Epilepsy errors ‘affected’ 1,500 children
• Epilepsy • May 24 04
Up to 1,500 children may have legitimate compensation claims following an epilepsy misdiagnosis scandal, their solicitor has claimed.
BBC News Online has learned that…
‘Epilepsy’ children wait for answers
• Epilepsy • May 24 04
Checks into the work of an epilepsy doctor accused of misdiagnosing children are moving too slowly, say parents. Annabelle Appleyard of Market Harborough, Leicestershire,…
Tumour diary: A Happy time
• Brain • May 24 04
BBC News Online science and technology writer Ivan Noble was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumour last August.
Since then he has been sharing…
CJD cases ‘in decline’
• Psychiatry / Psychology • May 24 04
The worst of human BSE infection may be over, according to scientists monitoring vCJD.
The National CJD Surveillance Unit said the number of people…
Ј1m boost for epilepsy care
• Psychiatry / Psychology • May 24 04
Over a million pounds will be invested in epilepsy care over the next two years, the government has announced.
The investment is part of…
Zebrafish clue to cancer
• Food & Nutrition • May 24 04
Scientists hope that the zebrafish may help them to develop new treatments for cancer.
At first sight the tiny fish may seem to have…
Cancer patients ‘not told enough’
• Cancer • May 24 04
Half of breast cancer patients are given “incomplete or incomprehensible” information about their disease, researchers have found.
The study of 1,000 women also found…
Safe birth hope for refugees
• Childbirth • May 24 04
Baby Carolina was wrapped in swaddling clothes in a room heated by one electric bar when charity workers first saw her in one of…
Hospital hygiene ‘improving’
• Drug News • May 24 04
NHS hospitals are cleaner and are serving patients better food, ministers have claimed.
Figures released by the Department of Health suggest 60% of hospitals…
Radiation link to cancer explained
• Cancer • May 24 04
Scientists are a step closer to discovering why radiation causes cancer.
They have identified a molecule which appears to play a crucial role in…
Death by Denial Living with AIDS
• AIDS/HIV • May 24 04
HIV-related fear has led society to deny the presence of this deadly virus that sits at our doorstep. This, despite the collective risk we…
Coffee pregnancy warning
• Pregnancy • May 24 04
MONTEREY, California - In September 1999, Paul Gelsinger’s 18-year-old son, Jesse, died during a gene-therapy experiment researchers told him was safe.
The head of…
Chemical stops stroke damage
• Gender: Male • May 24 04
Tall men over the age of 50 have a higher risk of prostate cancer than their peers, according to American researchers.
The study, by…
Teenage smokers heed campaign
• Tobacco & Marijuana • May 24 04
The number of teenagers smoking in Guernsey has been halved after a radical anti-smoking campaign on the island.
The anti-smoking lobby is now hoping…
Call to ban some latex gloves
• Allergies • May 24 04
A health union is calling on the government to ban the use of powdered gloves, which have been linked with latex allergies.
The NHS…
Implant ‘could cure migraines’
• Migraine • May 24 04
Patients with chronic migraines could one day have an electric device implanted into their foreheads to control the pain.
Doctors in the United States…
Coffee pregnancy warning
• Pregnancy • May 24 04
Drinking too much coffee during pregnancy raises the risk of stillbirth, research suggests.
Scientists in Denmark found that pregnant women who drink eight or…
Device spots breast cancer early
• Respiratory Problems • May 24 04
It could soon be possible to detect breast cancer at a much earlier stage thanks to new technology being developed by British scientists.
Experts…
Doctors perform jaw transplant
• Dental Health • May 24 04
Surgeons in Italy have carried out the world’s first ever whole jaw transplant.
In an 11-hour operation at Rome’s Regina Elena Hospital, an 80-year-old…
Football turns to Eastern medicine
• Alternative Medicine • May 24 04
Having their tongue assessed for colour and shape and pulse taken to gauge the health of their internal organs is perhaps not what Bolton…
Surgical hope for inherited anaemia
• Anemia • May 24 04
Removing most of the spleen could help children suffering from inherited blood disorders, say researchers in the US.
They carried out surgery on 25…
Helping underage smokers to quit
• Children's Health • May 24 04
Emma Hughes quit smoking two months. Aged 15, she had been smoking for the past two years.
“It’s still hard sometimes but I hope…
‘Brain damage link’ to child anaesthetics
• Brain • May 24 04
Drugs used regularly to anaesthetise children for surgery have been found to cause brain damage in rats, research has claimed.
The American researchers go…
Child death ‘shortens mothers’ lives’
• Childbirth • May 24 04
The death of a child can shorten the life of their parents, particularly mothers, a study suggests.
Researchers have found that women who lose…
Brain risk from birth oxygen shortage
• Brain • May 24 04
Even a minor oxygen shortage at the time of birth may place a premature baby at higher risk of learning problems later on, say…