Other Health News
- Time link to sudden cardiac death Wednesday, 22 February 2012, 6:07 pm
How the time of day can increase the risk of dying from an irregular heartbeat has been identified by researchers.
- Baby P duo made ‘serious errors’ Wednesday, 22 February 2012, 5:12 pm
Two of Baby Peter’s social workers committed a “serious error of judgement” during an incident which saw him “disappear” for 12 days, a tribunal hears.
- Peptide Helps Improve Learning And Memory Wednesday, 22 February 2012, 5:00 pm
Although there are several drugs and experimental conditions that can block cognitive function and impair learning and memory, researchers have recently shown that some drugs can actually improve cogn. […]
- Raw Milk Causes Most Dairy-related Outbreaks Of Diseases Wednesday, 22 February 2012, 5:00 pm
Unpasteurized milk, also known as raw milk, is proportionally responsible for 150 times more disease outbreaks than pasteurized milk, a new report issued by the CDC’s (Center for Disease Control and P. […]
- Huntington’s Disease – Blocking HDACs May Be The Way Wednesday, 22 February 2012, 5:00 pm
The February 21 issue of the open access journal PLoS Biology reveals that researchers from the National University of Ireland Galway have made an important scientific discovery in the battle against. […]
- Fake Drugs Increasing On The Net And Finding Their Way Into Legitimate Supplies Wednesday, 22 February 2012, 5:00 pm
Fake drugs are increasingly being sold on the Internet in a global counterfeit medicines market that has doubled in the last five years to more than $75 million. The medicines, many of which are life-. […]
- Adult Pneumococcal Vaccines – How Cost Effective Are They? Wednesday, 22 February 2012, 5:00 pm
According to a computer-based cost-effectiveness analysis in the February issue of JAMA, recommending the use of the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13) could possibly prevent more pneumo. […]
- Female Heart Attack Patients Have A Higher In-Hospital Mortality Rate Than Men Wednesday, 22 February 2012, 4:00 pm
A study in the February issue of JAMA, reports that female heart attack patients are more likely to go to hospital without chest pain and have a much higher rate of in-hospital death following a heart. […]
- NHS ‘will be Cameron’s poll tax’ Wednesday, 22 February 2012, 3:14 pm
Labour leader Ed Miliband tells David Cameron he risks making NHS reform “his poll tax” – in noisy Commons clashes over the health bill.
- VIDEO: NHS will be ‘Cameron’s poll tax’ Wednesday, 22 February 2012, 2:56 pm
David Cameron and Ed Miliband have clashed in the House of Commons over the Government’s plans to reform the NHS in England.
- VIDEO: ‘Anorexia must be treated sooner’ Wednesday, 22 February 2012, 1:36 pm
After Cambridge-educated doctor Melanie Spooner died from anorexia, her family are seeking to change the way people with eating disorders are treated.
- Traumatic Brain Injury – Clazosentan May Block Harmful Effects Wednesday, 22 February 2012, 1:00 pm
A study in rats has found that a new medication called clazosentan, may be effective in blocking the harmful effects of traumatic brain injury (TBI). The study will be presented at the American Academ. […]
