Journal "Nature" - UCL study found cells in the heart can carry out essential repairs. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6143286.stm
Stroke survivors are not given vital information they need when discharged.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6147126.stm
A report recommended that babies born before or at 22 weeks should not be resuscitated. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6149464.stm
BMJ - Australian doctors found Google useful aid in difficult diagnostic cases, but UK experts said the internet was "no replacement" for doctors. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6132856.stm
US scientists found body's own immune system could be used to fight skin cancer. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6135308.stm
Journal Human Reproduction - heavy smoking may reduce female fertility. They believe that suggests tobacco makes the uterus less receptive. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6122442.stm
"Nature" magazine - UK scientists helped blind mice to restore their vision by transplanting immature retinal stem cells into their eyes, people could benefit in the same way. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6120664.stm
NEJM - treatment for periodontal disease in pregnant women does not result in adverse pregnancy outcomes.
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=55714&nfid=rssfeeds
BMJ - Australian doctors said that doctors should probably stop using pulmonary artery catheters because they do not benefit patients.
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=55763&nfid=rssfeeds
Journal "Cell" - explains how the zebrafish mends a broken heart suggesting methods for coaxing the damaged hearts of mammals to better heal. http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=55776&nfid=rssfeeds
NICE has approved Mimpara ( cinacalact) for the treatment of a serious complication of kidney disease.
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=56033&nfid=rssfeeds
A pilot scheme is being launched to protect patients who are turning to the web because they cannot get the latest drugs on the NHS . http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6120138.stm
A new device that uses a computer to monitor the patient’s blood sugar levels and work out the precise dose of insulin needed could free children with diabetes from their reliance on blood tests and injections. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-2439201,00.html
Prostate Cancer Charity says some doctors have been told by PCTs to ration the number of courses of taxotere that they prescribe on cost grounds.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6112568.stm
A survey shows that 1 in 3 people in the UK does not know the differences between common painkillers. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6112768.stm
UCLH NHS Trust developed a flat keyboard that could cut cases of the MRSA superbug. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6107892.stm
A small study found that an artifical pump, LVAD, combined with drug therapy may strengthen the heart of patients with advanced heart failure. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6108928.stm
Level of TB rose by 10.8% in 2005 in England, Wales & NI. "The increase is ….. a combination of TB disease developing in individuals who may have been infected ... in the UK, or as a result of travel to other countries where TB is common". http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6109228.stm
UK Scientists have created "mini livers" using stem cells from umbilical cords. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6101420.stm
JAMA - infants who died of SIDS had brain abnormalities that could not process the brain chemical serotonin , therefore increase the risks of cot death.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6102106.stm
A survey found that people would trust doctors most to tell the truth. Doctors have regularly topped the list ... since the poll began in 1983. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6105616.stm
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