By: Ross Chainey, MSN UK HEALTH
Wed Aug 06, 2008
Fruit juices:
Britons consume more than two billion litres of fruit juice every year; that’s 36 litres each.
And we all enjoy fruit juice under the impression that, as one of our ‘five-a-day’, it’s doing us a world of good.
But the journal Diabetes Care found, [...]
Archive for August, 2008
The hidden dangers in fruit juices
Posted in Diabetes, Food, RISKS, Science, chronic disease, health, life, news on August 20, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Red Bull: it promises energy, but doesn’t mention sticky blood…
Posted in RISKS, Science, Vascular disease, chronic disease, diagnosis, health, life, news on August 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
By: The Independent
Sunday, 17 August 2008
Australian researchers have found that the sugar-free version of Red Bull,launched in 2003, may increase the danger of blood clots, and creates “sticky” blood, raising the risk of heart attack or stroke.
How this affects the sales of Red Bull – last year 3.5 billion cans [...]
Moisturisers ‘raise skin cancer risk’ …
Posted in Editor, RISKS, Science, cancer, chronic disease, diagnosis, health, life, news on August 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
By: Jeremy Laurance, Health Editor, The Independent
Thursday, 14 August 2008
Moisturisers used by millions every day may be increasing the risk of common skin cancers, scientists have warned.
Most such creams have never been tested for their cancer-causing effect on the skin. Now scientists have found that they increase the carcinogenic effect of sunlight [...]
Management of postnatal depression, a clinical review
Posted in CHILDREN, Clinical review, RISKS, Women's health, bmj, diagnosis, health, mental health on August 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
By: Charles Musters, specialist registrar in perinatal psychiatry, Elizabeth McDonald, consultant in perinatal psychiatry and Ian Jones, senior lecturer in perinatal psychiatry.
BMJ, 8 August 2008
Postnatal depression occurs after 13% of births.
The nature of the puerperal trigger is still unknown, but several psychological, social, and biological factors probably play a part. Genetic factors have been implicated
A [...]
NHS trusts face fines for poor hygiene of up to £50,000 …
Posted in Editor, INFECTIONS, RISKS, Science, chronic disease, health, life, news on August 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
By: Jeremy Laurance, Health Editor, The Independent
Tuesday, 12 August 2008
Fines of up to £50,000 will be imposed on NHS trusts which breach hygiene regulations in a crackdown on hospital infections.
Inspectors will have powers to prosecute dirty hospitals and clinics, and impose sanctions ranging from fixed penalty fines to closure of wards, [...]
Chlamydia drug to be sold without prescription …
Posted in INFECTIONS, Men's health, RISKS, STD's, Science, Women's health, chronic disease, diagnosis, health, life, news on August 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Source: Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, Press release
Wed 6.8.2008
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has today given approval for a medicine to be made available from a pharmacist without a doctor’s prescription to treat chlamydia.
The azithromycin pill, which will be called “Clamelle”, will be available to buy by people 16 [...]
Can it ever be right for the NHS to reject drugs that could extend life?
Posted in Editor, NICE, Politics, Science, cancer, chronic disease, health, life, news on August 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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By: Jeremy Laurance, Health Editor, The Independent
Friday, 8 August 2008
“Why are we asking this now?
Cancer charities, kidney specialists and campaigners were outraged yesterday when the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (Nice), announced that it had rejected four new drugs for advanced kidney cancer as too [...]
Hypothyroidism in adults
Posted in Clinical review, Men's health, Women's health, bmj, chronic disease, diagnosis, health, life on August 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Thyroxine structure
By: Bijay Vaidya, consultant endocrinologist and honorary senior clinical lecturer and Simon H S Pearce, professor of endocrinology and honorary consultant physician, Newcastle upon Tyne.
BMJ 28 July 2008
Hypothyroidism is one of the commonest chronic disorders in Western populations. In the United Kingdom, the annual incidence of primary hypothyroidism in women is 3.5 per [...]
The hidden dangers in organic vegetables
Posted in Editor, Food, RISKS, Science, health, life, news on August 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
By: Ross Chainey, MSN UK HEALTH
Wed Aug 06, 2008
Think because you’re buying organic your food is chemical free?
Think again.
Under Soil Association regulations, a select number of sprays are still permitted to be used, and thousands of tons of organic vegetables sold in this country every year are produced using toxic pesticides, [...]
Obesity does not limit benefits of knee replacement
Posted in Editor, Orthopaedics, Politics, RISKS, Science, bmj, chronic disease, health, life, news on August 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
By: Roger Dobson
BMJ, Published 31 July 2008
Clinically obese people can benefit almost as much as anyone else from knee replacement surgery, research has shown (Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases 2008; doi 10.1136/ard.2008.093229).
The findings show that there is little justification for policies that deny this type of surgery to obese patients on the grounds of [...]
