Tuesday 16 October 2012

Health

The latest health news and wellbeing advice including family health, alternative medicine, diet and fitness and the NHS.

HEALTH NEWS

NHS facing breast cancer 'timebomb'

The number of older women living with breast cancer will quadruple to 1.2m by 2040.

More than a million women will be living with disease within a generation and the NHS is not prepared, campaigners warn.

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Dr Le Fanu's online health clinic, Monday 15th October 2012

Concerned about aches and pains? Worried about a medical condition? Dr James Le Fanu answers your questions every week in his online health clinic.

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Cervical cancer jabs 'don't give girls a green light for sex'

UK and US researchers concluded jabs to protect against the cervical cancer did not make teenage girls more likely to have sex.

Vaccines that protect against a cancer-causing virus that is spread by sexual contact do not give teenage girls a “green light” to have intercourse, say academics.

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Does the internet encourage eating disorders?

More than 50 under ten-year-olds were admitted to hospital with eating disorders in the past year, as official figures reveal the problem is striking at a younger age.

With the number of hospital admissions for eating disorders growing, especially amongst young girls, Emma Barnett examines the impact of the internet and social media on body image.

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Nurse 'gave baby overdose after posting picture online'

Nurse 'gave baby fatal overdose after posting his picture on Facebook'

A nurse made a “catastrophic” error by giving a four-month-old baby a fatal overdose of salt just days after posting a picture of herself asleep next to him on Facebook, a hearing has been told.

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Dr Le Fanu's online health clinic, Monday 15th October 2012

Concerned about aches and pains? Worried about a medical condition? Dr James Le Fanu answers your questions every week in his online health clinic.

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Eat, meditate and be merry

Archbishop of Canterbury: meditation is the key to living in this insane world

Meditation today is used to treat problems like depression, says Cherrill Hicks

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Doctor's diary: be alert to whooping cough

Newborns may be given whooping cough jabs amid worst outbreak in decades

Doctors and patients need to be aware of the recent increase in whooping cough cases, says James Le Fanu

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The cut-off point for life

Men pronounce on abortion, but women live with the consequences, says Max Pemberton

Life Coach: Are there any natural remedies to treat asthma ?

Diets rich in fruit and vegetables have been shown to reduce asthma symptoms.

Our experts answer your health questions. This week: treating asthma and shutting eyelids.

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Squeezed parents cannot afford childcare

Thanks to Labour, we have a system that is both far too costly and far too cumbersome, says Elizabeth Truss

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Cancer patient: surgery against will

Potentially life saving operation on mother dying of cancer given go ahead against her wishes

A schizophrenic woman who does not believe she has cancer can now undergo a risky operation against her wishes that could save her life, on the orders of a senior judge.

NHS bill for PIP breast implant scandal is almost £2m so far

Breast implants: NHS bill already in six figures

The NHS is facing a bill of around £2m for the PIP breast implant scandal as thousands of women come forward for treatment after being turned away by their private clinics.

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My GP’s first question: 'Do you want to keep it?’

The NHS watchdog warned in June that maternity care is 'emerging as a problem area for a number of NHS Trusts, due to midwife numbers not increasing in line with demand.' Ladies, why are we not getting hysterical about this?

Our focus on those who don’t want babies blinds us to the difficulties faced by those who do, believes Bryony Gordon

50 under 10s in hospital with eating disorders

More than 50 under ten-year-olds were admitted to hospital with eating disorders in the past year, as official figures reveal the problem is striking at a younger age.

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Alternative medicine »

Eat, meditate and be merry

Meditation today is used to treat problems like depression, says Cherrill Hicks

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Cure or no cure, we’ll keep taking the tablets

Not to be sneezed at: Echinacea, said by some to cure the common cold, is extracted from a North American genus of plants of that name

If echinacea fails, a new cold 'remedy’ will be found, says Theodore Dalrymple

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A spiritual approach to health

The trick is to be positive about your experiences, says the author and former model Nikki Page

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Coping with anxiety – on the cheap

Does low-cost therapy help solve mental health problems, asks Jane Feinmann

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Can LSD cure depression?

Controversial research suggests that LSD and other psychedelic drugs could have vital medical uses, reports Jerome Burne.

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Health News »

NHS facing breast cancer 'timebomb'

More than a million women will be living with disease within a generation and the NHS is not prepared, campaigners warn.

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Cervical cancer jabs 'don't give girls a green light for sex'

Vaccines that protect against a cancer-causing virus that is spread by sexual contact do not give teenage girls a “green light” to have intercourse, say academics.

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Nurse 'gave baby overdose after posting picture online'

A nurse made a “catastrophic” error by giving a four-month-old baby a fatal overdose of salt just days after posting a picture of herself asleep next to him on Facebook, a hearing has been told.

Malala Yousafzai: UK hospital is centre for treating soldiers injured in battlefield

Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teenager shot in the head by the Taliban, is being treated at a hospital which is the centre for treating British soldiers wounded abroad.

Over-the-counter medicines 'not as effective as claimed'

Over-the-counter medicines that people spend billions of pounds a year on are not as effective as they claim to be, according to an expert assessment.

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