March 15, 2010 / Healthy Life
By Geoff Adams-Spink Age & disability correspondent, BBC News website Parents and health professionals should be doing more to check babies' hips in their first few weeks of life to prevent pain
March 14, 2010 / Cancer, Healthy Life
By Huw Willams Reporter, Good Morning Scotland Pupils at schools in Glasgow are being given lessons in how to sleep. The sessions, run by the charity Sleep Scotland, aim to teach pupils tips such as
March 14, 2010 / Cancer, Healthy Life
By Jane Elliott Health reporter, BBC News Doctors never discovered the mole that led to 37-year-old Katie Pratt's skin cancer. The first the mother-of-three knew about it was when she had developed m
March 13, 2010 / Cancer, Healthy Life, Pregnancy
Successful treatment for gum disease cuts the risk of pregnant women giving birth early, US research suggests. The preliminary research showed those whose gum disease was not treated successfully wer
March 12, 2010 / Cancer, Healthy Life
By Helen Briggs Health reporter, BBC News Drinkers who are overweight face a "double whammy" impact on their liver, research suggests. Two studies of over a million UK men and women suggest
March 12, 2010 / Cancer, Healthy Life
By Jane Elliott Health reporter, BBC News When hepatitis C was first discovered 21 years ago, Nafeica Wafaquani was herself just 21. She knew nothing of the virus and was by her own admission living
March 12, 2010 / Cancer, Healthy Life
Massage is no more effective at cutting anxiety than deep breathing and soothing music, say US researchers. The study of 68 people, reported in Depression and Anxiety, showed anxiety symptoms were ha
March 11, 2010 / Cancer, Healthy Life
At-home screening tests for the virus responsible for most cervical cancers could detect many more cases of the disease, say Dutch researchers. Although cervical screening programmes have cut deaths,
March 11, 2010 / Cancer, Healthy Life
Scientists have discovered the primary mechanism by which thalidomide causes malformed limbs in developing embryos. This side-effect was recognised after thousands of affected children were born to m
March 11, 2010 / Cancer, Healthy Life
Former professional footballer John Hartson, who played for Arsenal, Celtic and Wales, has returned to his old school to raise awareness about cancer, which he has overcome after a year-long battle .
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