Health & Medical
Lack of a good night's sleep leads to mistakes
Published: 14 May 2007
Those who work long hours and scrape by on scant slumber, beware: Sleep deprivation causes areas of the brain to malfunction, making people blunder.
Country walks 'can help reduce depression'
Published: 14 May 2007
Country walks can help reduce depression and raise self-esteem according to research published today, leading to calls for "ecotherapy" to become a recognised treatment for people with mental health problems.
Excess calcium in elderly 'linked to dementia'
Published: 14 May 2007
Calcium and vitamin D in dairy products may be helping to cause brain damage and dementia in older men and women, new research suggests.
Health concerns over mobile phone masts prompt review
Published: 13 May 2007
Victory for IoS on mental health care for children
Published: 13 May 2007
Simple DIY kit will show mental health dangers of cannabis
Published: 13 May 2007
The cream tea diet
Published: 13 May 2007
Botox users told to vet practitioners
Published: 12 May 2007
Those seeking to reverse the ravages of the ageing process have been warned to be on their guard against the proliferation of unregulated "medi-spas" offering wrinkle-busting treatments such as "filler" injections and facial peels.
Watchdog calls for folic acid in flour
Published: 12 May 2007
Folic acid should be routinely added to flour to reduce birth defects such as spina bifida, the UK's official food watchdog said yesterday.
Aspirin found to cut bowel cancer
Published: 11 May 2007
An aspirin a day can prevent bowel cancer but is only worth taking by those at high risk, research shows.
Britain is sick man of Europe for providing cancer drugs
Published: 10 May 2007
British patients are being denied access to life-saving cancer drugs that are widely available in the rest of Europe and the developed world, according to a report.
Grossman and Harriott exposed for salty soups
Published: 10 May 2007
Soups promoted by the television food presenters Loyd Grossman and Ainsley Harriott have high levels of hidden salt, associated with heart attacks and strokes.
Thousands of NHS patients still facing ordeal of mixed-sex wards
Published: 09 May 2007
Hospital patients are suffering the indignity and embarrassment of being cared for on mixed-sex wards - a decade after the Government pledged to abolish the practice. Almost one in five NHS trusts is continuing to treat patients admitted for routine treatment alongside members of the opposite sex in breach of government rules.
Shake, rattle, ride: What effect does a white-knuckle ride have on your body? A roller-coaster ride may be the ultimate cheap thrill - but what does it do to your body? Guy Adams climbs aboard Britain's latest white-knuckle ride to find out.
A roller-coaster ride may be the ultimate cheap thrill - but what does it do to your body? Guy Adams climbs aboard Britain's latest white-knuckle ride to find out.
Published: 09 May 2007
It takes a shade over 30 seconds to complete a journey on Infusion, a new ride that gives Blackpool Pleasure Beach the distinction of owning "the world's first suspended looping roller-coaster running entirely over water".
Sex on the couch: The therapists who abuse their clients' trust
Published: 08 May 2007
Slim faster: The 'vacuum suit' that takes inches off your waist
Published: 08 May 2007
Spot the culprit: How milk can trigger acne
Published: 08 May 2007
Scientists find blood glucose link to cot death
Published: 07 May 2007
A link between cot death and low blood glucose levels has been found by researchers, it was announced yesterday.
Junk food nation
Published: 06 May 2007
'Happiness tsar' warns of therapy funding shortage
Published: 06 May 2007
Radical plans to set up free "therapy for all" centres across the country could fail without proper funding, the Government's "happiness tsar" has warned.
We are eating ourselves ill
Published: 06 May 2007
Pill that ends periods sparks health row
Published: 04 May 2007
The imminent launch of the first contraceptive pill which promises to free women from the constraints of menstruation has pitched specialists on both sides of the Atlantic into a battle over what is "natural" and safe.
Number of sperm donors rises despite the loss of anonymity
Published: 04 May 2007
New laws removing sperm donors' right to anonymity have not stopped men volunteering to provide it.
The Big Question: Why is there a crisis in maternity care, and should parents be worried?
Published: 04 May 2007
What is the problem?
Covering up 'best protection from sun'
Published: 03 May 2007
Slapping on sunscreen is no substitute for covering up, doctors warned today.
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