‘Blood pressure gene’ affects 20%
One in five white people carries a gene fault which could raise their risk of high blood pressure, research suggests.
Archive for December, 2008
Cyberknife boost to cancer care
A robot radiotherapy machine to treat cancer is to be available in the UK for the first time from February.
Cholera deaths soar in Zimbabwe
The latest UN figures reveal that two-thirds of Zimbabwe’s cholera victims have died this month.
Chopped arm man can use fingers
An East Sussex man who chopped his left arm off with a chainsaw described having it re-attached as like “winning the lottery”.
NHS ‘fast losing its compassion’
There has been a deterioration in the level of compassion in the NHS in recent years, the head of a health think-tank tells the BBC.
‘Youngest’ baby has brain glue op
A UK baby has become one of the youngest to undergo an operation using glue to reduce the size of a brain tumour.
‘Blood pressure gene’ affects 20%
One in five white people carries a gene fault which could raise their risk of high blood pressure, research suggests.
Cyberknife boost to cancer care
A robot radiotherapy machine to treat cancer is to be available in the UK for the first time from February.
Cholera deaths soar in Zimbabwe
The latest UN figures reveal that two-thirds of Zimbabwe’s cholera victims have died this month.
Chopped arm man can use fingers
An East Sussex man who chopped his left arm off with a chainsaw described having it re-attached as like “winning the lottery”.