1.

Fluctuating blood pressure may increase risk of stroke

Friday, 12 March 2010

New research suggests that people with occasionally high blood pressure are more at risk of stroke than those with consistently high readings.

2.

‘Brain flushing’ saves lives of premature babies

Tuesday, 09 March 2010

A new technique that "washes out" the brains of severely ill premature babies may help survival.

3.

Healthy don't need daily asprin

Thursday, 04 March 2010

Taking asprin everyday if you are healthy in the hope of preventing a heart attack or stroke may be doing more harm than good.

4.

Lack of nursing cover means terminally ill ‘unable to die at home'

Monday, 01 March 2010

Government plans to allow the terminally ill to die at home is being threatened by A lack of 24-hour nursing cover and poor planning by doctors, say campaigners.

5.

Teenage Pregnancy Rates Are On the Decline

Thursday, 25 February 2010

New Data Reveal That Teenage Pregnancy Rates Are On the Decline

6.

New hope for peanut allergy sufferers

Tuesday, 23 February 2010

In the largest ever trial to find a treatment 104 British children with severe peanut allergies are to undergo an experimental desensitising therapy that has had promising early results.

7.

Obesity related deaths increase

Monday, 22 February 2010

Researchers say there has been a "dramatic rise" in deaths in England in which obesity was a contributory factor.

8.

'better-fitting condoms' needed

Wednesday, 17 February 2010

Men need condoms that fit better, one size does not fit all, say experts.

9.

National Pandemic Flu Service (NPFS) withdrawn

Friday, 12 February 2010

10.

Society Affected By Health Inequalities

Friday, 12 February 2010

Most people in England aren’t living as long as the best off and spend longer in ill-health

11.

Swine flu latest

Friday, 05 February 2010

The National Pandemic Flu Service to close

12.

Parents warned over 'souvenir' baby scans

Thursday, 04 February 2010

According to reports “Parents-to-be should weigh the possible risks of going for non-essential scans purely to get keepsake pictures of their unborn babies”

13.

Shingles vaccination proposal for elderly

Monday, 01 February 2010

According to several newspapers millions of people in their seventies could be vaccinated against shingles

14.

New emergency contraception option for women

Thursday, 28 January 2010

A recently licensed type of emergency contraception may offer women protection from pregnancy even when
taken five days after sex.

15.

--- Reductil (Sibutramine) Withdrawn ---

Saturday, 23 January 2010

One of the most commonly presribed weightloss drugs, Reductil, has been withdrawn from use.

16.

Roche still talking to Nice on Avastin

Tuesday, 24 November 2009

Roche, the leading Cancer therapy pharmaceutical giant, is hoping to strike a deal with the health watchdog, Nice, after it again rejected the bowel cancer drug Avastin for use on the NHS.

17.

Swine Flu Vaccination

Tuesday, 24 November 2009

18.

Risk of blood clots caused by the combined contraceptive pill is still very low

Wednesday, 07 October 2009

Marie Stopes responds to recent studies of risks of thrombosis to women taking the contraceptive pill

19.

Dentists may stop NHS work

Thursday, 01 October 2009

Dentists may stop treating NHS patients in protest at the government's attempt to impose a new contract

20.

Out of hours GP care unsafe?

Thursday, 01 October 2009

Care Quality Commission report warns that a lack of scrutiny threatens patient safety.

21.

New Breast Cancer drug trial shows positive results

Thursday, 24 September 2009

Women with breast cancer lived significantly longer without their disease getting worse in new drug trial.

22.

Surgery improves advanced breast cancer survival

Wednesday, 23 September 2009

Removal of the primary breast tumour in women whose cancer has already spread to other parts of the body can have a significant effect on their survival