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Revealed: The UK's 10 hay fever hot spots, with soaring numbers of city dwellers suffering from the condition
Soaring numbers of city dwellers are suffering from hay fever, with urban areas accounting for every one of the UK's hay fever 'hotspots'.Pharmacists are reporting a sharp rise in the number of people living in towns and cities requesting treatment for t
'We're a nation of porkers': Diabetes expert complains on national radio that we're eating ourselves into...
Britain is 'a nation of porkers' eating themselves into an early grave, a leading diabetes expert has claimed.Speaking on BBC Radio 5 live this morning, Professor Craig Currie from the Cardiff University said that Britons are refusing to take responsibil
'We're a nation of porkers': Diabetes expert complains on national radio that we're eating ourselves into...
Britain is 'a nation of porkers' eating themselves into an early grave, a leading diabetes expert has claimed.Speaking on BBC Radio 5 live this morning, Professor Craig Currie from the Cardiff University said that Britons are refusing to take responsibil
Revealed: The UK's 10 hay fever hot spots, with soaring numbers of city dwellers suffering from the condition
Soaring numbers of city dwellers are suffering from hay fever, with urban areas accounting for every one of the UK's hay fever 'hotspots'.Pharmacists are reporting a sharp rise in the number of people living in towns and cities requesting treatment for t
Cricketers in organs plea
Scotland's cricket team is urging more people from south Asian communities to join the organ donor register. The team’s backing for the organ donation campaign comes after the latest figures show that just over 1 per cent of people on the register are fr
Five years on – the journey from cancer patient to survivor
Katherine Locke's final hospital appointment did not feel like a cause for popping champagne corks, instead she had a cup of tea. Photograph: Suzanne Plunkett/Reuters I don't know how I expected to feel after my final hospital appointment. It was exactly
BMA warns of coalition policies failing children on a grand scale
The British Medical Association's report Growing up in the UK also highlgihts 'regressive tax policies' affecting families. Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images A series of coalition policies threaten to have profoundly deleterious effects on childre
A day in the life of ... a chief executive of a mental health trust
'Being a manager is not just working with what you have but generating new resources by doing things better,' says Andrew Geldard. Photograph: Andrew Geldard My day is bookended with routine but most days are different, as you'd expect with a £100m+ turn
Depressed women twice as likely to have a stroke: Health risk applies to those in their 40s and 50s warns...
Women in their 40s and 50s with depression are more than twice as likely to suffer a stroke, warns a landmark study. Striking evidence suggests that the condition makes them more vulnerable in this age group - younger than previously expected. In the 12-
IVF test that 'trebles the chance of a baby': Photo method helps doctors implant best embryo
A new technique for IVF which takes thousands of photos of embryos to monitor their growth could treble the chance of pregnancy, claim its creators.They have hailed the method as the "most exciting development in fertility treatment in 30...
Facing blindness by seeing the funny side
Come As You Are, a funny and moving film about three young men, one of whom is blind, who go on a road trip in pursuit of sex. What would you do if you were told you were going blind? Quit your job, cut loose and rush to live out your most lurid fantasie
Depressed women twice as likely to have a stroke: Health risk applies to those in their 40s and 50s warns...
Women in their 40s and 50s with depression are more than twice as likely to suffer a stroke, warns a landmark study. Striking evidence suggests that the condition makes them more vulnerable in this age group - younger than previously expected. In the 12-
Depressed women twice as likely to have a stroke: Health risk applies to those in their 40s and 50s warns...
Women in their 40s and 50s with depression are more than twice as likely to suffer a stroke, warns a landmark study. Striking evidence suggests that the condition makes them more vulnerable in this age group - younger than previously expected. In the 12-
Fears over death rates at flagship Scots heart hospital
The Golden Jubilee National Hospital in Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire, is shown to have higher than expected mortality rates in an audit. The levels are lower at Aberdeen and Edinburgh royal infirmaries.Complex calculations have been used by the researc
Surgeon facing fresh complaints
At least two patients have submitted fresh complaints to the General Medical Council (GMC) about Colin Campbell Mainds, who made a series of mistakes when he was working for BMI Ross Hall Hospital in Glasgow.
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