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- Type 1
Pill for sale online
Fears are growing that girls could risk their health after a major pharmacy said it is to sell the morning-after Pill online from today.
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/90584/Fear-at-Pill-sale-online
Jade: At peace
Jade Goody, the "ordinary girl" who found lasting fame through her extraordinary appearances on reality television, has died. Goody, 27, died in her sleep in the early hours of Sunday morning at her home in Upshire, Essex, after a very public struggle against cervical cancer.
http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/celebrity/article5956393.ece
New plans will allow doctors to sell medicines for profit
GPs surgeries would be able to sell medicines to their patients for profit under plans drawn up by the Government.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/5033148/GPs-surgeries-to-sell-medicines.html
More women binge drinkers rushed to hospital than men
The number of women admitted to hospital for alcohol poisoning in England has almost doubled within the last five years, according to shock new figures.
Some 14,304 women were admitted to hospital in 2007-8, a huge increase from 7,511 in 2003-4.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/5033148/GPs-surgeries-to-sell-medicines.html
Health fears for mobile addicts
Millions of youngsters are spending up to six hours a day on their mobile phones, according to new research published yesterday.
And the figures have prompted fears that the nation is sitting on a health timebomb.
http://www.dailyexpress.co.uk/posts/view/90589
British scientists to create ?synthetic? blood
Scientists in Britain plan to become the first in the world to produce unlimited amounts of synthetic human blood from embryonic stem cells for emergency infection-free transfusions.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/british-scientists-to-create-synthetic-blood-1651715.html
Slump forces medical charities to cut back life-saving research
Four of the UK's largest medical charities have been badly hit by the recession and are considering cutting the amount of money they put towards lifesaving research.
Cancer Research UK, the British Heart Foundation (BHF), Leukaemia Research and the Wellcome Trust may reduce funding for research into fatal diseases after the economic downturn wiped billions of pounds off their investments and caused donations to fall.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...-to-cut-back-lifesaving-research-1651719.html
Parents lose fight to keep alive chronically ill son 'Baby OT'
Nine-month-old brain-damaged boy dies after ventilator turned off to comply with court order. A chronically ill nine-month-old baby boy died yesterday morning after judges ruled treatment must be withdrawn. His parents were said by their lawyer to be too upset to face the media.
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-s...live-chronically-ill-son-baby-ot-1651307.html
Stafford Hospital Health Scandal: Hidden warnings
The shocking extent of the failures at an NHS hospital where hundreds of patients died unnecessarily can be disclosed today.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/5029626/Hospital-scandal-missed-warnings.html
Self Harm incidents on the increase
For every suicide there are 20 admissions to hospital for self-harm in Wales, research suggests. As part of the Western Mail?s Our Wales: Our Children series, Health Editor Madeleine Brindley asks the experts about why young people self-harm.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/5029626/Hospital-scandal-missed-warnings.html
Greater genetic health problems for test tube babies
Couples will be encouraged to use in vitro fertilisation (IVF) treatment sparingly after a new study revealed it could leave babies with a greater risk of genetic health problems.
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-s...eport-will-scare-parents-off-ivf-1651320.html
Rugby Star appeals to men to get tested for prostate cancer
A FORMER England international rugby player stricken with prostate cancer is urging men: "Go and get tested." Andy Ripley, who played number eight for England between 1972 and 1976, says men who have reached 50 should learn from his mistake.
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/90496/Rugby-star-calls-on-all-men-to-take-prostate-test
Scientist hope to identify new drugs for Alzheimers
Scientists are working against time and testing several options, hoping to identify revolutionary new drugs that could stop Alzheimer's disease in its tracks.
http://www.medindia.net/news/Scient...evolutionary-Drugs-For-Alzheimers-48964-1.htm
Poor cancer survival rates
Britain has not done enough to boost cancer survival rates and will fail to hit a target to match the success of other European countries by 2010, experts claimed yesterday.
It is optimistic to expect the gap to be closed by the deadline because progress is too slow, according to medical journal The Lancet Oncology.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...l-rates-lag-EU-despite-spending-billions.html
Fears are growing that girls could risk their health after a major pharmacy said it is to sell the morning-after Pill online from today.
