Health
Men drinking twice as much as women
Published: 22 January 2008
Men in Britain drink twice as much alcohol as women, official figures out today show.
Well seasoned: How salt can actually be good for you
Published: 22 January 2008
Days of darkness: How did Adam Bloom cope in a small, pitch black cell for 48 hours?
Published: 22 January 2008
Ever since I can remember, I've had a mind that refuses to switch off for more than a few seconds and a body that refuses to keep still for more than a couple of minutes. So, when a researcher for BBC's Horizon asked me to volunteer for an experiment to test the reactions of people living in solitary confinement in a nuclear bunker, I jumped at the challenge.
New age of yoga: The Primrose Hill set's favourite yogi introduces a new way to practice the ancient art
Published: 22 January 2008
Fashion has done zero to stop using undersized models
Published: 20 January 2008
Drug firms 'bury' poor trial results
Published: 20 January 2008
Drug companies are placing depressed patients at risk by not publishing negative results from clinical trials and distorting the evidence doctors use to decide which drugs to prescribe.
The twins who unlocked the secrets of leukaemia
Published: 18 January 2008
Alive, despite his pulse stopping for an hour
Published: 18 January 2008
A man who almost drowned after being dragged into a whirlpool has made a "miraculous" recovery, despite his pulse stopping for almost an hour.
Leukaemia breakthrough: 'It's good if we can help other families'
Published: 18 January 2008
Sarah Murphy and her husband, Justin, a site manager in Bromley, Kent, have been through the pain of seeing one of their twin daughters diagnosed and treated for leukaemia. They are just one of about 500 couples whose children are diagnosed with the disease each year.
Millions unable to find NHS dentist
Published: 16 January 2008
The crisis in NHS dentistry is underlined today by a survey showing that more than seven million people in England and Wales have been unable to get an NHS appointment in the past 20 months.
Casebook: Why are fit people like me keeling over?
Published: 15 January 2008
I'm 46, a lifelong non-smoker, moderate meat and alcohol intake (less than 20 units a week), cyclist/walker/runner/swimmer, BMI 21-23, and no family history of heart trouble. I should have no worries, but I'm mindful of the ostensibly healthy men who have keeled over in middle age (Alan Ball, Geoff Hamilton, Ken Barrington, Leonard Rossiter, Robin Cook, Billy Bremner, Douglas Adams...). I've always pushed myself hard when I run and swim. Should I ease up now I'm over 45? What medical tests should I request? I do get brief spells of apparently fluttering heart-beats, but I've always had this. Should I take these as a warning?
Late motherhood: Why babies can't wait
Published: 15 January 2008
Is pain all in the mind?
Published: 15 January 2008
Britain's transplant crisis: Poor lifestyle fuels big rise in waiting lists
Published: 13 January 2008
On the list: 'It's a waiting game now. It could be years before I find a match'
Published: 13 January 2008
John Deans, 57, is a former lorry driver from Cumbria. The father of four has been on the kidney waiting list for more than two years. In the meantime he needs dialysis to stay alive. Thousands of people in his position face dwindling chances of a transplant because of increasing demand exacerbated by unhealthy lifestyles in the UK.
The great dentistry rip-off: time to bite back
Published: 12 January 2008
In the first sign that consumers are starting to hit back against soaring dental fees and unscrupulous practitioners, hundreds of patients have won refunds worth thousands of pounds for treatment that failed.
NHS patients confused over charges
Published: 12 January 2008
Half of the 5,000 complaints made to the Dental Complaints Service were rejected – because they were about the NHS.
Vomiting bug puts three hospitals on red alert
Published: 12 January 2008
Almost three million people may have contracted norovirus this winter, according to new figures. Cases of the vomiting bug were also partly to blame for three hospitals being placed on red alert, an NHS manager said yesterday.
Motorway mother did not kill herself, says husband
Published: 12 January 2008
The husband of a mother of newborn twins who died on a motorway said today he was convinced she was suffering from post-natal depression.
Why being funny is no joke
Published: 12 January 2008
NHS dentistry in crisis as record number of practitioners defect to private sector
Published: 11 January 2008
The crisis in NHS dentistry is rapidly worsening because dentists are switching thousands of patients to private treatment, figures show.
Ouch! British dental care is dearest in Europe
Published: 10 January 2008
Victim soldiers condemn blood blunder
Published: 10 January 2008
Victims of a previous blood contamination scandal today condemned blunders that have left 18 British soldiers waiting to learn whether they are infected with a deadly disease.
Patients cutting costs by going abroad
Published: 10 January 2008
Patients forced abroad by the cost of dental work in Britain are saving thousands of pounds on many standard treatments.
Supermarket food 'contains more fat and salt than quoted on label'
Published: 09 January 2008
Ready meals and breakfast cereals often contain far more fat and salt than claimed on their packaging, according to new research that may make shoppers think twice about eating convenience food.
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