Wednesday, February 11, 2009

2/11 Telegraph Health




The MMR scandal is back
February 10, 2009 at 2:57 pm

Claims about Dr Andrew Wakefield have reopened the debate about the controversial jab says Liz Hunt.

Lord Attenborough shows an iron will
February 10, 2009 at 12:06 pm

Recovering at his home in southwest London from a fall that briefly left him in a coma the spirited Lord Attenborough is still determined to appear in the film Ironclad when it begins filming in the summer.

One in three GPs 'would refuse to work in surgery that offered abortions'
February 10, 2009 at 10:51 am

One in three GPs in England and Wales would refuse to work in surgeries or clinics that offered abortions a new poll has shown.

The joy of sex education through the decades
February 9, 2009 at 2:43 pm

An analysis of the mating habits of sticklebacks and a father explaining "babies oh you find them in the cabbage patch" are among the techniques used to teach the facts of life in the earliest sex education films a new collection shows.


2/11 mirror.co.uk - Sex & Health - Sex & Relationships




11 yrs, 39 dates and £3,630..to find Mr Right
February 8, 2009 at 7:00 pm

You'd think all you need to find Mr Right is a keen eye and a bit of patience...


2/11 CNN.com - Health




Brain scan may reveal risk for Alzheimer's disease
February 10, 2009 at 3:22 pm

Key structural changes have been identified in the brain images of some patients with mild cognitive impairment which could help determine who's at greatest risk for developing Alzheimer's disease.

2nd peanut plant closed
February 10, 2009 at 3:13 pm

A subsidiary of a company that is under investigation for a deadly salmonella outbreak has suspended operation of its processing facility in Plainview, Texas, while authorities investigate their plant's procedures, the company said Tuesday.

Study: Multivitamins don't cut women's cancer risk
February 10, 2009 at 1:37 pm

Judy LaCour has been taking a multivitamin supplement for the past 30 years: "As often as I can remember, which isn't always, but on and off since I was in my 40s." She buys them in bulk from her local wholesale warehouse.

Author: 'I make HIV real to them'
February 10, 2009 at 10:20 am

Even though African-Americans make up only about 13 percent of the United States' population, they account for almost half of the people who contract HIV and are diagnosed with AIDS.

Comatose woman in euthanasia debate dies
February 10, 2009 at 7:49 am

An Italian woman who had been in a coma for 17 years and whose right-to-die case was being debated in the Italian Senate has died, according to her father.