General Medical News

Health officials in Cardiff investigate the possible person-to-person spread of a Tamiflu-resistant strain of swine flu.

Dealing with the symptoms of a serious illness is difficult. But help is available -- a new brochure describes a comprehensive treatment that helps reduce or eliminate the pain and other distressing symptoms of illness and medical treatments. "Palliative Care: The Relief You Need When You're Experiencing the Symptoms of Serious Illness," produced by the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), a component of the National Institutes of Health, explains in easy-to-understand language what palliative care is, who it benefits, and how it works.

No conscious awareness of our actions

One in ten people mistakenly believes it is impossible to get pregnant through having sex standing up, a survey shows.

Researchers at the University of Leeds discover a type of protein which may play a part in causing "mad cow disease".

Procter & Gamble is recalling 120,000 bottles of Vicks Sinex nasal spray after small traces of bacteria were found.

The NHS should learn to say sorry to patients when mistakes are made, a health watchdog says.

Researchers say they have found a way to use human embryonic stem cells to create new skin to help serious burns victims.

Scientists identify an enzyme crucial for turning breast tissue into tumours, according to a study.

Sufferers and relatives on cancer drug ruling

Children under the age of five are to offered the swine flu vaccination, the government has announced.

Public health experts encourage everyone between the ages of 13 and 64 to be HIV tested. Researchers at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and the San Francisco Department of Public Health will determine whether receiving a rapid HIV test and counseling offers healthier outcomes than rapid testing alone, with a $12.3 million grant awarded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The grant is being funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health.

The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), part of the National Institutes of Health, is increasing its investment in understanding the potential health, safety and environmental issues related to tiny particles that are used in many everyday products such as sunscreens, cosmetics and electronics.

The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), part of the National Institutes of Health, has invested $16.4 million of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act) funds to jump-start a range of research projects that address critical gaps in the basic biomedical and behavioral sciences.

Young people blame bullying

Information about swine flu and the potential threat it poses.

US researchers find key to reverse the memory problems of Down's children.

A drug that can prolong the lives of patients with advanced liver cancer is rejected for NHS use in England, Wales and N Ireland.

Drinking alcohol every day cuts the risk of coronary heart disease in men sharply, a study suggests, but experts remain critical.

Darwinian natural selection could help halt human "mad cow disease", experts say after finding a tribe impervious to a related fatal brain disorder.