General Medical News

Call for tests after sudden death

BBC Medical News - Fri, 11/06/2009 - 7:10pm
Doctors are calling for human tissue to be routinely kept for genetic testing whenever young people die without explanation.
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Ski accident

BBC Medical News - Fri, 11/06/2009 - 7:02pm
How teenager Chas recovered from devastating injuries
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Fergus On Flu

BBC Medical News - Fri, 11/06/2009 - 12:51pm
Has anywhere on the planet escaped swine flu?
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NHLBI Stops Enrollment in Study on Resuscitation Methods for Cardiac Arrest

NIH - Fri, 11/06/2009 - 12:31pm
Enrollment has ended early in a large, multicenter clinical trial comparing two distinct resuscitation strategies delivered by emergency medical service (EMS) providers to increase blood flow during cardiac arrest. The study's independent monitoring board and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), the lead sponsor of the study, stopped enrollment based on preliminary data suggesting that neither strategy significantly improved survival. One strategy compared different durations of manual cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) by EMS providers before they assessed whether defibrillation was needed, and the other strategy tested the potential benefits and risks of an investigational device to maintain pressure in the chest during CPR.
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NIDA Launches New Substance Abuse Resources to Help Fill Gaps in Medical Education

NIH - Fri, 11/06/2009 - 12:01pm
The rigors of medical training sharpen a doctor's ability to diagnose and treat a wide variety of human afflictions. However, drug abuse and addiction are often insufficiently covered in medical school curricula, despite the fact that drug use affects a wide range of health conditions and drug abuse and addiction are themselves major public health issues.
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Wembley touch for super hospital

BBC Medical News - Fri, 11/06/2009 - 6:22am
The company that built Wembley Stadium wins the £670m contract to construct the New South Glasgow Hospital Campus.
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Babies 'cry in mother's tongue'

BBC Medical News - Fri, 11/06/2009 - 5:38am
German researchers say babies begin to pick up the nuances of their parents' accents while still in the womb.
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Swine flu hits cancer screening

BBC Medical News - Fri, 11/06/2009 - 2:35am
A bowel cancer screening programme is delayed because money to pay for it has gone towards paying for swine flu.
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A medic's tale

BBC Medical News - Thu, 11/05/2009 - 11:53pm
Losses lead to "sombre mood" at Camp Bastion
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Experts map the body's bacteria

BBC Medical News - Thu, 11/05/2009 - 7:46pm
Scientists have developed an atlas of the bacteria that live in different regions of the human body.
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Foetal heart rate monitor warning

BBC Medical News - Thu, 11/05/2009 - 7:35pm
Doctors are warning expectant parents that at-home foetal heart rate monitors can give false reassurance.
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Scientists urge respect on advice

BBC Medical News - Thu, 11/05/2009 - 7:02pm
Senior academics call on the UK government to respect the independence and freedom of its scientific advisers.
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Tiny tech sparks cell signal find

BBC Medical News - Thu, 11/05/2009 - 1:10pm
Tiny metal particles have been shown to cause damage to DNA across a cellular barrier - without having to cross it
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Doctor says baby 'better at home'

BBC Medical News - Thu, 11/05/2009 - 12:57pm
A doctor says a baby in a right-to life case will be able to communicate with other people and will be better off at home.
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In a bad mood? According to research, it's good for you

BBC Medical News - Thu, 11/05/2009 - 12:15pm
In a bad mood? Don't worry - according to research, it's good for you.
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Young 'must have swine flu jab'

BBC Medical News - Thu, 11/05/2009 - 12:13pm
All schoolchildren and college students should be vaccinated against swine flu, the Tories say.
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Ugandan girls give birth and go straight back to school for exams

BBC Medical News - Thu, 11/05/2009 - 11:26am
News two schoolgirls went into labour during exams, gave birth and continued with exams in the afternoon shocks Ugandans.
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Researchers Discover Mutations in Two Genes that Cause Early-Onset Inflammatory Bowel Disease

NIH - Thu, 11/05/2009 - 10:15am
An international team including researchers with the National Institutes of Health has discovered that mutations in either of two related genes cause a severe and rare form of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in young children.
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Sex education opt out is reduced

BBC Medical News - Thu, 11/05/2009 - 8:43am
Parents are to lose their right to opt their children out of sex education classes once they reach the age of 15.
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Happy death?

BBC Medical News - Thu, 11/05/2009 - 7:33am
Why would a healthy couple kill themselves?
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