Parents' devastation as Joseph faces four months of chemo after leukaemia diagnosis
AN 11-year-old boy who was diagnosed with cancer for the second time in his life has now been told he is fighting leukaemia. Earlier this month, Joseph Cooper was told he had lymphoma but doctors have said the diagnosis was wrong but he has leukaemia. Hemore
Meltham baby Chloe Hallas had just one day to live before surgery at Newcastle?s Freeman Hospital
But doctors performed life-saving heart surgery on her and now she?s a happy, healthy girl. It was so serious for Chloe that a surgeon in Newcastle told her mum Charlotte, from Meltham, that another day and the nine-day-old baby?s heart would havemore
Hospital trust which axed 300 jobs forced to take on more staff
A West Midlands hospital trust that axed more then 300 jobs to cut costs has ordered an urgent £3 million investment to combat severe short-staffing in its A&Es. Managers of City Hospital, in Winson Green, and Sandwell Hospital, in West Bromwich, havemore
Basildon Hospital doctors failed to spot man had a fracture to his skull
A GRIEVING father is furious with Basildon Hospital after doctors failed to spot his son?s fractured skull and a bleed on the brain. A day later Steven Ryan, 55, of Ardleigh, Lee Chapel North, died after being readmitted to the hospital. His dadmore
Ireland: New High Court Rules On Mediation And Conciliation - Matheson Ormsby Prentice
New High Court Rules on Mediation and Conciliation (the "Rules"), under which a High Court judge may adjourn legal proceedings to allow the parties to engage in alternative dispute resolution (ADR), may yield an increase in the number of medicalmore
Top Stories: Four taken to hospital after house fire in Aston
FOUR people were taken to hospital following a house fire in Aston. Fire crews were called to a fire in the bedroom of the house in Albert Road at 11.32am on Sunday . One woman, two boys and a girl were taken to hospital suffering from smoke inhalation.more
Let's talk about health
The North East has a tradition of finishing bottom of the UK league in many areas. Much of our poor performance in health is associated with our industrial legacy; for much of the last century and bits of the one before, ill-health was regarded as anmore
Breast Cancer Campaign - Local GP?s Marathon effort to fund breast cancer research
Press contact: Louise Garrahan, Media Relations Officer, ,DD 0207 749 3724, Email: Local GP?s Marathon effort to fund breast cancer researchBudding runner Martin Billington from Hunter?s Bar in Sheffield has laced up his running shoes to train formore
Thought Leaders in Europe and US Address Challenges to Making Rare Diseases a Global Public Health Priority
/PRNewswire/ -- CSL Behring announces a special edition of its Key Issues Dialogue series released in conjunction with Rare Disease Day 2011, an international event to raise awareness of rare diseases and their impact on people's lives. The Dialoguemore
Birmingham News: Birmingham hospital bosses who cut 300 jobs order £3million investment over short-staffing
A BIRMINGHAM hospital trust that slashed more then 300 jobs to cut costs has ordered an urgent £3 million investment to combat severe short-staffing in its A&Es. Bosses of City Hospital, in Winson Green, and Sandwell Hospital, in West Bromwich, havemore
Reforms 'may not give GPs freedom'
The Government's pledge to give GPs freedom over buying services for patients could be a hollow promise, according to doctors' leaders. The British Medical Association (BMA) said NHS reforms could see Health Secretary Andrew Lansley and a new NHSmore
Genetic fault that causes rare self-healing skin cancer identified
Researchers have identified a key genetic fault that causes a rare skin cancer to spread and then spontaneously heal itself. The identification of this rare cancer, known as multiple self-healing squamous epithelioma (MSSE) or Ferguson-Smith disease,more
Derriford Hospital questioned over surgical errors which led to threats of prosecution
PATIENT representatives have questioned Derriford Hospital bosses over surgical errors which led to the threat of prosecution from health watchdogs. Independent regulators the Care Quality Commission (CQC) last week warned the hospital to improvemore
Pets charity given permission to build £2million animal hospital in Plymouth
A NEW state-of-the art animal hospital is to be built in Derriford after a pet charity was granted planning permission. The PDSA told The Herald that Plymouth City Council has given it the go-ahead to build the planned £2 million centre at themore
Scientists isolate gene in self-healing skin cancer
