BBC News | Health | Medical notes | 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.Endometriosis- February 28, 2003 Endometriosis is a painful, chronic disease that is estimated to affect up to 25% of all women.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/health/medical_notes/2809255.stm Progressive supranuclear palsy- February 8, 2003 A closer look at this condition, closely related to Parkinson's disease.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/health/medical_notes/461557.stm Smoking- February 8, 2003 Smoking is a greater cause of death and disability than any single disease, says the World Health Organisationhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/health/medical_notes/473673.stm Tuberculosis- February 8, 2003 Health officials are struggling to contain an outbreak of TB in Leicestershire. BBC News online examines a disease which is posing a growing threat around the world.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/health/medical_notes/100618.stm Tamoxifen- February 8, 2003 Tamoxifen has made a name for itself as a treatment for breast cancer. But how does it work and what are the side-effectshttp://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/health/medical_notes/84281.stm Pesticides- February 8, 2003 Pesticides have been associated with everything from cancer and infertility to Gulf War syndrome and eye abnormalities, but solid evidence proving a link has been thin on the ground.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/health/medical_notes/449303.stm Plague- February 8, 2003 Plague killed millions of people in Europe in the Middle Ages, when it was also known as the Black Death.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/health/medical_notes/n-p/1834332.stm Heroin- February 8, 2003 Heroin use is on the increase. There are about 40,000 registered addicts in the UK, but the real figure could be four times that number. Customs seizures are also at a record high.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/health/medical_notes/85691.stm Female sexual dysfunction- February 8, 2003 Inadequate sexual function in women is a complex problem that can have many different causes.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/health/medical_notes/486081.stm Knee injuries- February 8, 2003 The knee injury suffered by Ruud van Nistelrooy is typical of those suffered by footballers, as BBC News Online discovers.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/health/medical_notes/j-m/726654.stm |