March 10, 2010 / Cancer, Healthy Life
Men are more likely than women to enjoy sex in old age, researchers have found. Men can expect nearly five extra years of an active sex life compared with women, according to a review of US data surv
March 10, 2010 / Cancer, Healthy Life
VIEWPOINT Professor Tony Leeds Specialist in obesity management, Central Middlesex Hospital A big increase in obesity threatens to cause health problems for millions of people across the world. In th
March 9, 2010 / Healthy Life, Pregnancy
There is no evidence acupuncture or Chinese herbal medicine increase the chance of getting pregnant through IVF, fertility experts say in new guidance. The methods are increasingly offered as a way o
March 9, 2010 / Healthy Life
The US soft drinks industry says it has dramatically cut the number of high-calorie soft drinks sold in US schools as part of a drive to tackle obesity. The American Beverage Association said shipmen
March 9, 2010 / Healthy Life
Around 250 people who may have been exposed to tuberculosis (TB) are being screened in Rhondda Cynon Taf. It is the first time a whole community has been tested for the disease. They were asked to co
March 8, 2010 / Healthy Life
Hospital patients are being treated in mop cupboards, storerooms and kitchens because wards are full, a survey of nurses has suggested. Nearly two-thirds of the 900 nurses who took part in the poll s
March 8, 2010 / Healthy Life
Psychologists say they have treated hundreds of survivors of the 2005 London bombings for post-traumatic stress disorder. Over a third of the 1,000 survivors they identified and contacted using polic
March 8, 2010 / Cancer, Healthy Life
By Nick Triggle Health reporter, BBC News Parents, hospitals and private firms are being warned over risky and illegal collections of umbilical cord blood. The Human Tissue Authority said if proper g
March 8, 2010 / Healthy Life
Women can enjoy a tipple and stay slim, according to a study that shows moderate drinkers gain less weight than teetotallers. Women who drank red wine gained the least, but the results held for other
March 8, 2010 / Healthy Life
An investigation is under way after a newborn baby was given 10 times the normal dose of a tuberculosis vaccine at Scunthorpe General Hospital. The boy was injected with 0.5mg of the BCG vaccine inst
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