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| The UK’s hard-line approach to so-called legal highs and other ‘psychoactive’ substances is making it “more dangerous for young people who want to experiment”, a report will say. The Government should consider the benefits of some drugs, including the possibility that the use of less harmful substances can prevent people using more dangerous drugs, the joint report by the think-tank Demos and the UK Drug Policy Commission (UKDPC) said. | |
| Health | The Sentinel May 16 2011 |
| A north Staffordshire specialist is behind new guidelines urging GPs throughout Britain to carry out blood tests on women suspected of having ovarian cancer. The move is aimed at improving survival rates for the disease dubbed the “silent killer” with two-thirds of the 6,800 sufferers diagnosed every year failing to live longer than five years. | |
| Health | The Sentinel April 28, 2011 |
| A pill made from the leaves of the olive tree could be a powerful weapon in the fight against heart disease, scientists say. According to research, the olive pill is as effective as some prescription medicines at reducing high blood pressure. And it also appears to lower levels of harmful blood fats, called triglycerides, known to raise the risk of heart attacks and strokes. In a study, patients who took the olive leaf pill for eight weeks saw a significant decline in blood pressure readings and triglyceride levels. | |
| Health | The Mail April 16th 2011 |
| Brain scans could help detect changes leading to Alzheimer's disease up to a decade before the symptoms develop, claim researchers. A study suggests that areas of the brain affected by the disease start shrinking many years earlier. U.S. researchers behind the study say magnetic resonance (MR) scan¬ning is not yet ready to use in diagnos¬ing Alzheimer's, but the findings bring the prospect closer. | |
| Health | The Mail April 13th 2011 |
| Her genes rather than her diet have the biggest influence on when a girl gets her first period, according to scientists. The age a mother started to menstruate has more influence on her daughter's start age than any other factor, Including environment and lifestyle. The age that menstruation begins is important because it has been linked to a risk of chronic diseases, including breast cancer, and has been the focus of a major UK-wide study. The chances of developing the disease gradually increase with a progressively younger age at first period. Over recent decades, the average age girls start to menstruate has been getting increasingly younger. | |
| Health | The Mail April 13th 2011 |
| Women who drink during pregnancy are up to three times more likely to give birth to a very premature baby, doctors have warned. Exposure to alcohol in the womb also raises the odds of the baby being born underweight. And it increases the chance of the newborn dying shortly after birth, the study found. | |
| Health | The Mail April 11th 2011 |
| Scientists have identified a 'sleepless elite' - a small group of people for whom a lie-in is a waste of time. Rather than being tired, bad-tempered under-achievers, they are an energetic, outgoing and optimistic group who can happily and healthily get by on just four or five hours of shut-eye a night. American scientists who studied an extended family in California focused on a mother and daughter who appeared perfectly healthy despite their shared lifelong habit of getting up early in the morning, having gone to bed close to midnight. DNA tests showed they had a tiny mutation in a gene called hDEC2 - but it was missing in other family members who slept normally. The bad news is that while many of us get by on a few hours' sleep a night, just one to three people in 100 qualify to be part of the sleepless elite. | |
| Health | The Mail April 11th 2011 |
| The pro-euthanasia campaign reached a new nadir as a non-terminally ill woman travelled to Switzerland to end her life in a move which even a leading pro-euthanasia group rejected. Nan Maitland, 84, a retired occupational therapist who suffered from arthritis, ended her life on March 1 because she did not want to face the “long period of decline, sometimes called ‘prolonged dwindling’ that so many people unfortunately experience”. | |
| Health | The Universe, April 10, 2011 |
| Eating fish during pregnancy could cut a woman's odds of developing post-natal depression. Research suggests that omega-3 fatty acids, which are particularly abundant in oily fish such as salmon, protect against the baby blues. Stocks built up during pregnancy appear to give a woman's mental health boost months later. Post-natal depression affects up to 13 per cent of new mothers - and lasts more than a year in severe cases, even with counselling and medication. However, too much oily fish in pregnancy can be bad for the baby's development, so experts say it is important that mothers-to-be strike a balance when trying to boost their levels of omega-3. | |
| Health | The Mail April 13th 2011 |
| The Health Service is wasting up to £500million a year on 'ineffective' operations such as removing tonsils and wisdom teeth, a report reveals. Widespread variations in rates of surgery across the country are also highlighted in a separate report from the King's Fund think-tank. It found some patients are not getting the surgery they need while others may be undergoing operations they do not benefit from. Hip and knee replacements vary by as much as 400 per cent between trusts and cataract surgery by 300 per cent. | |
| Health | The Mail April 13th 2011 |
| Dentists are advising patients to come back for check-ups far more often than they need to, the Government has warned. Many are suggesting people return in six months' time when they in fact only need to be seen every two years. And concerns have been raised that some dentists are 'exploiting' the system and inflating their pay by encouraging healthy patients to come for check-ups more often than is recommended. Figures show their average salaries have soared in recent years and one in ten now earns more than the Prime Minister, taking home at least £150,000 a year. | |
| Health | The Mail April 13th 2011 |
| Apples could help us to improve cholesterol levels and lose weight, say researchers. They found that women who ate 75g of dried apple a day for six months saw levels of LDL cholesterol - the harmful form blamed for clogging arteries - fall by almost a quarter. Levels of other compounds linked to heart disease and strokes also dropped, and amounts of HDL cholesterol, the 'good' kind which wards off the hardening of blood vessels, rose by about 4%. The women also lost an average of just over 31b in weight, despite taking on an additional 240 calories a day from snacking on the fruit. | |
| Health | The Mail April 13th 2011 |
| Millions of young women could be 'eating themselves into an early grave' because they are not tackling their weight as effectively as men, Britain's foremost obesity expert said last night. Research suggests the 'Jamie Oliver effect' has seen men aged between 21 and 40 exercising more and eating healthily while women of the same age are still piling on the pounds. Professor Klim McPherson also warned the over-40s of both sexes are still not doing enough to deal with their weight - a fact that could have disastrous consequences for the NHS budget at a time when drastic savings are needed. | |
| Health | The Mail April 11th 2011 |
| A drug considered a last resort in the fight against osteoporosis is 17 times more effective than the standard initial treatment, an international study has found. Protelos is radically different from other therapies because it promotes the growth of fresh bone rather than just preventing deterioration. But under NHS guidelines it is a 'third-line' treatment, meaning patients with bone thinning or a fracture are not allowed it until two other approaches have been tried. In most cases, symptoms also have to worsen before they qualify. | |
| Health | Daily Mail 25th March 2011 |
| Gender-bending chemicals found in non-stick pans and food packaging are linked to early menopause, scientists say. PFCs, or perfluorocarbons, are found throughout the home. They are breathed in via dust or vapour, or eaten in food, and have been linked to thyroid cancer, immune system problems and heart disease. Many researchers believe they also act as hormone disrupters in the body. They repel water and fat, and so have been used to make non-stick cookware, greaseproof food packaging and stain-resistant sprays for clothes and carpets. The company 3M stopped using the chemicals in Scotchgard in 2002 due to health concerns. DuPont, manufacturer of Teflon, has agreed to phase them out by 2015. | |
| Health | Daily Mail 24th March 2011 |
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