Category Archives: Health
The truth about the miracle cure that promises to treat everything: Stem cells are known for their remarkable healing powers. But while they work for many, others have been left unaffected by treatment
* Zoe Derrick was ‘cured’ of MS after getting stem cell treatment in Mexico * But when Gregg Burgess-Salisbury, from Berkshire, had stem cell treatment two years ago it didn’t work, and he is still confined to a wheelchair * Steve Storey, from Sheffield, was paralysed with MS but had successful therapy * Experts warn […]
How many more will fall victim to heart op machine’s killer bug?
THE full shocking extent of the outbreak of a ‘blood-eating’ bacterial infection that may have affected thousands of British heart patients can be revealed by The Mail on Sunday today. And the first survivor of the disease to speak out has told of her anguish after being warned that it may still kill her. We […]
The simple cocktail that fights cancer…
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/wellbeing/health-advice/crowdfunding-cure-cancer/ A private clinic is pioneering a treatment with cheap drugs but NHS bureaucracy is delaying its adoption, says Lois Rogers Almost three years ago, just weeks after her wedding, Rosie Garrett, a 31-year-old children’s nanny, was told she would soon die. After she had complained about vision problems and dizziness, doctors discovered a huge […]
47,000 patients warned over heart op machine bug blamed for 15 deaths
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4144260/Patients-told-deadly-bug-surgery.html NEARLY 50,000 Britons are to be warned they may have picked up a potentially deadly bug from contaminated medical equipment during open heart surgery, The Mail on Sunday can reveal. The alert follows the deaths of at least 15 patients from the bacteria, which can lie dormant for five years, while another nine are […]
The women left unable to sit down for years after; having a baby
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-4125720/The-woman-unable-sit-YEARS-giving-birth.html For years after the birth of her daughter in 2003, Debra Shaw regarded the prospect of any sort of treat — a foreign holiday, a trip to the cinema, or a meal in a restaurant — with total dismay. For she couldn’t sit down because of agonising pain radiating from her coccyx, the bony […]
I had to let my baby die in the womb in order to save twin
https://www.thesun.co.uk/living/2560767/former-page-3-model-was-told-she-had-to-let-one-of-her-twins-die-in-the-womb-or-risk-losing-them-both/ IT was a decision no expectant mum would ever wish to make. Just weeks after the elation of finding out she was having twins, Kym Graham was told she would have to let one of them die — or risk losing both to a rare condition. In an exclusive interview, the former Page 3 model […]
Fertility breakthrough offers hope for Gulf Arabs with genetic blood disorders
http://www.thenational.ae/world/middle-east/fertility-breakthrough-offers-hope-for-gulf-arabs-with-genetic-blood-disorders Doctors have declared that infertility caused by treatment for inherited blood disorders affecting thousands of Gulf Arabs may at last be wiped out. In a medical breakthrough, Emirati Moaza Al Matrooshi, a 24-year-old from Dubai who was born with the fatal blood condition thalassaemia, this week became the first patient to give birth to […]
A bitter pill: the dispute over statins
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/wellbeing/health-advice/bitter-pillthe-dispute-statins/ Caroline Fisher could only look on helplessly as Mustafa Gunaydin, her partner of 20 years, went from energetic middle age to helpless disability. As he lost weight and his hair fell out, doctors tried the accepted medical treatments, but in vain. Gunaydin shrivelled and his muscles became useless. He became too weak to speak […]
Are you paying the NHS for more drugs than you need? Billions worth of life-saving cancer remedies are poured down the drain every year
In 2014, wife and mother Beryl Davies was diagnosed with ovarian cancer Because of the rarity of her condition, the NHS refused to fund medication Out of the £5,000 her family paid for medication, a fifth went down the drain Now her husband Derek has launched a petition to stop this common issue Derek […]
When back pain is a sign you have broken bones: Former national athlete discovered fractures in her back due to osteoporosis
Katrina Langford spent years working through her painful back problems While in hospital with a broken ankle, doctors discovered her osteoporosis Experts say 58% of those affected by the condition live in constant pain For years, Katrina Langford — a former national athlete and keen horsewoman — assumed her excruciating back pain was just […]