Viv Groskop on children who believe they are transgender - The Guardian 14th August 2008
Should teenagers who believe they are transgender be helped to change sex? And if so, what about the four-year-olds who feel the same way? Viv Groskop meets the parents and doctors in favour of intervention
Eating disorders: Fashion Council drops models' health test plan - The Guardian 14th August 2008
An eating disorder charity reacted with dismay yesterday as London Fashion Week abandoned plans to force models to pass a health test before taking to the catwalk.
The idea was that models would need a doctor's certificate proving they were healthy and not suffering from an eating disorder before they were allowed to work at the twice-yearly event.Michael Cross: Public bodies will have to watch their IT spending - The Guardian 14th August 2008
We all know the feeling. We shop around for the best deals, marvel at the extra features we're getting for our buck, but every time we upgrade we end up spending slightly more. The government has the same problem, only its numbers are bigger: last year, it spent £13.2bn on IT, 6.6% up on 2005-06.
Pamela Stephenson Connolly: Sexual healing - The Guardian 14th August 2008
I am a 35-year-old man in a long-term heterosexual relationship. Initially, sex with my partner was regular and good. Now I have lost much of my interest in it, except when I've been drinking. Then my sex drive comes on very strong. I don't drink that often, however. I know my partner would like more sex, so I'm totally flummoxed as to what to do. Surely drinking vast amounts isn't going to solve anything?
New virus test can identify strain of flu within hours - The Times 14th August 2008
A rapid test for flu viruses could save thousands of lives in the event of a pandemic by cutting the time taken to identify cases to just two hours, researchers say.
The portable device being developed by Nottingham Trent University is designed to pick up all types of flu - including the deadly H5N1 strain of avian influenza.Nice should be abolished, expert claims - The Telegraph 14th August 2008
Britain's drugs watchdog should be abolished after a series of "barbaric" and "crazy" decisions which have denied patients lifesaving treatments, a leading cancer expert has said.
Blunders 'drove up NHS dental bills' - Daily Mail 14th August 2008
The cost of dental treatment shot up by more than twice the rate of inflation after the botched introduction of a new charging regime, it has been claimed.
The average cost of a visit rose by 7 per cent between 2005 and 2006, the year when the scheme was brought in alongside a new contract for NHS dentists.Jab to cure arthritis 'to be available within five years' - Daily Mail 14th August 2008
A jab to cure rheumatoid arthritis could be on sale within five years, researchers say.
Just a single dose of the vaccine, developed by British scientists, could stop the devastating disease in its tracks.The popular HRT pill that 'doubles the risk of stroke' - Daily Mail 14th August 2008
Older women have been warned that a popular HRT pill can more than double the risk of suffering a stroke.
Tibolone, a drug taken by tens of thousands of British women to combat the symptoms of menopause, raises the odds of a stroke in the over 60s, say researchers.Salmonella outbreak linked to Bovril and sandwich spread - Daily Mail 14th August 2008
Fears of a major salmonella outbreak affecting food across the country increased last night following a safety recall of ready-made sandwich fillings and thousands of jars of Bovril.
As special treats go, it was just what the doctor ordered.
Nurses at a private care home arranged for four of their male residents, all suffering from Huntington's disease, to be taken to a lapdancing club.Obesity 'equal to terror threat' - BBC Health News 14th August 2008
The threat to Britain and the NHS from rising obesity is as grave as that posed by terrorism, a top expert says.
Durham University public health expert Professor David Hunter, who also acts as a government adviser, said ministers should be taking "bold action" now.Hope over 'quick' bird flu test - BBC Health News 14th August 2008
UK scientists say they are developing a portable testing machine that will detect cases of bird flu in two hours.
Currently it takes about a week to identify the different flu strains because laboratory tests are needed.Corpse left unattended for hours - BBC Health News 13th August 2008
A corpse was left alongside other patients in a Glasgow hospital ward for seven hours, it has emerged.
Christine Martin, from Glasgow, told BBC Scotland how her husband David was admitted to Stobhill hospital in June.Cancer patients 'failed by NHS' - BBC Health News 13th August 2008
The NHS in Scotland is failing many of those with cancer, a study of patients, carers and professionals suggests.
Stirling's Cancer Care Research Centre found the physical treatment was mostly good, but the overall experience of patients needed to be improved.Cheap drug hope for breast cancer - BBC Health News 13th August 2008
A combination of two inexpensive existing drugs may offer a new way to treat breast cancer, according to UK and Finnish researchers.\n\nThe common chemotherapy drug and a brittle bone medicine almost completely stopped the growth of tumours in mice.
Black market drugs 'health risk' - BBC Health News 13th August 2008
People are risking their health by buying prescription tranquilisers on the black market, a Belfast GP has warned.
Dr George O'Neill said in his 30 years working in the north and west of the city, addictions to drugs such as Diazepam have always been a problem.Heart tests for Scottish athletes - BBC Health News 12th August 2008
Scotland's first cardiac screening programme for young athletes has been opened at Hampden Park in Glasgow.
The £200,000 pilot project will use ECG and ultrasound screening to test for susceptibility to Sudden Cardiac Death.Prisons accused over elderly care - BBC Health News 12th August 2008
Prison bosses in England and Wales have failed to respond to a call to introduce special policies for elderly inmates, the prisons inspector says.
Anne Owers said the response to her 2004 call had been disappointing.
UK Health News 08/14/2008
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