BBC News | Health | World 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.Cheap drug hope for breast cancer- August 13, 2008 A combination of two inexpensive existing drugs may offer a new way to treat breast cancer, a study suggests.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/health/7558327.stm Black market drugs 'health risk'- August 13, 2008 People are risking their health by buying prescription tranquilisers on the black market, a Belfast GP warns.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/7557599.stm Prisons accused over elderly care- August 12, 2008 Prisons in England and Wales are not doing enough to cater for the needs of elderly inmates, says the watchdog.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/uk_news/7556543.stm Clumsy young 'face obesity risk'- August 12, 2008 Clumsy and poorly coordinated children could be at higher risk of obesity in later life, a study says.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/health/7557028.stm Cancer costs- August 12, 2008 'I have to skip my meals to pay for medication'http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/health/7556564.stm Patients 'lack money for drugs'- August 12, 2008 Nearly half of cancer patients in England are cutting back on basic essentials like food to pay for prescriptions, a poll suggests.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/health/7555833.stm Aids stories- August 12, 2008 Salman Rushdie and fellow writers on India's epidemichttp://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/south_asia/7555856.stm Probe into S Africa drugs recall- August 12, 2008 South Africa launches an investigation after two TB drugs were withdrawn days after an Aids drug recall.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/africa/7555817.stm NHS neglects elderly depression- August 12, 2008 Close to two million older people may be denied treatment due to false views of depression, says a charity.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/health/7555942.stm Harvest of death- August 12, 2008 Doctors struggle as millions die in remote DR Congohttp://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/africa/7554195.stm |