Category Archives: Health
Something fishy
Omega 3 supplements are said to help everything from your heart to your brain, but new research casts doubt on some of their claimed benefits The Sunday Times Published 7 October 2012 Lois Rogers LIKE lots of small boys, Charlie Watson was a handful. Although clearly bright, he would not sit still at school, he […]
Buy one, get one free on breast ops
The Sunday Times Published 15 July 2012 Lois Rogers COSMETIC surgeons are offering supermarket-style discounts for multiple breast enlargements, nose jobs and fat-removal operations in order to boost business. Mothers and daughters are among groups of women being attracted by “buy one, get one half-price” style offers. Online shopping carts and time-limited no-refund special offers […]
‘Duracell’ pump gives new hope to heart patients
The Sunday Times Published: 26 February 2012. Lois Rogers. A young father has become the first person in Britain to benefit from a revolutionary heart pump designed to save thousands of people who would otherwise die waiting for a transplant. The tiny pump is the first intended for permanent use. Previous versions for the heart […]
Anti-ageing cream ‘tricks’ skin into regenerating
The Sunday Times Published: 01 January 2012. Lois Rogers. Cosmetics companies are preparing to unveil a new generation of anti-ageing treatments that mimic the actions of the molecules responsible for skin renewal. The first consumer product based on the emerging science of glycobiology – using sugars found naturally in the body to improve health – […]
First diet pill that doesn´t make you ill
The Sunday Times Published: 18 December 2011. Lois Rogers. Scientists are close to producing a drug that helps the obese lose weight by removing the pleasure of eating without bad side effects The pharmaceutical firm Pfizer is conducting clinical trials on a compound which, it hopes, will stop the obese from feeling hungry by mimicking […]
Doctors shun hospital at the heart of care scandal
The Sunday Times Published: 06 November 2011. Lois Rogers. This article is the subject of a legal complaint from Ivan Phair A 24-hour accident and emergency department is at risk as Stafford hospital struggles to recruit after one of the country´s worst medical scandals The hospital at the centre of one of the country´s worst […]
Could we face the return of CJD? Experts fear it may lie dormant in thousands
The Daily Mail, Published 1 November 2011, Lois Rogers. Holly Mills was a lively teenager about to start university. But with her whole life ahead of her, she suddenly found herself in the grip of tragedy. Within the space of just a few months, the gregarious 18-year-old had become so severely brain damaged that she […]