Monday, January 15, 2007

Health News - 15 january 2007

Bilingualism can delay onset of dementia.

Is Statins linked to Parkinson's ?

A mutated gene, SORL1, is linked to Alzheimer's.

GM hens' eggs could help fight cancer.

Common cold virus could destroy cancer tumors.

Blood test has proved highly effective in predicting the risk of heart attack or stroke in patients with coronary heart disease - JAMA.

Men who have had gonorrhoea are twice as likely to develop bladder cancer- British J Cancer.

Spicy foods such as pepper can kill cancer cells.

Using your instincts is better than thinking too hard.

Drinking tea without milk could have more health benefits - European Heart J.

Artificial skin that is germ-resistant and could save the lives of severe burns victims.

New stem cells have been extracted successfully from amniotic fluid surrounding the developing foetus - Nature.

IPPR report - "a better NHS will be one with fewer hospital beds overall" and shortening hospital stay could save £1bn.

There should be better testing of anti-obesity drugs as the long-term impact of the drugs was not clearly known - Lancet.

Hercceptin reduced death rates among women with early HER2-positive breast cancer but with some serious side effects - Lancet.

Shortage of GPs and nurses in 4 years due to job cuts in the NHS across England

Hospital told to dealy operations to ease debts

Diathermy raises substantially the risk of giving birth early, doctors should consider using alternatives - BJOG.

GPs are being forced to use referral management centres to refer patients to hospital.

A potentially cheaper version of an existing Hepatitis C drug by altering the molecular structure .

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