Category Archives: Health
Have 800 women been killed by the Pill? The alarming dangers of taking so-called third generation contraceptives
The Daily Mail 12 February 2014 Nancy Berry died after taking Femodene Trudi Banning suffered a blood clot when she was 22 She had also been taking Femodene She survived but is now infertile Warns other women to be aware of the risks Campaigners calling on some Pills to be banned When Trudi Banning collapsed, […]
800,000 killed by beta blockers
The Sunday Times 26 January 2014 RESEARCH suggesting that as many as 800,000 people could have died unnecessarily across Europe over the past five years after being prescribed beta-blockers has sparked a row between doctors. As well as combating high blood pressure, the drugs have also been recommended for use since 2009 to reduce […]
Mo Zimmer:elderly run faster and faster
The Sunday Times 19 January 2014 EVEN people in their nineties can benefit from strength and endurance training usually reserved for elite athletes, according to a study. The research into the athletic capacity of the very elderly comes as a new breed of endurance athletes in their seventies and eighties are reporting that they […]
Should your grumpy old man be on HRT? Despite doctors’ concerns,growing numbers of men insist testosterone jabs have transformed their lives
The Daily Mail 1 January 2014 Like many men in early middle age, David Quincey felt the best years of his life were already over. At 42 he was putting on weight. He was depressed and irritated by the demands of his teenage children. He felt tired out, unsexy and generally past it. ‘I was […]
Flabby fellas in rush for testosterone
The Sunday Times 24 November 2013 THOUSANDS of men are receiving testosterone on the NHS to combat the male menopause even though there is little evidence it has any health benefits and may even increase their risk of a heart attack or stroke. In recent years testosterone has been seized upon by overweight, middle-aged males […]
Drug firms look away while my children die
The Sunday Times 17 November 2013 A MOTHER has been told that her three teenage children will die before reaching adulthood — and there is nothing doctors can do to save them. Shekeela Ahmed, 45, a businesswoman, has already lost her eldest daughter, Sonam, 17, to Lafora disease, a rare aggressive form of epilepsy. Her […]
Cancer alert over toxic tattoo inks
The Sunday Times 22 September 2013 SCIENTISTS are calling for more research into tattoos amid fears that the toxic inks can permeate into people’s bodies and may increase the risk of cancer. With an estimated one in five adults now bearing tattoos, British scientists have found evidence that nanoparticles from the ink can get into […]
The heat is on: Teenage skin cancer rates are on the up. Are bargain holidays to blame?
The Sunday Times 18 August 2013 Phoebe Drinkwater, a 22-year-old music graduate, grew up holidaying in the hottest parts of America, Australia and the Mediterranean. She admits she stopped using sunblock when her parents assumed she was old enough not to need telling. Although not a sunbather, she got burnt on numerous occasions and, at […]
Laser test to tell us when we will die
The Sunday Times 11 August 2013 SCIENTISTS have patented a “death test” that can tell people how long they have left to live. The simple, non-invasive test is the first of its kind in the world. A painless laser pulse is applied to the surface of the skin through a wristwatch-style device. This measures how […]
Man survives for two years without heart
The Sunday Times 28 July 2013 A BRITISH man has set a record for survival without a human heart. Matthew Green, 42, a married pharmaceutical consultant with a seven-year- old son, received a donor heart early last month having lived for two years with an external blood pump after the removal of his own fatally […]