Archive for the ‘Health’ Category

Fridge-free vaccine hopes raised

author Posted by: BBC News | World | UK Edition on date Feb 17th, 2010 | filed Filed under: Health

Scientists at Oxford University have found a way of keeping vaccines stable without refrigeration.

Happiness wards off heart disease

author Posted by: BBC News | World | UK Edition on date Feb 17th, 2010 | filed Filed under: Health

Being happy and positive may help ward off heart disease, a study suggests.

‘Malaria’ killed King Tutankhamun

author Posted by: BBC News | World | UK Edition on date Feb 17th, 2010 | filed Filed under: Health

Tutankhamun may well have died of malaria after the disease ravaged a body crippled by a rare bone disorder, experts say.

Acupuncture ‘may cut period pain’

author Posted by: BBC News | World | UK Edition on date Feb 17th, 2010 | filed Filed under: Health

Acupuncture may be an effective way of alleviating severe period pain, a review of existing studies suggests.

Simple test can spot concussion

author Posted by: BBC News | World | UK Edition on date Feb 17th, 2010 | filed Filed under: Health

Spotting athletes who are still unfit to return to action after a blow to the head could be made simpler by a new test.

Key cancer gene ‘link to poverty’

author Posted by: BBC News | World | UK Edition on date Feb 17th, 2010 | filed Filed under: Health

Experts say there is a genetic explanation for why women from poor backgrounds are less likely to beat breast cancer.

Germans get Lidl cheese warning

author Posted by: BBC News | World | UK Edition on date Feb 17th, 2010 | filed Filed under: Health

The German supermarket chain Lidl tells Germans to avoid two types of Austrian cheese allegedly linked to fatal food poisoning.

Ruling due on MMR research doctor

author Posted by: BBC News | World | UK Edition on date Jan 28th, 2010 | filed Filed under: Health

The doctor who first suggested the link between MMR and autism is to hear whether he is guilty of unethical research practices.

Most car drivers ‘feel superior’

author Posted by: BBC News | World | UK Edition on date Jan 28th, 2010 | filed Filed under: Health

Most motorists fancy themselves as better drivers than others on the road, a survey by psychologists finds.

C-sections ‘do not harm feeding’

author Posted by: BBC News | World | UK Edition on date Jan 26th, 2010 | filed Filed under: Health

A Caesarean or instrumental birth does not impact upon how long a mother breastfeeds, research suggests.