Health
National News -
Health
Friday, 12 March 2010 07:35

Women who have taken the Pill at any stage in their life are less likely to die from any cause - including heart disease and all types of cancer.

Women who have taken the Pill at any stage in their life are less likely to die from any cause - including heart disease and all types of cancer.
Read More
Hits: 1
National News -
Health
Friday, 12 March 2010 07:20
MPs urge political parties to set aside "pre-election point scoring" and try to reach consensus over elderly social care in England.
National News -
Health
Friday, 12 March 2010 07:20
A sticking-plaster approach to treating skin cancer has been unveiled at Ninewells Hospital in Dundee.
National News -
Health
Friday, 12 March 2010 07:20
At-home screening tests for the virus responsible for most cervical cancers could detect many more cases, say researchers.
National News -
Health
Friday, 12 March 2010 07:20
The mechanism by which thalidomide causes malformed limbs is revealed by scientists.
National News -
Health
Friday, 12 March 2010 07:20
Scientists say they have been able to tell which past event a person is recalling using a brain scan.
National News -
Health
Friday, 12 March 2010 07:04
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Until now, a scant number of top notch clinical trials have evaluated whether sodium picosulfate -- the active ingredient in numerous over-the-counter laxatives -- is safe and effective.

read full article
read full article
National News -
Health
Friday, 12 March 2010 07:04
CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. and Canadian health officials have approved the use of the medical isotopes created at a Polish nuclear reactor, a move that will help ease a shortage of the materials used in millions of diagnostic tests, health products provider Covidien said Thursday.

read full article
read full article
National News -
Health
Friday, 12 March 2010 07:04
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Needle-exchange programs designed to cut injection drug users' risk of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, and other infections do seem to reduce needle sharing, but there is only limited evidence that they lower disease transmission, a new research review concludes.

read full article
read full article
National News -
Health
Friday, 12 March 2010 07:04
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Among children and teenagers with asthma, those who also have peanut allergies may have more or more-severe asthma attacks, a new study suggests.

read full article
read full article
National News -
Health
Friday, 12 March 2010 07:04
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More 12-year-olds in the United States admit to using potentially deadly inhalants to get high than have used marijuana, cocaine and hallucinogens combined, U.S. health officials said on Thursday.

read full article
read full article
More Articles...
- Calcium may help you live longer: study
- Big first trimester weight gain ups diabetes risk
- U.S. safety panel says big Vytorin study can go on
- Neoprobe says radioactive tracing agent's NDA on track
- Drugmakers agree on landmark vaccines deal for poor
- Democrats move closer to healthcare deal
- Glenn Close has genes mapped
- Birth control pill poses no added health risk
- Try the less is more diet: Study says little changes in eating habits have the biggest impact
- Irritable Baby Syndrome? Doctors mistook woman's pregnancy for IBS... until THREE HOURS before she gave birth
- Twins at 54 for the mother who didn't think eight was enough
- New 'statin' without side effects developed by scientists
Page 1 of 50





