30/06/20101m diabetes patients undiagnosedUnhealthy lifestyle choices are fuelling a surge in the number of type-2 diabetics in the UK but as many as one million sufferers remain undiagnosed. That is according to new estimates from the charity...
30/06/2010Locum doctors 'putting Scottish patients at risk'The growing reliance on locum (substitute) doctors is putting patient safety at risk, an expert has claimed. Professor Chris Isle, of Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary in Scotland, said it is becoming...
30/06/2010Health insurance industry urged to reconsider Huntington'sHealth insurance companies have been urged to reconsider the way they handle Huntington's disease after new research suggested there may be twice as many sufferers in the UK as previously believed. Writing...
29/06/2010NHS urged to drop homeopathic treatmentsHomeopathic treatments should no longer be offered by the NHS or pharmacies where they are currently stocked, doctors have claimed. Those attending the annual British Medical Association conference voted...
29/06/2010Companies given responsibility for migrant health insuranceCompanies in the UK have been told that they must take out health insurance plans to cover their migrant workers in a bid to take pressure of the NHS. The surprise measure was announced by the new...
28/06/2010Bury NHS hospital wards closed by virus outbreakAn outbreak of the novovirus bug, which causes diarrhoea and vomiting and is highly contagious, has led to the closure of four hospital wards at West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds. The G3, G4, G5 and G8...
28/06/2010Doctors with poor English 'a risk to patients'Foreign doctors with a poor grasp of English are placing patients at risk by practicing in the UK's NHS hospitals, it has been warned. According to the British Medical Association (BMA), tougher language...
25/06/2010Swingers may be STI 'bridge' to general population.Partner-swapping couples could be responsible for bringing sexually transmitted infections (STIs) into the general population, a new study has found. Writing in the journal Sexually Transmitted Infections,...
25/06/2010Affluent teenagers at risk of alcohol abuseTeenagers from better-off families are risking health problems in later life due to a "drinking culture" emerging in affluent areas. That is according to a study from the National Centre for Social Research...
25/06/2010British children eat twice as much junk food as AmericansA shocking new study has revealed the extent to which British children are putting their health at risk by gorging on junk food. Figures from research company Datamonitor has revealed that the country's...