March 11, 2010 / Cancer, Healthy Life
Emma Wilkinson Health reporter, BBC News Fluctuations in blood pressure could be more important than consistently high readings as a warning sign for stroke, researchers have said. Current guidelines
March 10, 2010 / Healthy Life
Skin transplant surgery could be an effective way of treating the skin disease vitiligo, say US researchers. A team in Detroit transferred healthy skin cells to 32 patients who had areas of the body
March 10, 2010 / Healthy Life
The doctors' union claims that England's medical records database is being pushed through too fast, with details sometimes being uploaded without patients' knowledge. But those behind the new system
March 10, 2010 / Healthy Life
By Clare Murphy Health reporter, BBC News It is peak season for chickenpox - the highly-contagious, blistering virus which for most children is unpleasant and for a very few lethal. A safe and effect
March 9, 2010 / Healthy Life
Children with behavioural problems are twice as likely to suffer chronic pain as adults than others, say researchers. Scientists at Aberdeen University, who followed the lives of more than 19,000 chi
March 9, 2010 / Healthy Life
The UK has donated £1m ($1.5m) to South Africa to buy condoms in a bid to combat HIV and Aids, as the nation builds up to the football World Cup. UK ministers said South Africa had appealed for
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 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
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