http://www.wddty.com/news_1 en-gb http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 20 Meningitis can be a deadly disease, and the chances of recovery are greater the sooner it’s detected. Sadly, most parents know only the tell-tale symptoms - stiff neck, non-blanching rash, drowsiness - seen when the infection has already taken hold. http://www.wddty.com/meningitis_1.html http://www.wddty.com/meningitis_1.html Wed, 1 Mar 2006 12:00:00 GMT Health It can also affect the heart An underactive thyroid can lead to heart problems over time. In fact, hypothyroidism can be damaging even at subclinical levels - when it is either undetected or thought to be too insignificant to treat. http://www.wddty.com/hypothyroidism.html http://www.wddty.com/hypothyroidism.html Wed, 1 Mar 2006 12:00:00 GMT Health We all know exercise is good for us, but does the same apply if you have a heart condition? The answer is an emphatic yes. In fact, it could add more than three years to your life if you have a heart problem. http://www.wddty.com/exercise_1.html http://www.wddty.com/exercise_1.html Wed, 1 Mar 2006 12:00:00 GMT Health Researchers have discovered that breastfeeding mothers who take all the possible allergens out of their diet are far less likely to have a colicky baby. http://www.wddty.com/colic.html http://www.wddty.com/colic.html Wed, 1 Mar 2006 12:00:00 GMT Health It’s extraordinary how many health problems can be left well alone without the doctor having to do anything. The approach is known in medical circles as ‘watchful waiting’, and it’s a strategy that more doctors would do well to adopt for a number of conditions. http://www.wddty.com/hernia_1.html http://www.wddty.com/hernia_1.html Wed, 1 Mar 2006 12:00:00 GMT Health A new study has found that people don’t function well immediately after they’ve been woken up. http://www.wddty.com/get-up-and-go.html http://www.wddty.com/get-up-and-go.html Wed, 1 Mar 2006 12:00:00 GMT Health The gastrointestinal bug Clostridium difficile is running rampant through hospitals in the UK, mainly because hygiene standards are too low. Antibiotics are also ‘inappropriately’ given, and doctors are failing to report outbreaks, the Healthcare Commission and Health Protection Agency have discovered. http://www.wddty.com/otc-antacids.html http://www.wddty.com/otc-antacids.html Wed, 1 Feb 2006 12:00:00 GMT Health New findings indicate that one in three patients in the US will be the victim of a medical blunder - a mistake in treatment, the wrong medication or dose, or an incorrect test result. http://www.wddty.com/medical-blunders.html http://www.wddty.com/medical-blunders.html Wed, 1 Feb 2006 12:00:00 GMT Health The news that high doses of vitamin D can halve the risk of some cancers may well have had a poor reception in Brussels. While the EU bureaucrats are deciding on the potency of vitamins that will be freely available in shops throughout Europe, a new cancer study shows that therapeutic levels need to be far higher than the recommended daily allowance (RDA). http://www.wddty.com/vitamin-d-and-cancer.html http://www.wddty.com/vitamin-d-and-cancer.html Wed, 1 Feb 2006 12:00:00 GMT Health Cruciferous vegetables such as cabbage and broccoli can help protect against lung cancer. They are rich in isothiocyanates, which are lung-cancer preventatives. http://www.wddty.com/eat-your-vegetables.html http://www.wddty.com/eat-your-vegetables.html Wed, 1 Feb 2006 12:00:00 GMT Health Homeopathy helps to relieve chronic conditions, a new study has found. Researchers tracked around 6500 patients with chronic health problems for six years, and discovered that homeopathic remedies helped in 70 per cent of cases. http://www.wddty.com/homeopathy.html http://www.wddty.com/homeopathy.html Wed, 1 Feb 2006 12:00:00 GMT Health Want to know if you’re at risk from a heart attack? Forget the BMI (body mass index), a measure based on your height and weight and, instead, use your waist-to-hip ratio. Scientists have found that this measure is by far the most accurate way to assess your heart-attack risk. http://www.wddty.com/heart-attack.html http://www.wddty.com/heart-attack.html Wed, 1 Feb 2006 12:00:00 GMT Health So urgent is the desire for a ‘magic-bullet’ drug to counter major diseases such as cancer and heart disease that too many medical trials are ended, usually prematurely, as soon as there is the first glimmering that a new breakthrough drug may have been found. http://www.wddty.com/magic-bullets.html http://www.wddty.com/magic-bullets.html Sun, 1 Jan 2006 12:00:00 GMT Health Hip and pelvis fractures are a major health worry, especially among older, postmenopausal women. The risk of a fracture rises to 17 per cent in women over the age of 50, and up to 20 per cent of those who suffer such bone fractures die within a year. Overall, 1 per cent of all deaths in older women are causally related to a hip fracture, making it a killer that’s almost as deadly as breast cancer. http://www.wddty.com/hip-fractures.html http://www.wddty.com/hip-fractures.html Sun, 1 Jan 2006 12:00:00 GMT Health There’s a new group of drugs on the block that’s supposed to be the great hope for treating type 2 diabetes. This family of drugs is known as the ‘peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors’, and its first entrant is a drug with the generic name of muraglitazar. http://www.wddty.com/is-it-safe.html http://www.wddty.com/is-it-safe.html Sun, 1 Jan 2006 12:00:00 GMT Health Heart problems still constitute a major health concern in the West - and almost as worrying are the heart drugs employed for lowering high blood pressure and cholesterol. But even major at-risk groups can avoid drugs, while still reducing their chances of heart disease, just by making a change in their diet, as researchers discovered when they tested the theory on pregnant women. http://www.wddty.com/heart-problems.html http://www.wddty.com/heart-problems.html Sun, 1 Jan 2006 12:00:00 GMT Health What’s a good night’s sleep worth? Quite a lot - especially if you rarely get one. And the older you get, the more elusive a full night’s sleep seems to be. Not surprisingly, insomniacs eventually visit their doctor, who invariably will prescribe them a sleeping pill such as a benzodiazepine. http://www.wddty.com/insomnia.html http://www.wddty.com/insomnia.html Sun, 1 Jan 2006 12:00:00 GMT Health If you go to your doctor with high blood pressure, it’s very likely he’ll give you a drug called a beta-blocker. For the past 10 years, it’s been considered the ‘gold-standard treatment’ for high blood pressure, or hypertension - in other words, it’s the very best thing he could prescribe. But, according to the UK’s drugs regulators, he’s very wrong. So wrong, in fact, that he could be writing out your death warrant. http://www.wddty.com/beta-blockers-more-spin-means-more-deaths.html http://www.wddty.com/beta-blockers-more-spin-means-more-deaths.html Thu, 1 Dec 2005 12:00:00 GMT Health