Latest Health News

• Public urged not to buy Tamiflu online
  2009-07-03 15:37:40
  Britons have been urged not to buy the anti-flu drug Tamiflu online as the NHS has access to a "massive stockpile" of the drug.

• Single middle-aged people face elevated dementia risk
  2009-07-03 12:27:03
  New research suggests that people who live on their own in midlife are more likely to develop dementia than those who are married or live with a friend.

• Men drinking 22 units per week 'at risk'
  2009-07-03 12:26:26
  Scottish scientists have found that men who drink 22 or more units of alcohol each week face a significantly higher risk of hospitalisation than those who do not drink at all.

• One in four teenagers regularly binge drink
  2009-07-02 17:18:18
  A survey of teenagers in the north-west of England has found that one in four regularly consume at least five drinks at a time.

• Experimental sound wave therapy could treat prostate cancer
  2009-07-02 16:16:31
  UK scientists have shown that an experimental cancer therapy that uses sound waves to kill cancer cells could be beneficial for people with prostate cancer.

• Public supports plans to ban tobacco vending machines
  2009-07-02 16:04:49
  The majority of UK adults would support a ban on tobacco vending machines and the removal of cigarettes from shop displays, a survey has found.

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