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.Glaucoma- January 22, 2004 BBC News Online examines what causes glaucoma and how it is treated.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/health/medical_notes/3420853.stm Meningitis and septicaemia- January 22, 2004 Meningitis is an inflammation of the brain lining and is mostly found in bacteria and viruses - the bacterial form is the more life-threatening.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/health/medical_notes/98848.stm Asthma- January 8, 2004 This long-term condition is relatively easy to control yet it is responsible for 180,000 deaths a year.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/health/medical_notes/233033.stm Alzheimer's disease- January 8, 2004 Alzheimer's disease is a progressive, degenerative and irreversible brain disorder that causes intellectual impairment, disorientation and eventually death.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/health/medical_notes/1079432.stm |