| 03/11/2009 |
| The Independent |
| By: Presswatch |
| Lupus drug success in late-stage trials |
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Human Genome Sciences said its experimental lupus drug Benlysta was successful in a late-stage clinical trial, paving the way for approval of the first new treatment for the disease in 50 years in the US. Analysts estimate the drug could generate annual sales of at least $1bn. Human Genome will split the profits with its partner, GlaxoSmithKline. |
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| 03/11/2009 |
| The Guardian |
| By: Presswatch |
| Child behaviour link to smoking |
| Smoking during pregnancy significantly increases the risk of having a child with behavioural problems, according to research conducted by Professor Kate Pickett, at the department of health sciences at the University of York. Boys whose mothers smoked throughout pregnancy were found to be significantly more likely to have behavioural problems, be hyperactive and have low attention spans than boys whose mothers did not. The daughters of smokers were significantly more likely to display behavioural problems than girls whose mothers did not smoke. |
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| 03/11/2009 |
| The Independent |
| By: Presswatch |
| Child obesity 'has peaked' |
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The 30-year rise in child obesity may have peaked. The increase in overweight and obese children, which has continued without pause since the mid-1970s, is now on a downward trajectory, according to figures based on a 2007 health survey. The forecast number of overweight girls aged two to 11 in 2020 has dropped from 34 per cent to 17 per cent, and the proportion of obese girls from 14 per cent to 10 per cent. Among boys, the forecast number of overweight is down from 22 per cent to 17 per cent, and for the obese it is down from 20 per cent to 13 per cent. Tim Marsh, from the Oxford University team who made the forecasts, said a number of factors could be responsible, such as traffic-light food labelling, the Sure Start scheme, and improved breast-feeding rates, which reduces the risk of obesity in later life. |
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| 03/11/2009 |
| The Times |
| By: Presswatch |
| Girls just want to be thinner and prettier - even if it means a visit to the surgeon |
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Almost half of all secondary school girls say they would undergo laser treatment, liposuction or some form of plastic surgery to change the way they look, according to a new study of social attitudes. The research was carried out on behalf of the Girl Guides to mark their centenary and found that 46 per cent of girls aged 11 to 16, and 50 per cent of girls aged 16 to 21 would consider cosmetic surgery to make themselves thinner or prettier. |
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| 03/11/2009 |
| Daily Telegraph |
| By: Presswatch |
| Swine flu kills new mother |
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A woman who caught swine flu has died weeks after giving birth to her first child. The new mother's condition failed to improve and she died at the weekend, 18 days after giving birth. News of Susan Ford's death came as Dr David Salisbury, head of immunisation at the Department of Health, told an online mothers' forum that pregnant women with swine flu were 10 times more likely to need intensive care than the general population. |
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| 03/11/2009 |
| Daily Mail |
| By: Presswatch |
| Found, a drug that can kill leukaemia |
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Scientists have discovered a drug which they say can kill malignant leukaemia cells. Tests show PBOX-15 can even destroy cancerous cells from adults whose health outlook is poor because of the disease's resistance to existing treatments. Laboratory experiments found it is effective at killing malignant cells from patients with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL), a cancer of the blood and bone marrow, but spares normal cells. Researchers at Trinity College Dublin, in partnership with University of Siena, Italy, say the findings show 'significant potential' as the first agent of its kind. |
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| 03/11/2009 |
| Daily Express |
| By: Presswatch |
| Now doctors say a daily aspirin can be bad for your health |
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Doctors should stop prescribing aspirin to ward off heart attacks in people without heart disease, a leading doctor has said. Giving aspirin to these patients can do more harm than good, raising the risk of dangerous stomach bleeding while having a 'negligible' effect on curbing death rates, Dr Ike Iheanacho, editor of the respected Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin, warned. |
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| 03/11/2009 |
| By: Presswatch |
| NHS and Health Sector News |
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The Times reports that David Cameron promised yesterday to cut the cost of running the NHS by a third while handing day-to-day management of the health service over to an independent body. The 4.5 billion annual bill for administering the health service was "astonishing", he said. Separately, a dental surgery opened in secret yesterday, after fears that it could be deluged with patients fighting to register. It is hoped the practice in Lymington, Hampshire, will take on 5,500 patients over the next year and ease the county's shortage of NHS dentists. The Sun reports that ambulance staff are receiving private health care at a cost of thousands because NHS bosses think their own waiting lists are too long. |
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