Cerebral palsy affects about one in every 500 babies in the UK and can cause progressive painful tightening of the muscles and joints affecting movement and independence.
Telegraph View: On one of the greatest public health failures of our time Lord Archer of Sandwell's recommendations should be followed and his warnings remembered.
New cases of diabetes have risen by 74 per cent in just six years increasing at a faster pace than in America as obesity takes its toll researchers have warned.
Victims infected with Aids and Hepatitis C from contaminated blood will learn the findings of an independent inquiry into the scandal chaired by Lord Archer of Sandwell on Monday morning.
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President Obama pledged Tuesday night to cure Americans from what he called "the crushing cost of health costs," saying the country could not afford to put health-care reform on hold.
Erin Krebs, M.D., once had a patient who spent the first eight minutes of his appointment telling her everything that was wrong with the past four primary care doctors he'd seen -- including one she knew personally and considers a "lovely person." "We know that doctors are not perfect," said Krebs, an assistant professor at the Indiana University School of Medicine. "But it's not a good start to spend a lot of time complaining about the past."
Attention, libation lovers: Middle-aged women who indulge in just a few alcohol-containing drinks each day may have a higher risk of cancer than those who drink less often, according to a report released Tuesday in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
Researchers may be getting closer to an effective way of preventing age-related macular degeneration, one of the leading causes of vision loss among older Americans.
Vitamin D may protect people --especially those with asthma and other chronic lung conditions from colds and other respiratory tract infections, according to the largest study to date to look at the link.
AMICAS, Inc., offering radiology, medical image and information management solutions, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Birmingham, AL-based Emageon Inc., a healthcare information technology solutions provider for approximately $39 million.
AFP - Simply being overweight, but not obese, from an early age boosts the risk of premature death by a third -- as much as smoking up to 10 cigarettes a day, researchers in Sweden reported Wednesday.
AP - A study of nearly 1.3 million British women offers yet more evidence that moderate alcohol consumption increases the risk of a handful of cancers. British researchers surveyed middle-aged women at breast cancer screening clinics about their drinking habits, and tracked their health for seven years.
HealthDay - TUESDAY, Feb. 24 (HealthDay News) -- Low-income women with diabetes who are pregnant or recently gave birth face almost twice the risk of depression compared to women without the blood sugar disorder, a new study found.
HealthDay - TUESDAY, Feb. 24 (HealthDay News) -- Healthy men with no signs of prostate cancer may wish to talk to their doctors about taking a drug that could further reduce their risk for the disease, new guidelines suggest.
AP - For the first time, leading medical groups are advising millions of healthy men who are regularly screened for prostate cancer to consider taking a drug to prevent the disease.
Time.com - Without a cure for Alzheimer's in sight, patients and caregivers rely mostly on low-tech solutions like Post-It notes, singing groups and photographs
AP - It seems so long ago now, but for just a day or two last month Nadya Suleman was known as Miracle Mom, the amazing woman who gave birth to the longest-surviving set of octuplets.
AP - How the heart handles anger seems to predict who's at risk for a life-threatening irregular heartbeat. Negative emotions like hostility and depression have long been considered risks for developing heart disease, and deaths from cardiac arrest rise after disasters such as earthquakes.
AFP - US company Wyeth said it had received complaints that children who had been fed its baby milk powder in China had developed kidney stones, but denied its products were unsafe.
Cerebral palsy affects about one in every 500 babies in the UK and can cause progressive painful tightening of the muscles and joints affecting movement and independence.
