March 13, 2010 / Healthy Life
Too many people in England receive poor quality out-of-hours doctors' services, the Patients Association has warned. In some areas, a fifth of patients described the service as "poor" or &q
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, Medical News, Pregnancy
Vaccines that contain a mercury-based preservative called thimerosal cannot cause autism on their own, a special U.S. court ruled on Friday, dealing one more blow to parents seeking to blame vaccines
March 12, 2010 / Cancer, Medical News, Pregnancy
People with occasional spikes in their blood pressure could be at higher risk of having a stroke than those with regularly high blood pressure, new studies said Friday. Read more: Variable blood
March 12, 2010 / Cancer, Medical News
A breakup can turn your world upside down, making it feel like you don't know who you are anymore. And you might not, according to a new study. Excerpt from: Breakup can wreck your sense of se
March 12, 2010 / Cancer, Medical News, Pregnancy
Doctors, nurses and other health care workers are increasingly tapping their literary sides to better understand their patients. f140e7c388041cd2d1685e99b6285123 Here is the original: Literat
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 12, 2010 / Cancer, Healthy Life
By Nick Triggle Health reporter, BBC News Adult social care in England is "chronically under-funded" and "severely rationed", MPs say. The Health Committee warned urgent action wa
March 11, 2010 / Cancer, Medical News, Pregnancy
U.S. regulators expanded their efforts Thursday to go after children's jewelry that contains high levels of the toxic metal cadmium by telling parents to throw away "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"-th
March 11, 2010 / Cancer, Healthy Life
A sticking plaster approach to treating skin cancer has been unveiled at Ninewells Hospital in Dundee. The light-emitting Ambulight PDT device has been developed in an attempt to make the treatment o
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