Check your hearing, workers told
The TUC and the Royal National Institute for Deaf People have called on workers to make checking their hearing a New Year's resolution.
3 Jan 2007
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Mental illness drug payments call
Paying people with severe mental illnesses to take medication may encourage some to stick to their drug regime, a team of London doctors says. They have quoted four cases where payments reportedly increased use of medication and cut hospital admissions.
3 Jan 2007
Nick Clegg's New Year message about crime
Ahead of the Liberal Democrats' major campaign on crime in 2007, Shadow Home Secretary Nick Clegg sets the scene:
3 Jan 2007
Stomach drugs 'may weaken bones'
Long-term use of some of the most common drugs prescribed to tackle stomach acid problems may be weakening people's bones. Researchers found a significantly increased risk of hip fracture among UK patients taking 'proton pump inhibitors' for more than a year. They said doctors should consider the risk when prescribing such drugs. The University of Pennsylvania study findings appear in the Journal of the American Association.
27 Dec 2006
Scan could spot early Alzheimer's
Patients with the earliest symptoms of Alzheimer's disease could be diagnosed using an advanced scanning technique. A team at the University of California, Los Angeles, says it has found a way to highlight distinctive brain changes linked to Alzheimer's.
27 Dec 2006
Women can stop bone-saving drug
Some women with osteoporosis can stop taking a bone-protecting drug after five years without increasing their risk of fractures, say scientists. The class of drugs, bisphosphonates, are given to strengthen the bones of women who have gone through the menopause and risk fractures.
27 Dec 2006