Scientists have isolated a gene involved in a rare, self-healing skin cancer, which could open the way to newer treatments for other types of cancers. The multiple self-healing squamous epithelioma (MSSE) skin cancer grows rapidly but then a few weeksmore
Nearly $1 Million To Improve HBV And HCV Awareness, Prevention And Care In China And India Awarded By Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation
The Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation has awarded four new grants to help improve awareness, prevention and care of hepatitis B (HBV) and hepatitis C (HCV) in China and India. The grants total nearly $1 million USD and bring the Foundation's commitment tomore
FMD 10 Years On - British Veterinary Association
Commenting on the 10 year anniversary of the 2001 foot and mouth disease (FMD) outbreak, Harvey Locke, President of the British Veterinary Association, said: "Ten years on from the devastation of the 2001 outbreak the UK remains at risk from Foot andmore
Leading Healthcare Figures Pledge Support For New Ways Of Working With Pharmaceutical Industry, UK
Action by the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) to build trust and improve joint working between the industry and the NHS was strongly welcomed today by leading healthcare figures. In an unprecedented joint statement the 14more
One in four cancer cases missed: GPs send away alarming number of patients, delaying treatment
A quarter of cancer sufferers are being sent away by GPs with their early warning signs dismissed as minor ailments, a study reveals today. Tens of thousands of patients are initially told that their symptoms are ?nothing to worry about? or advisedmore
Some Hospitals Would Find It "Difficult" To Survive Under Lansley's NHS Reforms Says Sir David Nicholson
Story toolsYour feedback The NHS Chief Executive Sir David Nicholson believes NHS hospitals would find it difficult to adapt to the the "new world" following spending cuts and introduction of Amdrew Lansley's reforms. Sir David told the BBc that themore
Irish Cancer Society launches bowel cancer campaign
The Irish Cancer Society has said it is time people stopped being embarrassed about bowel cancer. The group is launching its Bowel Cancer Awareness campaign today and said a main reason why so many people are diagnosed too late, is because they aremore
Val's breast cancer diary part 27
I was diagnosed with breast cancer for the second time. The decision was made that the right breast would be removed now, the left breast will be removed in time. This is a record of my time between finishing work on 1 August ? 'til my return at somemore
UK revokes Qadhafi?s diplomatic immunity
LONDON BRITAIN has revoked the diplomatic immunity of Libyan leader Moamer Qadhafi and members of his family, Foreign Secretary William Hague said on Sunday. He was speaking after the UN Security Council unanimously ordered a travel and assets ban onmore
?FTA with EU will kill HIV patients?
KUALA LUMPUR: A Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the European Union (EU) will significantly raise prices of much-needed anti-HIV medicine, according an advocacy group. Positive Malaysian Treatment Access and Advocacy Group director Edward Low said thatmore
Irish Cancer Society launches bowel cancer campaign
The Irish Cancer Society has said it is time people stopped being embarrassed about bowel cancer. The group is launching its Bowel Cancer Awareness campaign today and said a main reason why so many people are diagnosed too late, is because they aremore
Reforms 'may not give GPs freedom'
REFORMS 'MAY NOT GIVE GPS FREEDOM' NHS reforms could see Health Secretary Andrew Lansley and a new commissioning board granted overly r Monday February 28,2011 The Government's pledge to give GPs freedom over buying services for patients could be amore
'Pulmonary Hypertension... A Breathtaking Disease' European Awareness Campaign Launched on Rare Disease Day
Events taking place today in Brussels and Vienna mark the launch of a new European campaign to raise awareness of pulmonary hypertension (PH), a condition characterized by high blood pressure in the arteries of the lungs which can affect anyone at anymore
Reforms 'may not give GPs freedom'
The Government's pledge to give GPs freedom over buying services for patients could be a hollow promise, according to doctors' leaders. The British Medical Association (BMA) said NHS reforms could see Health Secretary Andrew Lansley and a new NHSmore
Reforms 'may not give GPs freedom'
The Government's pledge to give GPs freedom over buying services for patients could be a hollow promise, according to doctors' leaders. The British Medical Association (BMA) said NHS reforms could see Health Secretary Andrew Lansley and a new NHSmore