Articles Archive for June 2009
Eating a diet high in red meat and dairy products is linked to an increased risk of pancreatic cancer, a US study has suggested.
Researchers followed 500,000 people who had completed a food diary for …
US health officials estimate that at least one million Americans have been infected with swine flu since the H1N1 virus emerged nearly three months ago.
The number is far higher than cases actually reported to …
A common immunosuppressive drug may have the ability to boost the power of …
Weight-loss surgery could help women - but not men - reduce their risk of cancer, research suggests.
Obesity is known to increase the risk of many types of cancer, but it was unclear whether surgery …
Filling rotten baby teeth may be an unnecessary trial for children to endure, …
A London surgeon is pioneering virtually scarless surgery to remove organs through the belly button.
Mr Paraskevas Paraskeva was the first surgeon in the UK to remove an appendix and gall bladder through the navel, …
Researchers are probing an unexpected success in a study of an experimental treatment for prostate cancer.
In three men with advanced disease, use of an immune drug called ipilimumab, shrank their tumours to such an …
South Africa’s first swine flu case - a 12-year-old boy who flew in …
Scientists believe they have discovered a key component in the development of chronic asthma, pointing the way to new treatments.
As asthma progresses, the airways are changed or remodelled and become more muscular and reactive …
An urgent public debate on the trend for women to delay motherhood is needed, leading doctors say.
The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists will publish evidence on Monday about the increased medical risks of …
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared a global flu pandemic after holding an emergency meeting.
It means the swine flu virus is spreading in at least two regions of the world with rising cases …
A sharp increase in swine flu cases in Australia may mean the infection has become a pandemic, the World Health Organization says.
For that to happen, officials would have to verify that the disease had …
