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.Oxygen injury therapy- February 8, 2003 Rally driver Colin McRae is reputed to have used a pressurised oxygen treatment to speed his recovery from injury.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/health/medical_notes/g-i/980118.stm Malaria- February 8, 2003 Malaria kills over a million people a year and is second only to tuberculosis in its threat to world health.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/health/medical_notes/120644.stm Legionnaires' disease- February 8, 2003 Legionnaires' Disease is a severe form of pneumonia caused by a bacteria that contaminates water supplies. It can be fatal.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/health/medical_notes/227806.stm E. coli infection- February 8, 2003 E. coli is a common bug which is present everywhere in the environment. Mostly it helps people to stay healthy, providing the body with many vitamins, such as vitamin K. But some strains - such as the 0157 strain - are potentially fatal.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/health/medical_notes/83169.stm Ectopic pregnancy- February 8, 2003 One of the most devastating complications of pregnancy is if the embryo starts to grow outside the womb - an ectopic pregnancy.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/health/medical_notes/443840.stm Cannabis- February 8, 2003 Opinion is sharply divided over whether cannabis should be legalised for medicinal use.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/health/medical_notes/227926.stm Collapsed lung- February 8, 2003 A collapsed lung prevents the sufferer from absorbing life-giving oxygen into the blood stream in the normal way.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/health/medical_notes/584126.stm Cerebral aneurism- February 8, 2003 An aneurism is a dilation, or swelling, of a blood vessel (where part of the vein or artery inflates like a balloon).http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/health/medical_notes/603437.stm Biliary Atresia- February 8, 2003 Around 50 children are born with biliary atresia every year in England and Wales. The condition affects the liver and is potentially fatal if not operated on early.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/health/medical_notes/286336.stm Deep vein thrombosis- February 8, 2003 Deep vein thrombosis is the formation of a blood clot in one of the deep veins of the body, usually in the leg.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/health/medical_notes/c-d/986364.stm |