Health

21 February 2007

The NHS being "ripped off"?

The National Health Service is being "ripped off" by key pharmaceutical companies which make £8billion per annum for their "brand name" medicines, an official study has discovered.Some well known drugs ...

15 February 2007

Pants To Ovarian Cancer

During Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month in March 2007, why not join us in saying ‘PANTS to ovarian cancer!’What is “Pants to ovarian cancer”?A fun activity with a serious message, ...

14 February 2007

Strictly Cinderella

TV ballroom star teaches pupils how to danceStrictly Come Dancing star Louise Lytton returns to her old school, along with her dancing partner Vincent Simone, to add a bit of ...

14 February 2007

UK are accused of failing children

Unicef says the study is one of the first of its kind for child and there well-being.... The UK has been accused of failing there children, as it is the ...

10 February 2007

No sleep means no new brain cells

Missing out on sleep could harm brain cell production. By Missing out on sleep may cause the brain to stop producing new cells, a study has suggested. The work on ...

10 February 2007

Ian Wright To Tackle Child Obesity

Football legend Ian Wright is going to try and tackle obesity bbefore we send are kids to an early grave.....Experts are saying that by 2010 one million of our children ...
10 February 2007

New Hospital Gowns to combat MRSA

The fight against the MRSA bug will take a step forward this week when a new-style hospital gown goes on trial at a London hospital.The patient gown combines a new ...

9 February 2007

You Can Think Yourself Thin

Science Boffins have divulged what millions of individuals have longed to hear "You can think yourself THIN."If you envisage that you are shedding the pounds, you will, but you have ...

9 February 2007

Brits Use 27m Sickies Cos of Boozing

"Boozy" Brits have 27 million alcohol-linked sick days per year, revealed a study published yesterday.A quarter of all workers have an average of three-and-a-half days off sick each annum due ...
9 February 2007

Drinking Coffee Helps Fight Alzheimer's?

Consuming three cups of coffee per day can greatly decrease the threat of you getting Alzheimer's disease, new evidence implies.Individuals drinking their regular caffeine treat have half the "mental decline" ...

9 February 2007

Smear Concerns for Young Women

Thousands of girls are in danger of getting cervical cancer, because they're not being given the opportunity to receive a smear test until they're 25, medical professionals stated yesterday.They disclosed ...
9 February 2007

Teenage Sex Danger?

A quarter of teens aged 13 to 16 have admitted to having sex - and almost 50 per cent confessed they didn't use contraceptive measures regularly, a survey has disclosed.The ...

9 February 2007

Dairylea made healthier!

Childrens' fav Dairylea Lunchables is apparently being made to be much more healthy.Kraft, which has ownership of the brand, is reducing fats by a third and salt by nearly 10 ...

9 February 2007

Love Your Tan

Love Your Tan With Lyc-O-Tan – The Revolutionary All Natural, New Product Designed to Aid and Take Care of Your Tan for Summer 2007To coincide with the upcoming 8th Feb ...

9 February 2007

Hearing centres across the UK speak up for the deaf community

THE hard of hearing across the UK are being offered free hearing tests and advice, as well as £100 discount on selected hearing aids and the chance to win a ...

9 February 2007

This Morning GP backs breast cancer book

The resident GP from ITV breakfast show This Morning is backing ‘The Genesis Breast Cancer Prevention Diet’.Doctor Chris Steele, who has been the resident doctor on the show since the ...

8 February 2007

Mark's and Spencer Tackling Obesity

Mark's and Spencer is employing 1,500 healthy eating advisors for its outlets in a bid to battle the obesity war.The advisors will be sent into the food areas of the ...

8 February 2007

Heavy Drinkers to Blame for Abortions Increase?

"Boozy" blokes and women were accused of being responsible yesterday for the increase in abortion levels to an all - time record.There were over 6,000 terminations in Janaury in Marie ...

8 February 2007

What Becomes of the Broken Hearted?

Heart disease is this nation's greatest killer - for each three-minute track played on Valentine's Day, apparently an individual will have a cardiac arrest.Britain's yearly death rate from ticker conditions ...

7 February 2007

UK In Denial About Shape Of The Nation

A national poll by Nimble has revealed that British women are in denial when it comes to their partner’s expanding waistlines. A staggering 60% of British men are either overweight ...

7 February 2007

Bird Flu With Dr Hilary Jones

'Bird Flu has hit Britain once more- but what is the truth behind the headlines? Are we prepared and are control measures in place? Is our poultry still safe to ...

31 January 2007

First Talks to A Specialist Breast Cancer Nurse

Living with breast cancer, the most common cancer in the UK is never going to be easy and surviving five years is a reason to celebrate. 8 out of 10 ...

30 January 2007

Living with breast cancer

Living with breast cancer, the most common cancer in the UK is never going to be easy and surviving five years is a reason to celebrate. 8 out of 10 ...
29 January 2007

Does The 'New You' Last Just 6 Weeks?

Shopping habits show 12th February is ‘D-Day’ for willpower Retail data proves that it takes just six weeks for our New Year’s resolutions to fail and within two months the nation’s ...