3/2/12 - Websites offer “poor quality” cholesterol-lowering drugs
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
3/2/12 - New hope for universal vaccine for influenza
Chemicals found inside flu viruses could pave the way for the development
of a universal vaccine for the infection. More
3/2/12
- Resistant TB spreading - WHO
The world is facing a serious threat from the spread of hard to treat
TB, experts warned yesterday. More
2/2/12 - Row
over new extra time drug ban
A row broke out today over proposals to restrict a drug for male cancer
that was discovered in the UK. More
2/2/12 - Cold
hands syndrome campaign
Doctors have urged people with persistently cold hands to recognise the
weather may not be to blame. More
2/2/12 - Treat
adolescent depression signs - professor
A British expert today calls for more to be done to identify and treat
young people with low levels of depression. More
1/2/12
- New tomato prostate cancer link
British researchers have made new discoveries showing how the redness
in tomatoes may protect men against cancer, it was announced yesterday.
More
1/2/12 - Exercise
benefits for cancer patients
Cancer patients can benefit from taking exercise after their treatment
is complete, researchers say today. More
1/2/12 - Asthma
test and national review aim to cut deaths
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
31/1/12
- Leprosy elimination among
ten targets
A global push to tackle ten "neglected" tropical diseases, including
leprosy, was promised yesterday as wealthy donors pledged millions to
back it. More
31/1/12
- Pregnancy health threat to
baby heart
Women who are careless with their health in pregnancy create an increased
risk of their baby having heart problems, researchers warn today. More
30/1/12
- Two arm pressure readings show
risk
Measuring blood pressure in both arms could help detect risk of heart
disease, British researchers reported today. More
30/1/12 - Body-clock
gene link to diabetes
British researchers have linked the development of diabetes late in life
with genetic mutations in the body-clock. More
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