12/2010 - Eclipse eye damage warning
People wishing to witness a partial eclipse on January 4 risk eye damage and blindness if they look directly at the event, a senior doctor has warned. More

21/05/2010 - Statin side-effects revealed
The cholesterol lowering drugs, statins, have side effects including kidney failure, liver disease and eye cataracts, researchers warned today. More

07/04/2010 - Gene hope for inherited eye disorder
Scientists have found that a patient's genes affect the outcome of treatment for a rare inherited eye disorder. More

18/01/2010 - Doctors urged to learn about driving fitness
Doctors need more training in the need to tell patients they may have to give up driving, researchers have warned. More

15/01/2010 - Eye test for brain disease
British scientists have developed a simple eye test that could provide fast diagnosis of brain diseases such as Alzheimer's, it was announced yesterday. More

26/10/2009 - Gene therapy brings sight to blind
A gene therapy has successfully been used to restore sight to a blind child, it has been announced. More

24/07/2009 - Cataracts may be linked to blood pressure drugs
Some blood pressure lowering treatments may be linked to an increased risk of develop cataracts in the eyes, researchers warned today. More

14/10/2008 - Eyes need good diet
A poor diet and too much sunlight may place the eyes at risk, British researchers warned today. More

13/10/2008 - Eye disease breakthrough
A British research team is celebrating a breakthrough in the search for the causes of a major cause of blindness. More

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