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Being too skinny damages fertility more than obesity
Being too thin is worse than being too fat when trying for a baby, women have been warned.
A study found that skinny women are less likely to become pregnant than those who are overweight ? including those classed as dangerously obese. The researcher, fertility specialist Richard Sherbahn, said that the amount of attention being paid to the health risks of being overweight meant that the perils of being underweight are being largely ignored.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2051512/Being-just-damaging-fat-pregnant-women.html
Animal transplants coming 'soon'
Using animals as a source of organs for transplantation into humans was once one of medicine's next big things - a solution to transplant waiting lists. However, there have been problems with rejection - and recently stem cells have been grabbing the spotlight. But some researchers are now saying that transplants from animals "could soon become a reality", but not necessarily as originally expected.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-15385648
Don't sneer at 'frequent flyer' patients doctors told
Doctors are insulting seriously ill patients who are regularly taken to hospital by describing them as 'frequent flyers', a leading GP said yesterday. Clare Gerada said the term was degrading as it referred to 'people who are sick and need our care and attention'. The phrase is widely used by NHS staff out of patients' earshot to describe anyone who is admitted frequently to a hospital A&E unit. Many of those labelled as 'frequent flyers' are elderly or have serious illnesses such as asthma, heart problems or diabetes.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...sing-common-NHS-insult.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
Mobile phone brain cancer link rejected
Further research has been published suggesting there is no link between mobile phones and brain cancer. The risk mobiles present has been much debated over the past 20 years as use of the phones has soared. The latest study led by the Institute of Cancer Epidemiology in Denmark looked at more than 350,000 people with mobile phones over an 18-year period. Researchers concluded users were at no greater risk than anyone else of developing brain cancer. The findings, published on the British Medical Journal website, come after a series of studies have come to similar conclusions.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-15387297
2m disabled people risk losing welfare support in 'tick-box medical test'
As many as 2 million disabled people risk losing welfare support because of the introduction of a flawed assessment scheme that means billions of pounds will not be paid to those who need it most, warns the disability charity Scope. The charity says the Personal Independence Payment (PIP), which the government is introducing to replace Disability Living Allowance (DLA), has a failed regime of eligibility criteria. Scope is backing weekend protests by disability groups who it says are the hardest hit by government cuts.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/oct/21/disabled-people-risk-losing-welfare-cash
Hormones link to breast cancer
The risk of breast cancer in post-menopausal women can be as much as tripled by raised hormones. Scientists found that even one hormone at higher than normal levels increased the breast cancer risk by 10 per cent. The risk for women with five or six hormones at raised levels was doubled, while having seven or eight raised levels tripled the danger.
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/278704/Hormones-link-to-breast-cancer
Being too thin is worse than being too fat when trying for a baby, women have been warned.
A study found that skinny women are less likely to become pregnant than those who are overweight ? including those classed as dangerously obese. The researcher, fertility specialist Richard Sherbahn, said that the amount of attention being paid to the health risks of being overweight meant that the perils of being underweight are being largely ignored.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2051512/Being-just-damaging-fat-pregnant-women.html
Animal transplants coming 'soon'
Using animals as a source of organs for transplantation into humans was once one of medicine's next big things - a solution to transplant waiting lists. However, there have been problems with rejection - and recently stem cells have been grabbing the spotlight. But some researchers are now saying that transplants from animals "could soon become a reality", but not necessarily as originally expected.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-15385648
Don't sneer at 'frequent flyer' patients doctors told
Doctors are insulting seriously ill patients who are regularly taken to hospital by describing them as 'frequent flyers', a leading GP said yesterday. Clare Gerada said the term was degrading as it referred to 'people who are sick and need our care and attention'. The phrase is widely used by NHS staff out of patients' earshot to describe anyone who is admitted frequently to a hospital A&E unit. Many of those labelled as 'frequent flyers' are elderly or have serious illnesses such as asthma, heart problems or diabetes.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...sing-common-NHS-insult.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
Mobile phone brain cancer link rejected
Further research has been published suggesting there is no link between mobile phones and brain cancer. The risk mobiles present has been much debated over the past 20 years as use of the phones has soared. The latest study led by the Institute of Cancer Epidemiology in Denmark looked at more than 350,000 people with mobile phones over an 18-year period. Researchers concluded users were at no greater risk than anyone else of developing brain cancer. The findings, published on the British Medical Journal website, come after a series of studies have come to similar conclusions.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-15387297
2m disabled people risk losing welfare support in 'tick-box medical test'
As many as 2 million disabled people risk losing welfare support because of the introduction of a flawed assessment scheme that means billions of pounds will not be paid to those who need it most, warns the disability charity Scope. The charity says the Personal Independence Payment (PIP), which the government is introducing to replace Disability Living Allowance (DLA), has a failed regime of eligibility criteria. Scope is backing weekend protests by disability groups who it says are the hardest hit by government cuts.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/oct/21/disabled-people-risk-losing-welfare-cash
Hormones link to breast cancer
The risk of breast cancer in post-menopausal women can be as much as tripled by raised hormones. Scientists found that even one hormone at higher than normal levels increased the breast cancer risk by 10 per cent. The risk for women with five or six hormones at raised levels was doubled, while having seven or eight raised levels tripled the danger.
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/278704/Hormones-link-to-breast-cancer