World / Health & Beauty
Cosmetic surgery booming in Britain, study finds
15.06.2008 23:01
reuters.com
LONDON (Reuters) - Britons might be feeling the pinch of the global credit crunch, but they're still ready to pay thousands of pounds for cosmetic surgery, a report suggested on Monday.
World
Health & Beauty
NHS trusts 'failing on hygiene'
15.06.2008 20:03
bbc.co.uk
A quarter of NHS trusts in England are failing to meet key standards in hygiene, a watchdog has revealed.
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Health & Beauty
Stroke: 'I had to cure myself'
15.06.2008 19:15
telegraph.co.uk
Dr Martin Stephen, High Master of St Paul's, on how, with the help of his mother-in-law, he devised his own programme of recovery after a stroke.
Great Britain
Health & Beauty
10 minute nutrition
15.06.2008 19:15
telegraph.co.uk
Nutritional therapist Julia FitzGerald offers easy tips for healthier living. This week: how to maintain healthy bones.
Great Britain
Health & Beauty
Finger on the Pulse
15.06.2008 19:15
telegraph.co.uk
Max Pemberton realises that he wouldn't - and couldn't - train to be a doctor today.
Great Britain
Health & Beauty
Doctor's diary
15.06.2008 19:15
telegraph.co.uk
A vacuum cleaner can be helpful to assist people choking, says James Le Fanu.
Great Britain
Health & Beauty
Joint clinic
15.06.2008 19:15
telegraph.co.uk
Osteopath Kristian Wood fixes your aches and pains.
Great Britain
Health & Beauty
Cancer: Can food prevent cancer?
15.06.2008 19:15
telegraph.co.uk
Yes, says an American doctor who has come up with a holistic plan to beat the disease. But you need to change your lifestyle, too. Fiona Macdonald-Smith reports.
Great Britain
Health & Beauty
ADD: not just child's play
15.06.2008 19:15
telegraph.co.uk
Doctors say attention deficit disorder is a growing problem in adults, reports Cassandra Jardine.
Great Britain
Health & Beauty
Cancer: facing up to self-esteem
15.06.2008 16:09
telegraph.co.uk
The beauty industry is coming together to help cancer sufferers regain their self-esteem. Cara Whitehouse reports.
Great Britain
Health & Beauty
Prostate Cancer Chemoprevention By A Flavonoid Supplemented Diet In The Transgenic Adenonocarcinoma Of The Murine Prostate (TRAMP) Model
15.06.2008 11:10
medicalnewstoday.com
ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) - Dietary and environmental factors have been postulated to account for differences in prostate cancer incidence and mortality worldwide. Amongst the many dietary components implicated in the apparent chemopreventive effect of the components implicated in the apparent chemopreventive effect of the Asian diet is the group of micronutrients called flavonoids, consumed in high amounts in these regions.
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Urology
Study Pinpoints Strategies That Protect Older Adult's Physical Health
15.06.2008 10:12
medicalnewstoday.com
In his famous poem, "Do not go gentle into that good night," Dylan Thomas urges us to "Rage, rage against the dying of the light." Researchers are now backing up this counsel in the lab; showing just how "raging" against threats to one's health is critical to good health and survival in late life.The existing research on longevity supports the notion that one should become actively involved in one's health in an effort to prevent further decline.
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Psychiatry
Southampton Researchers Unlock Secrets Of Most Common Type Of Leukaemia
15.06.2008 10:11
medicalnewstoday.com
Researchers at the University of Southampton (England) are testing patients along the South Coast in order to gain further understanding of the causes of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL), the commonest form of leukaemia in adults. Blood cancer charity Leukaemia Research has awarded Dr Jonathon Strefford £435,000 to carry out the research at Southampton General Hospital, which will involve testing patients for any abnormalities in their genetic code which may be causing their disease.
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Cancer
Primary Vs. Postchemotherapy Retroperitoneal Lymph Node Dissection For Germ Cell And Testicular Cancer: Inter-and Postoperative Complications
15.06.2008 10:11
medicalnewstoday.com
ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) - The authors examined their series of 216 patients with testis cancer who underwent retroperitoneal lymph node dissection (RPLND). 117 patients had primary-RPLND (P-RPLND), while 99 patients were subjected to post-chemotherapy dissections (PC-RPLND). The authors compared clinical data from the P-RPLND group and the PC-RPLND patients. Blood loss was higher in the PC-RPLND group (1,500 cc vs 600 cc, p
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Cancer
Urine Cytology Is Of No Added Value In The Primary Evaluation Of Patients With Hematuria
15.06.2008 09:13
medicalnewstoday.com
ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) - A group from Amsterdam reported their experience with clinic patients presenting with hematuria are evaluated according to a guideline which was developed by the Dutch Urological Association (DUA) in 1998. All patients of 40 years and older, should be evaluated using the following tests: urine sample analysis and cytology, blood hemoglobin and creatinine, ultrasonography of the kidneys, intravenous urography, and cystoscopy.
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Urology
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