Monday, March 23, 2009

3/24 Telegraph Health




Lifecoach: mouth ulcers
March 23, 2009 at 12:00 pm

Our panel of experts answers your questions and hands out advice.

British scientists 'to create synthetic blood from embryonic stem cells'
March 22, 2009 at 10:39 pm

British scientists are planning a groundbreaking research project to create synthetic human blood from embryonic stem cells it has been disclosed.



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How to get a beautiful bridal body
March 22, 2009 at 3:20 pm

The wedding season starts in three months, so here's our guide to getting your best-ever body. Whether you're the bride, bridesmaid or shaping up for a friend's big day, we'll show you how to look great all summer.



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AP IMPACT: Mentally ill a threat in nursing homes (AP)
March 22, 2009 at 4:15 pm

Russell Smith holds a photo of his stepfather, Ivory Jackson, and half-sister, Anita Jackson, outside the All Faith Pavilion nursing home on Oct. 9, 2008, in Chicago. At 77, Ivory Jackson, who suffered from Alzheimer's, died in June 2008 after being attacked by his mentally ill roommate as he lay in his nursing home bed. An analysis by the Associated Press, shows that over the past several years nursing homes have become dumping grounds for young and middle-age people with mental illness. And it has proved a prescription for violence, as Jackson's case and others across the country illustrate. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)AP - Ivory Jackson had Alzheimer's, but that wasn't what killed him. At 77, he was smashed in the face with a clock radio as he lay in his nursing home bed.


Drug industry advocates join chorus to split FDA (AP)
March 22, 2009 at 7:13 am

President Barack Obama makes remarks to representatives of the National Conference of State Legislatures, Friday, March 20, 2009, in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus in Washington. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - As momentum builds to rework the nation's food-safety system after a salmonella outbreak linked to peanuts, the drug industry is hoping for a happy side effect: faster approvals for new medicines.