World / Health & Beauty
Ex-minister backs assisted death
22.06.2008 22:03
bbc.co.uk
Former health minister, Lord Warner, backs calls for assisted death for terminally-ill patients to be legalised.
World
Health & Beauty
Hospital rise for child diabetes
22.06.2008 22:03
bbc.co.uk
The number of children who needed to be admitted to hospital as an emergency with complications of diabetes has risen sharply.
World
Health & Beauty
Parents 'ignorant' on five-a-day
22.06.2008 22:03
bbc.co.uk
One in three parents say their children know more about healthy eating campaigns than they do, according to a poll.
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Health & Beauty
Joint clinic
22.06.2008 19:13
telegraph.co.uk
Osteopath Kristian Wood fixes your aches and pains.
Great Britain
Health & Beauty
Hayfever: Healing power of hedgerows
22.06.2008 19:13
telegraph.co.uk
Tired of spending a fortune in the pharmacy, Maria Fitzpatrick learns how to treat her hayfever with wild plants.
Great Britain
Health & Beauty
Finger on the Pulse
22.06.2008 19:13
telegraph.co.uk
Max Pemberton on why he wants to help the aged.
Great Britain
Health & Beauty
Doctor's diary
22.06.2008 19:12
telegraph.co.uk
James Le Fanu on the latest health stories hitting the headlines.
Great Britain
Health & Beauty
How to give death a good name
22.06.2008 19:12
telegraph.co.uk
With society now obsessed by the desire to prolong life, Elizabeth Grice asks if we have lost the art of dying well and examines practical steps to change our attitudes.
Great Britain
Health & Beauty
'Children - it's now or never'
22.06.2008 19:12
telegraph.co.uk
Being diagnosed with fibroids left actress Juanne Fuller with a difficult choice.
Great Britain
Health & Beauty
10 minute nutrition
22.06.2008 19:12
telegraph.co.uk
Nutritional therapist Julia FitzGerald offers easy tips for healthier living. This week: how to look after your heart.
Great Britain
Health & Beauty
IMIX Americas Adds 17-Inch Detector To Its Digital Radiography Product Line
22.06.2008 16:12
medicalnewstoday.com
IMIX Americas Inc., a provider of innovative digital radiography (DR) systems, announced that it has expanded its product line with the addition of an industry-leading 17-inch by 17-inch field of view detector. The new detector was introduced at the company's spring dealer event June 12 and is available immediately.
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Radiology
Leukemia pill may improve stroke treatment: study
22.06.2008 16:02
reuters.com
CHICAGO (Reuters) - A highly effective leukemia pill may reduce complications and boost the effectiveness of a treatment for the most common type of stroke, an international team of researchers said on Sunday.
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Health & Beauty
ArthroCare Launches DoublePlay™ New Osteoconductive Suture Anchor
22.06.2008 15:11
medicalnewstoday.com
ArthroCare® Corp. (NASDAQ: ARTC) announced the launch of its new DoublePlay implant, a novel suture anchor device intended for soft tissue to bone fixation in surgical procedures such as rotator cuff repair. It is unique in terms of design and material. The DoublePlay device is a fully threaded anchor and features an "eyeless" design - a new concept in the world of screw-in anchors.
World
Orthopedics
VitalCare's "Patient Of The Month" Program Launch
22.06.2008 12:11
medicalnewstoday.com
VitalCare Diabetes Treatment Centers, Inc. (Pinks Sheets: VDTI), announces the first personal testimony about iCAT Therapy on the Company's website under the section titled, "Patient of the Month". "We are very excited to have an opportunity to share the personal testimonies from patients who are currently receiving iCAT Therapy or who have received iCAT therapy and would like to share their experience with us," says Jimmy A. McDougald, CEO and Co-founder of VitalCare.
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Diabetes
The Economics Of Nice Folks
22.06.2008 11:12
medicalnewstoday.com
A basic tenet of economics is that people always behave selfishly, or as the 18th century philosopher economist David Hume put it, "every man ought to be supposed to be a knave."But what if some people aren't always knaves?Sam Bowles argues in Science June 20 that economics will get it wrong then, sometimes badly so.
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Psychiatry
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