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Fate of ‘uninsurables’ hinges on Supreme Court
Cancer patient Kathy Watson voted Republican in 2008 and believes the government has no right telling Americans to get health insurance. Nonetheless, she says she’d be dead if it weren’t for President Barack Obama’s health care law.
Posted on 18 May 2012 | 8:06 am
French autistic kids mostly get psychotherapy
In most developed countries, children with autism are usually sent to school where they get special education classes. But in France, they are more often sent to a psychiatrist where they get talk therapy meant for people with psychological or emotional problems.
Posted on 18 May 2012 | 8:01 am
French autistic kids mostly get psychotherapy
In most developed countries, children with autism are usually sent to school where they get special education classes. But in France, they are more often sent to a psychiatrist where they get talk therapy meant for people with psychological or emotional problems.
Posted on 18 May 2012 | 8:01 am
FDA Approves Generic Versions of Plavix
THURSDAY, May 17 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved generic versions of the blood thinner Plavix (clopidogrel), making the widely used medication more affordable for those patients who need it.
Posted on 18 May 2012 | 3:51 am
Parents Often Lose Sleep Over Child’s Epilepsy, Study Finds
THURSDAY, May 17 (HealthDay News) — Parents of young children with epilepsy often sleep in the same room or the same bed as their child to monitor their condition, but the bed-sharing may be interfering with restful sleep for both the parents and kids, new research finds.
Posted on 18 May 2012 | 3:51 am
Drowning Is Leading Cause of Kids’ Accidental Death: CDC
THURSDAY, May 17 (HealthDay News) — Drowning kills more American children 1 to 4 years old than any cause except birth defects, according to a new federal report.
Posted on 18 May 2012 | 3:51 am
Diabetes Can Take a Toll on Your Emotions
THURSDAY, May 17 (HealthDay News) — Many people know diabetes — both type 1 and type 2 — can take a serious toll on physical health. But these blood-sugar disorders also can affect your emotions and, in turn, your emotions can wreak havoc on your diabetes control.
Posted on 18 May 2012 | 3:51 am
Generic Versions of Blood-Thinning Plavix Approved
THURSDAY, May 17 (HealthDay News) — The first generic versions of the blood-thinning drug Plavix (clopidogrel bisulfate) have been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Posted on 18 May 2012 | 3:51 am
Looking Away As You Get Needle Does Lower Pain, Study Shows
THURSDAY, May 17 (HealthDay News) — Averting your eyes when you’re receiving a shot really may help reduce discomfort, new research suggests.
Posted on 18 May 2012 | 3:51 am
OSHA’s Safety Tests Protect Workers at Little Cost: Study
THURSDAY, May 17 (HealthDay News) — Government’s workplace safety inspections reduce on-the-job injuries and related costs without hurting company profits, a new U.S. study finds.
Posted on 18 May 2012 | 3:51 am
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Computer games could help rehabilitate stroke victims
Stroke victim Catherine Armstrong says she has noticed improvement since he began to play a computer game as part of her recovery.
Posted on 17 May 2012 | 3:28 pm
Skechers fined $40 million for false claims about its toning shoes
Footwear label told to shape up its substantiations or tone down its claims as American Trade Commission orders it to reimburse customers.
Posted on 17 May 2012 | 10:38 am
83-year-old becomes oldest living kidney donor in British medical history
An 83-year-old man has become the oldest living kidney donor in British medical history after giving his ‘perfect’ spare organ to a stranger.
Posted on 17 May 2012 | 6:00 am
Giving patients choice ‘will drive hospital closures’
Hospitals will close under Government plans to give patients more choice about where they are treated in a drive to push up NHS standards, senior health figures have admitted.
Posted on 16 May 2012 | 5:17 pm
Varicose veins can be glued shut ‘in an hour’
Varicose veins can be treated in just an hour with a novel procedure that involves gluing them shut, doctors have said.
Posted on 16 May 2012 | 5:11 pm
Number of elderly receiving free home care falls by 11 per cent
Cuts to social care budgets have been blamed for an 11 per cent fall in the number of vulnerable people who have their care services paid for by their local authority, it was reported.
Posted on 16 May 2012 | 7:14 am
Patients ‘waiting up to nine years’ for NICE to approve drugs
Patients are waiting up to nine years for drugs to treat life-threatening conditions to become available through the NHS due to delays in approving them, a study claims.
Posted on 16 May 2012 | 6:30 am
Insight into wayward lives via the intimacy of radio: review
Gillian Reynolds reviews the week in radio, including Radio 4′s The Trouble with Kane.
Posted on 16 May 2012 | 6:30 am
UK midwife: mothers-to-be enjoy pregnancy more with a single midwife
Annie Francis, from Neighbourhood Midwives, says the benefits of each pregnant mother having a dedicated midwife are numerous.
Posted on 16 May 2012 | 6:00 am
RCN Congress: Nurses ‘must have compassionate values’
Nurses need to understand that the profession is now more about caring than curing and should be recruited for their “compassion”, the head of their their training will say today.
Posted on 16 May 2012 | 6:00 am
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VIDEO: Man felt ‘trapped’ in female body
Music producer Thomas Dolby describes how one of his latest songs, Simone, was inspired by his son, Harper, who was born a girl but changed genders.
Posted on 18 May 2012 | 6:34 am
Dementia patient ‘had 106 carers’
A woman claims her husband, who had dementia, was given 106 different carers in a single year.
Posted on 18 May 2012 | 5:21 am
Why we should talk more about death
Why doctors should talk more about death
Posted on 18 May 2012 | 2:43 am
Father wants ‘donation’ lessons
A father who lost his son to leukaemia is calling for schools and colleges to make a lesson on donating stem cells, blood and organs part of the curriculum.
Posted on 18 May 2012 | 1:37 am
Dieting ‘safe for pregnant women’
Dieting in pregnancy is safe and does not carry risks for the baby, a review of research has suggested.
Posted on 18 May 2012 | 1:36 am
VIDEO: Statins ‘could benefit healthy people’
Thousands of heart attacks and strokes could be prevented if the cholesterol-lowering drugs, statins, were more widely prescribed, research suggests.
Posted on 17 May 2012 | 6:04 pm
Making dramatic impact on health
How dancers are making a dramatic impact on dementia
Posted on 17 May 2012 | 4:43 pm
Computer game for stroke patients
Newcastle University helps to develop a computer game to help those who have suffered strokes.
Posted on 17 May 2012 | 1:10 pm
AUDIO: Should workers be tested for drugs?
BBC Radio 5 live’s Victoria Derbyshire got reaction to the Metropolitan Police chief’s suggestion that all workers should be screened.
Posted on 17 May 2012 | 12:19 pm
Prosthetic retina in development
Scottish scientists are working on a device to restore sight in people with a form of age related blindness.
Posted on 17 May 2012 | 11:19 am
