Scientists have discovered the cause of a fatal form of brittle bone disease. All forms of the condition, also called Osteogenesis Imperfecta, weaken bones causing frequent fractures. But US National Institutes of Health researchers found a genetic defect in a protein which helps produce collagen causes a fatal form of the disease.
The TUC and the Royal National Institute for Deaf People have called on workers to make checking their hearing a New Year's resolution.
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.
Ahead of the Liberal Democrats' major campaign on crime in 2007, Shadow Home Secretary Nick Clegg sets the scene:
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.
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.
