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Baby RB: Tug of love as baby's mother says his life support can be turned off but father goes to court to stop it - Daily Mail 3rd October 2009
"A heartbroken mother took centre stage on Monday as the High Court was asked to let her seriously disabled son die.
She is backing a hospital's application for the year-old baby to be taken off life support.
The baby's father, however, insists he must live and says a simple operation could even lead to him being cared for at home. "
Saved... by sums: Maths fan aged 15 is roused from coma by her father's mental arithmetic questions - Daily Mail 3rd October 2009
"Vicki Alex's love of maths had helped her pass the time on many a long car journey. Little did she know it would one day save her life.
The 15-year-old was woken from a coma when her father began asking her simple sums. "
So... do men REALLY think about sex every seven seconds? We explode the medical myths that even doctors believe - Daily Mail 3rd October 2009
"You lose most body heat through your head. Chewing gum stays in your stomach for seven years. Lifting something heavy can give you a hernia.
Every day you hear or read things about your body and health that are simply not true. In many cases they've been scientifically discredited, yet still these medical myths endure - even doctors believe some of them! "
I'm a fully grown man - but I still get night terrors that make me scream like a baby - Daily Mail 3rd October 2009
"Jules Knight, singer with the popular classical boy band Blake, dreads going to sleep. More than once a week, the 28-year-old finds himself sitting bolt upright in bed feeling absolutely terrified, although he has no idea why. "
Ask the doctor: I've already had swine flu so why do I need the jab? - Daily Mail 3rd October 2009
"Three weeks ago, I was diagnosed with swine flu on the basis of my symptoms alone and was given Tamiflu.
As we all know, there is no way of determining if you have suffered from swine flu without lab tests, which are not offered here.
I then asked my GP if I should go ahead with a normal flu vaccination, which I did, then have the swine flu vaccination later.
He said I should, but is the latter really necessary if I have already had the infection? "
Health News: A nicotine patch to help heal your wounds faster and how almonds can cut cholesterol levels - Daily Mail 3rd October 2009
"Health stories from around the world this week include a German study that found nicotine patches used just four weeks before surgery can help wounds heal faster. Also, patients who ate a handful of almonds every day reduced their bad cholesterol by more than 30 per cent."
Over 65? Why some doctors think giving you the latest cancer drugs is just a waste - Daily Mail 3rd October 2009
"When Jenny Duffield told friends she was having surgery to reduce her risk of a deadly cancer, she was surprised when some of their reactions were lukewarm. "
It's not just women who suffer from bloating... men's habits make them just as prone - Daily Mail 3rd November 2009
"Bloating is one of the last taboo subjects. At least one in five men and women suffer from it, but most people see it as largely a female problem - and men who do have it are far too embarrassed, or afraid, to seek help.
A typical case is Andrew McKenny, an IT engineer. He was alarmed when his abdomen swelled up like a balloon. "
Under the microscope: Pete Waterman on contracting shingles while judge of Pop Idol - Daily Mail 3rd November 2009
"In our health quiz this week, pop music mogul Pete Waterman, 62, talks about his love of chips, his own male menopause and the illness that could have caused him to go blind."
Organ transplants: Adults should be compelled to choose if they want to be donors - Daily Mail 3rd November 2009
"All adults in the UK should be legally required to decide whether to donate their organs after death, according to the Royal College of Physicians.
The ethics committee at the RCP want to examine the possibility of 'mandated choice' to boost the number of organ donors in Britain."
Milking it... Are 'healthier' rivals really any better than our traditional pint? We look at what's available - Daily Mail 3rd November 2009
"Gone are the days when the only milk available was full-fat or skimmed. Supermarket shelves are now heaving under the weight of everything from rice to soya to buffalo milk.
As a result, we're all drinking less cow's milk than we were a decade ago, amid fears about allergies and health scares such as BSE that have been linked to dairy foods. "
As new evidence links mobile phones to a greater risk of tumours, could using one cost your child their life? - Daily Mail 3rd November 2009
"Mobile phones, just how did we live without them? At about 80 million, there are now more mobiles than people in the UK. But since the Nineties, when their use became more widespread, there have been nagging doubts about their safety. "
Too old for acne? At 30, Rebecca thought she was past the age for spots - Daily Mail 3rd November 2009
"When Rebecca Stevens became pregnant, she was fully prepared for an ever-expanding waistband, swollen ankles and nausea. What she hadn't banked on was losing the great complexion she'd enjoyed all her life. "
Fitness news: Post-baby exercise prevents bone loss - Daily Mail 3rd November 2009
"New mothers who are breastfeeding should exercise to prevent bone loss.
Women lose a lot of calcium to their babies, who need the mineral to grow.
But a lack of calcium can lead to a loss of bone density and an increase in the risk of osteoporosis. "
Generous side of Simon Cowell: X Factor judge donates £100,000 to cancer-stricken youngster - Daily Mail 3rd November 2009
"He is renowned for his withering put-downs and his ruthless streak, but X Factor judge Simon Cowell showed his more generous side today when he gave £100,000 to help save the life of a cancer-stricken youngster.
The pop Svengali donated the money for 18-month-old Sophie Atay – from Birtley, Gateshead - to fly to the US for pioneering treatment at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital in New York. "
Retirement is best for good night's sleep as study shows 25% drop in insomnia in people who have finished working | Mail Online
"There are many joys in retirement. But one of the simplest may be being overlooked.
Researchers have found that most people sleep much better after giving up work.
The odds of suffering disturbed sleep in the seven years after retirement were 26 per cent lower than in the decade before, their study found. "
New drug that 'kills' leukaemia even in worst affected adults created - Daily Mail 3rd October 2009
"Scientists have discovered a drug which they say can kill malignant leukaemia cells.
Tests show PBOX-15 can even destroy cancerous cells from adults whose health outlook is poor because of the disease's resistance to existing treatments. "
New mothers become most anxious when babies are five months, finds NHS study - Daily Mail 3rd October 2009
"Anxiety experienced by first-time mothers peaks around five months and one week after they give birth, according to new research.
The study for the Department of Health found this period was when new mothers had the most questions about their developing baby."
My cancer heartbreak: How do you tell your children mummy might die? - Daily Mail 3rd October 2009
"Can there be a conversation more difficult for a mother than the one where you have to tell your children you have cancer?
The one where you have to prepare them for the fact that you have an illness that might kill you. An illness that, at the very least, will rob you of your hair and your strength, and take you away from them for long periods, while you fight for your survival in hospital."
Teens can demand morning after pill by text - Daily Mail 3rd October 2009
"A health trust is to expand a controversial scheme to allow girls as young as 11 to demand the morning-after pill by text.
Girls at six secondary schools in Oxfordshire have been able to text requests for emergency contraception if they have had unprotected sex, or if they fear condoms have failed."
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