PA, The Independent,
Monday, 22 December 2008
Every GP will be trained to spot the first signs of dementia under plans to provide sufferers with a better quality of life, the Government said today.
“Memory clinics” will also be set up in every town as places where patients can get treatment and support to live their lives [...]
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All GPs to have dementia training
Posted in ALZHEIMER, Men's health, Vascular disease, Women's health, chronic disease, mental health, tagged Dementia, health on December 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Sharp rise in heterosexual HIV cases
Posted in AIDS, Editor, INFECTIONS, Men's health, RISKS, STD's, Science, Women's health, chronic disease, diagnosis, health, life, news on December 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
By: Jeremy Laurance, Health Editor, The Independent
Wednesday, 26 November 2008
The number of people infected with HIV acquired through heterosexual contact in the UK has almost doubled in four years, figures issued yesterday show. There were 960 new diagnoses in 2007 compared with 540 in 2003, the Health Protection Agency said.
Although [...]
Post traumatic stress rises among war zone soldiers
Posted in Editor, Men's health, Politics, Practice, RISKS, Science, Violence, Women's health, diagnosis, health, life, mental health, news, soldiers on November 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
By: Martha Linden, PA, The Independent
Tuesday, 4 November 2008
Nearly 4,000 new cases of mental health disorder were diagnosed last year among armed services personnel, according to figures published today.
Mental health statistics released by the Ministry of Defence showed 3,917 new cases of armed services personnel assessed to have a mental disorder [...]
Sick leave linked to early death
Posted in Editor, HEART, HEART ATTACKS, Men's health, RISKS, Science, Women's health, bmj, chronic disease, health, life, mental health, news on October 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
By: Laura May, PA, The Independent
Friday, 3 October 2008
Employees who take regular periods of long-term sick leave die earlier than their colleagues, a study by the British Medical Journal said today.
Researchers found that workers with more than one absence requiring a doctor’s note on their records were 66 per cent [...]
Black men ‘three times more likely to get prostate cancer’
Posted in Editor, Men's health, RISKS, Science, cancer, chronic disease, diagnosis, health, life, news on October 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
By: Laura May, PA, The Independent
Tuesday, 30 September 2008
Black men in England are three times more likely than whites to get prostate cancer and tend to be diagnosed five years younger, researchers have found.
Researchers at the University of Bristol found no evidence that black men get poorer access to health care. [...]
Medical website to offer Viagra online
Posted in Editor, Men's health, Politics, RISKS, Science, diagnosis, health, life, news on October 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
By: PA, The Independent
Monday, 29 September 2008
Men will be able to get Viagra online without having to visit their GP, in what a pharmacy claims is the first reputable joint venture with a health website.
Lloydspharmacy and the website DrThom have teamed up to offer the service to men who fill in [...]
Vitamin B12 may protect brain
Posted in ALZHEIMER, Editor, Men's health, RISKS, Science, Women's health, chronic disease, diagnosis, health, life, mental health, news on September 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
By: PA, The Independent
A key vitamin found in meat, fish and milk may help protect the brain as it ages, researchers said.
Vitamin B12 could help stop the brain shrinking – possibly preventing memory loss in older people and dementia.
A study of 107 people aged 61 to 87 found that those with lower vitamin B12 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Revealed: death rates in your local hospital
Posted in Editor, Men's health, RISKS, Science, Women's health, health, life, news on July 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
By: Jeremy Laurance, Health Editor, The Independent
Friday, 11 July 2008
One hundred and fifty years after Florence Nightingale identified the importance of measuring survival rates, NHS trusts throughout England are publishing details of deaths following four common operations.
The move signals a shift from the delivery of care – measured in waiting times – to [...]
