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Archive for the 'Health' CategoryCervical cancer vaccine will go on sale in weeksSunday, July 30th, 2006A vaccine against cervical cancer could go on sale within weeks. Gardasil has proved 100 per cent effective against the two main strains of the virus which trigger most cervical cancers More: continued here Independent treatment centres ‘waste money’Friday, July 28th, 2006The Government has been criticised for ’squandering money’ on controversial Independent Sector Treatment Centres after a report found they were no more cost effective than NHS services and had failed to significantly increase capacity More: continued here Dennis Waterman on the cancer operation that saved his darling Pam’s lifeFriday, July 28th, 2006When Dennis Waterman’s partner Pam Flint had surgery to remove her cancerous bladder, it took her time to come to terms with her stoma - an artificial opening in the abdomen through which urine is excreted. But five months later she has come to terms with it, accepting that it’s saved her life More: continued here Chip that sounds an alarm if a swab is left inside your bodyFriday, July 28th, 2006A wand waved over patients while they are still on the operating table could put an end to swabs being accidentally left behind. The hand-held scanner could be used by surgeons to check for missing swabs - used to mop up blood - before they sew up wounds More: continued here My injury was so bad I couldn’t walk so doctors grew me a new kneeFriday, July 28th, 2006Following a knee injury, Richard Painter was given new cartilage, ‘grown’ using cells from his own body. About 30,000 people in the UK suffer similar injuries each year. Here Richard, 48, and his surgeon, Professor George Bentley, describe the treatment to DAVID HURST More: continued here Hospital spends thousands reinforcing beds for obese patientsFriday, July 28th, 2006A hospital is spending tens of thousands of pounds on reinforced beds and strengthening mortuary slabs because of the increasing number of obese patients. Obesity causes 30,000 premature deaths in Britain each year More: continued here Lloyd Webber tells of his nightmare brush with paralysisFriday, July 28th, 2006Andrew Lloyd Webber has revealed how he awoke to a nightmare by finding that his face had been paralysed as he slept. The composer - who has earned a £700 million fortune by penning musicals sich as Evita, Cats and Phantom of the Opera - feared that he had suffered a stroke More: continued here Women who give eggs for cloning will get cheap IVFFriday, July 28th, 2006Women are to be offered cutprice fertility treatment if they donate eggs for controversial cloning research. Fertility watchdogs have given permission for an ‘egg sharing’ scheme to advance work on human cloning More: continued here Kidney drug could save 100 transplant patients a yearFriday, July 28th, 2006A new drug combination could make more kidneys available for patients needing a transplant. By helping to prevent kidneys failing, the treatment could save around 100 organs a year, a study has shown More: continued here England denied miracle bone cancer drugFriday, July 28th, 2006Bone cancer victims in England will not be given a life-prolonging drug - although it is available to patients in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland More: continued here |
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