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Last update: Wednesday 25th March




High blood pressure is expected to afflict one in three of the world's adult population by the year 2025, scientists said today. Researchers predicted the number of adults with the condition to reach a total of 1.56 billion.
Health	The Sentinel – 14th January 2005



An arthritis drug withdrawn on safety grounds last year probably killed thousands of patients, a study suggested today. Researchers said the drug Vioxx may have caused between 88,000 and 140,000 serious heart problems in the United States alone since its introduction in 1999. With heart disease death rates in the U.S. running at 44%, many of these cases were likely to have been fatal, it was claimed.
Health	The Sentinel – 25th January 2005



Becoming stressed now and again may be good for your health. Short bursts of stress, such as that caused by public speaking, strengthen the body's immune system, say psychologists Dr Suzanne Segerstrom and Dr Gregory Miller.But the psychologists also found that long-term stress, such as that caused by living with a permanent disability, renders a person less able to fight infections. Stressful situations that last only short periods appear to tap into the primeval 'fight or flight' response, which benefits a person by boosting their bodies natural frontline defence against infections.
Health	The War Cry – 20th November 2004



A survey of 1,285 homosexual and bisexual men and women found that just under a third had attempted suicide and almost 40% had experienced problems such as anxiety and sleep disturbance. The survey by researchers from Imperial College found that 42% of gay men, 43% of lesbians and 49% of bisexual men and women had a clinically recognised mental health problem. In addition to anxiety and sleep disturbance, these also included panic attacks, depressive moods or thoughts, problems with memory or concentration, compulsive behaviour or obsessive thoughts. Around the same numbers also reported self-harming.
Health	Evangelical Times – January 2005



The UK's first fast track service, at Hammersmith Hospitals, for patients who have had a heart attack, has led to a five-fold reduction in deaths. Patients usually have a procedure to unblock their arteries within an hour.
Health	The Sentinel – 10th December 2004



British women are so dissatisfied with their bodies that most avoid looking at themselves naked in the mirror, a survey will reveal this week. Eight out of 10 women in their twenties and thirties feel pressure to be thinner after seeing advertising images of female models or celebrities, according to a survey commissioned amid concern that women's unease about their bodies could make them unwilling to discuss important health issues or check for tell tale signs of disease. Hips, legs, breasts and bottoms are the main sources of discontent. Nearly 80% of women are so uncomfortable with their bodies that they try not to see themselves unclothed.
Health	The Independent On Sunday – 28th November 2004



People who sleep less are more likely to be obese, according to new research. Dr Shahrad Taheri, a clinical scientist at Bristol University, discovered that people who sleep for five hours a night are often hungrier and therefore likely to eat more than those who sleep for eight hours.
Health	The Sentinel – 7th December 2004



Less than half of hospitals have the high standards of cleanliness necessary to defeat MRSA and other infections, a government survey has shown..The survey showed that 574 hospitals (48%) were rated good or excellent for cleanliness. The remainder scraped through as "acceptable", with 24 rated "poor" and three "unacceptable".
Health	The Independent – 8th December 2004



Global efforts to curb the spread of HIV/Aids are failing because the world has not recognised that it is a female epidemic, a report said yesterday. Aids claimed 3.1 million lives last year, the highest ever, and the rate at which women and girls are affected is accelerating. The spread of the disease shows no sign of slowing, despite billions of pounds invested in treatment and prevention. The annual report on the Aids epidemic, published by UNAids and the World Health Organisation yesterday, says a record 39.4 million people are living with HIV, up from 36.6 million two years ago. Globally, the fastest increase in infections is among women and girls. They account for 57% of all those infected in sub-Saharan Africa, the worst hit region, and for 75% of those aged 15 to 24.
Health	The Independent – 24th November 2004



A cheap and widely available antibiotic could be used to cut Aids-related death in African children by more than 40%, Government backed scientists said today.A group of 541 children, aged one to 14, infected with the Aids virus HIV were either given daily doses of the antibiotic, or an inactive placebo. After 19 months, about a quarter of the treated children had died compared with more than 40% of those receiving the dummy drug. Using the antibiotic also reduced hospital admissions by 23%.
Health	The Sentinel – 19th November 2004



Most people are unaware of the risk of carbon monoxide poisoning in the home, according to a survey published today. Two-thirds of those questioned in the poll admitted they knew little to nothing about carbon monoxide.
Health	The Sentinel – 29th October 2004



Selling Paracetamol and other painkillers in smaller pack sizes has cut suicide rates, according to research today. Paracetamol overdoses dropped by nearly a quarter in three years following legislation in 1998.
Health	The Sentinel – 29th October 2004



Every year 5,000 patients in hospitals in Britain die from an infection acquired after they were admitted. Up to 100,000 more - almost one in 10 in-patients - endure extended illness, pain and suffering caused by bugs they contract in the place where they came for a cure. The number of deaths exceeds that from road accidents, and that from drugs and HIV/Aids combined. Our rate of infection is among the highest in the world, above that of Australia, Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands and Spain. It costs the NHS more than £1bn a year.
Health	The Independent – 7th December 2004



Antidepressant drugs have been over-prescribed to hundreds of thousands of people with mild depression in whom the risk of side effects outweighs the benefits, Britain's chief medicines regulator said yesterday..About 3.5 million people are estimated to take SSRI's in any one year and 19 million prescriptions for the drugs were issued in 2003..The popularity of the drugs, which include brands such as Prozac and Seroxat, has soared since they were launched in the late 1980's. They were heavily promoted by drug companies as safer and with fewer side effects than the older tricyclic antidepressants. But reports of patients committing suicide days after starting the drugs and suffering withdrawal symptoms when they stopped taking them came to light in the 1990's.
Health	The Independent – 7th December 2004



Laser eye surgery should not be used routinely in the NHS due to concerns over its long-term safety, a treatment watchdog said today. The procedure has become popular in recent years to treat long and short-sighted patients.
Health	The Sentinel – 15th December 2004

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