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Five-day-old baby survives having pacemaker fitted... only to catch MRSA in hospital
Saturday, May 17, 2008 - 09:06 AM - 6 months, 1 week ago - Newspaper & TV news - the Mail online | Health At just nine weeks old, he has faced a lifetime of medical dramas. While still in the womb, Liam King was diagnosed with a blocked heart. Five days later he became the youngest in Britain to be fitted with a pacemaker. And then he stopped breathing three times |
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How could my two-year-old daughter be dying of TB in 21st century Britain?
Saturday, May 17, 2008 - 09:06 AM - 6 months, 1 week ago - Newspaper & TV news - the Mail online | Health Ignorant doctors told Katie Robert's family she had a virus. But as she lay fighting for her life in a hospital bed, medics finally made a far more frightening diagnosis |
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Can sex REALLY give you a heart attack? We expose the truth behind those age-old health myths
Saturday, May 17, 2008 - 09:06 AM - 6 months, 1 week ago - Newspaper & TV news - the Mail online | Health There's nothing like a health message to make you feel even more anxious about your body. But it seems many commonly held beliefs about what we should - and shouldn't - be doing are entirely unfounded. Here, with the help of leading experts, ANGELA EPSTEIN debunks the medical myths - and reveals the steps we ought to be taking to protect our health |
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Desk jobs could DOUBLE the risk of potentially fatal DVT, says new study
Saturday, May 17, 2008 - 09:06 AM - 6 months, 1 week ago - Newspaper & TV news - the Mail online | Health Desk jobs could double the risk of potentially dangerous blood clots in the legs or lungs, according to a new study. It shows being desk-bound may lead to workers facing as much of a threat from DVT (deep vein thrombosis) as passengers on long haul flights |
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Doctors said I was too young to have brittle bones — until I broke my back picking up my baby
Saturday, May 17, 2008 - 09:06 AM - 6 months, 1 week ago - Newspaper & TV news - the Mail online | Health One night last August, Nikki Ralph awoke to the cries of her five-week-old daughter Livvi. As she lent over to lift the baby from her cot, she heard an almighty crack and felt pains shooting down her spine |
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When is the right time to take your pills?
Saturday, May 17, 2008 - 09:06 AM - 6 months, 1 week ago - Newspaper & TV news - the Mail online | Health While millions take medication every day, few of us pay much attention to the time of day we pop our pills. Yet new research shows that timing is key to how well certain drugs work, including some used to treat osteoarthritis, cancer and asthma |
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'Change your lifestyle and cut cancer risk by one third,' say experts
Saturday, May 17, 2008 - 09:06 AM - 6 months, 1 week ago - Newspaper & TV news - the Mail online | Health A third of all cancers in the UK could be prevented by changes in diet and lifestyle. Experts say this amounts to 95,000 people a year, more than enough to fill Wembley |
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Dementia threat 'is greater for short people', say scientists
Saturday, May 17, 2008 - 09:06 AM - 6 months, 1 week ago - Newspaper & TV news - the Mail online | Health Men and women with short arms and legs are more likely to develop Alzheimer's in later life, claim scientists. They believe every extra inch on a limb can help to protect against the disease. For women every additional inch of leg reduced the chances of developing any kind of dementia by 16 per cent and Alzheimer's by 22 per cent |
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Now Labour plans to ban children from school unless they have an MMR jab
Saturday, May 17, 2008 - 09:06 AM - 6 months, 1 week ago - Newspaper & TV news - the Mail online | Health Children could be banned from school if they have not had the MMR jab. Under Labour plans, primary schools will have to demand proof from parents that their children have had the triple vaccine before they are allowed to register |
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How morning sickness made me lose three stone - and nearly killed our unborn daughter
Saturday, May 17, 2008 - 09:06 AM - 6 months, 1 week ago - Newspaper & TV news - the Mail online | Health Fiona Shaw developed such severe morning sickness she could barely keep half a biscuit down. By 28 weeks pregnant she had plummeted from a size 14 at 11 stone to a size six at eight stone. A scan showed her baby girl was suffering too, and Miss Shaw was forced to have an emergency Caesarean section. But against all the odds Tianna survived and is now thriving |
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