BBC News | Health | UK EditionVisit BBC News for up-to-the-minute news, breaking news, video, audio and feature stories. BBC News provides trusted World and UK news as well as local and regional perspectives. Also entertainment, business, science, technology and health news.Cholesterol genes 'protect heart'- June 18, 2008 A third of the population have genes that could help them in the fight against heart disease, say scientists.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/health/7459766.stm Lesbian health problems 'ignored'- June 18, 2008 The health of some lesbian and bisexual women is at risk because the NHS fails to meet their needs, say campaigners.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/health/7459045.stm Minister 'knew of C.diff deaths'- June 17, 2008 Scotland's health secretary knew of deaths from a hospital superbug before action was taken, the BBC learns.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/7460267.stm Dementia burden 'could break NHS'- June 17, 2008 The predicted rise in dementia over the next two decades could spell the end of the NHS, leading scientists say.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/health/7458410.stm Doctors 'ignoring drugs warning'- June 17, 2008 GPs are prescribing anti-psychotic drugs to dementia patients despite a safety warning, the BBC learns.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/programmes/file_on_4/7457132.stm Statins 'may cut C-section risk'- June 17, 2008 Cholesterol-lowering statins may help minimise the risk of an emergency Caesarean, researchers suspect.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/health/7459334.stm NHS top-up care ban reviewed- June 17, 2008 The policy of denying NHS services to patients who top up their care with private treatment is to be reviewed in England, the government says.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/health/7459461.stm Egg-freezing technique 'is safe'- June 17, 2008 A method of storing human eggs to allow women to delay motherhood is found to be as safe as conventional IVF.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/health/7458415.stm Binge-drinking adverts launched- June 17, 2008 A campaign warning young people about the consequences of binge-drinking is launched by ministers.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/uk/7457746.stm Cancer deaths 'higher in north'- June 17, 2008 Death rates from cancer are higher among people living in the north than the rest of England, research shows.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/health/7456722.stm |