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/90584/Fear-at-Pill-sale-online
Jade: At peace
Jade Goody, the "ordinary girl" who found lasting fame through her extraordinary appearances on reality television, has died. Goody, 27, died in her sleep in the early hours of Sunday morning at her home in Upshire, Essex, after a very public struggle against cervical cancer.
http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/celebrity/article5956393.ece
New plans will allow doctors to sell medicines for profit
GPs surgeries would be able to sell medicines to their patients for profit under plans drawn up by the Government.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/5033148/GPs-surgeries-to-sell-medicines.html
More women binge drinkers rushed to hospital than men
The number of women admitted to hospital for alcohol poisoning in England has almost doubled within the last five years, according to shock new figures.
Some 14,304 women were admitted to hospital in 2007-8, a huge increase from 7,511 in 2003-4.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/5033148/GPs-surgeries-to-sell-medicines.html
Health fears for mobile addicts
Millions of youngsters are spending up to six hours a day on their mobile phones, according to new research published yesterday.
And the figures have prompted fears that the nation is sitting on a health timebomb.
http://www.dailyexpress.co.uk/posts/view/90589
British scientists to create ?synthetic? blood
Scientists in Britain plan to become the first in the world to produce unlimited amounts of synthetic human blood from embryonic stem cells for emergency infection-free transfusions.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/british-scientists-to-create-synthetic-blood-1651715.html
Slump forces medical charities to cut back life-saving research
Four of the UK's largest medical charities have been badly hit by the recession and are considering cutting the amount of money they put towards lifesaving research.
Cancer Research UK, the British Heart Foundation (BHF), Leukaemia Research and the Wellcome Trust may reduce funding for research into fatal diseases after the economic downturn wiped billions of pounds off their investments and caused donations to fall.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...-to-cut-back-lifesaving-research-1651719.html
Parents lose fight to keep alive chronically ill son 'Baby OT'
Nine-month-old brain-damaged boy dies after ventilator turned off to comply with court order. A chronically ill nine-month-old baby boy died yesterday morning after judges ruled treatment must be withdrawn. His parents were said by their lawyer to be too upset to face the media.
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-s...live-chronically-ill-son-baby-ot-1651307.html
Stafford Hospital Health Scandal: Hidden warnings
The shocking extent of the failures at an NHS hospital where hundreds of patients died unnecessarily can be disclosed today.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/5029626/Hospital-scandal-missed-warnings.html
Self Harm incidents on the increase
For every suicide there are 20 admissions to hospital for self-harm in Wales, research suggests. As part of the Western Mail?s Our Wales: Our Children series, Health Editor Madeleine Brindley asks the experts about why young people self-harm.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/5029626/Hospital-scandal-missed-warnings.html
Greater genetic health problems for test tube babies
Couples will be encouraged to use in vitro fertilisation (IVF) treatment sparingly after a new study revealed it could leave babies with a greater risk of genetic health problems.
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-s...eport-will-scare-parents-off-ivf-1651320.html
Rugby Star appeals to men to get tested for prostate cancer
A FORMER England international rugby player stricken with prostate cancer is urging men: "Go and get tested." Andy Ripley, who played number eight for England between 1972 and 1976, says men who have reached 50 should learn from his mistake.
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/90496/Rugby-star-calls-on-all-men-to-take-prostate-test
Scientist hope to identify new drugs for Alzheimers
Scientists are working against time and testing several options, hoping to identify revolutionary new drugs that could stop Alzheimer's disease in its tracks.
http://www.medindia.net/news/Scient...evolutionary-Drugs-For-Alzheimers-48964-1.htm
Poor cancer survival rates
Britain has not done enough to boost cancer survival rates and will fail to hit a target to match the success of other European countries by 2010, experts claimed yesterday.
It is optimistic to expect the gap to be closed by the deadline because progress is too slow, according to medical journal The Lancet Oncology.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...l-rates-lag-EU-despite-spending-billions.html