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What does your GP really think of his patients? - The Independent 3rd November 2009
"There is, says Phil Hammond, something missing from medicine. It is pleasure. Pleasure gets just two mentions in the Oxford Textbook of Medicine, and none whatever on the website of the National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE). Doctors rarely tell patients to pleasure themselves, for fear of getting struck off, but something a little less directive might actually improve all our lives.
"Our media are negative, our politics is"
19 out of 20 young women 'would change bodies' - The Independent 3rd November 2009
"Girls as young as seven would like to change something about their appearance and half of 16 to 21-year-olds would consider surgery to achieve their perfect body, a study has revealed. "
Child obesity 'has peaked' - The Independent 3rd November 2009
"The 30-year rise in child obesity may have peaked, researchers report. The increase in overweight and obesity among children which has continued without pause since the mid-1970s is now on a downward trajectory, according to latest figures.\n\nThe forecast number of overweight girls aged 2 to 11 in 2020 has dropped from 34 per cent to 17 per cent, and the proportion of obese girls from 14 per cent to 10 per cent."
Mother dies after catching swine flu - The Independent 3rd November 2009
"A woman who contracted swine flu died less than three weeks after giving birth to her first child, a health authority has confirmed.
Susan Ford, 31, from Wigan, Greater Manchester, fell ill with the virus when she was 31 weeks pregnant. Her daughter, Poppy, was delivered by Caesarean section. Ms Ford's condition failed to improve and she died at the weekend, 18 days after giving birth."
Change law on organ donation, doctors say - The Independent 2nd November 2009
"Every adult in the UK would be legally required to decide whether to donate their organs after death, under a radical solution to the critical shortage of organs for transplant put forward by the country's oldest royal medical college. The ethics committee of the 500-year-old Royal College of Physicians (RCP) has called for an examination of "mandated choice" as a means of boosting the supply of organs, the shortage of which is leading to more than 1,000 avoidable deaths a year. "
Jeremy Laurance: Let's face our mortality and allow others to live - The Independent 2nd November 2009
"I have carried the same organ donor card for the past 25 years. It is always with me in my wallet and although I may be getting on a bit and my organs past their best, I am still a prime candidate, being a London cyclist.
Yet should someone one day scrape me off the road and find my card among my things, it would be useless. It contains the telephone number of a house I left 15 years ago and the name of my then next of kin, from whom I have been divorced for more than a decade."
Leading article: Closing the gap on organs - The Independent 2nd November 2009
"The shortage of organs in this country is critical. Of the 8,000 people who were waiting last year for transplant operations, the lack of available organs meant less than half that number underwent transplant in 2008-9.
The shortage means that each year a large number of people die unnecessarily; are condemned to death in one of the cruellest of ways, in fact, because they know an extension to their lives is not beyond hope and is being denied them solely because no donated organ is available."
Lung cancer treatment in UK is 'woefully inadequate' - The Independent 2nd November 2009
"Key areas of lung-cancer treatment are still "woefully inadequate" and could be costing up to 3,000 lives a year, leading researchers said today.
A third of patients still do not receive a biopsy to diagnose their condition and thousands are denied life-saving surgery because of a lack of experienced specialists, according to the United Kingdom Lung Cancer Coalition (UKLCC)."
Sacked – for telling the truth about drugs - The Independent 31st October 2009
"The Government's drugs tsar was forced to resign last night for stating his view that cannabis, ecstasy and LSD were less harmful than the legal drugs tobacco and alcohol.
The Home Secretary Alan Johnson asked Professor David Nutt to resign as chairman of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD), saying he had "lost confidence" in his ability to give impartial advice. "
Amy Jenkins: We're all paranoid about drugs - The Independent 31st October 2009
"It's a bit of a damp squib, this Andre Agassi took crystal meth story. He took it at a low point. He didn't get addicted. He didn't sink into a life of indulgence and squalor. Rather the opposite, in fact. He felt "a tide of euphoria", jumped off the sofa and had a wonderful time "tearing around my house, cleaning it from top to bottom". He'd never felt "so alive, so hopeful"."
Action on Britain's epidemic of pill addiction - The Independent 31st October 2009
"The Department of Health has launched a review of the million-plus patients addicted to prescribed drugs in the UK in a tacit admission that attempts to control the problem over the last two decades have failed.
An estimated 1.5 million people are addicted to prescription and over-the-counter drugs including benzodiazepine tranquillisers, sleeping pills such as zoplicone - implicated in the death of Hollywood star Heath Ledger - and painkillers containing codeine. "
Cause of death? It depends what you do for a living... - The Independent 30th October 2009
"Work can be very bad for your health if you are in the wrong job. If you are a carpenter, fitter, electrician, plumber or gas fitter, you run an above average risk of dying from an asbestos-related disease."
Hajj pilgrims may be told to take swine flu vaccine - The Independent 30th October 2009
"British Muslims may be required to provide flu vaccination certificates if they want to participate in the annual Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca at the end of November, Saudi Arabia has warned."
The Big Question: Are scientists now really able to make sperm and egg cells in the lab? - The Independent 30th October 2009
"Why are we asking this now?
Scientists in the United States led by Renee Reijo Pera of Stanford University School of Medicine have made primitive sperm and egg cells from stem cells taken from spare human embryos left over after IVF treatment. The emphasis is on "primitive" because they are not the fully-formed, mature sperm or eggs that are normally involved in conception. In scientific terms these cells are "germ cells", the immature cells that can, ultimately, give rise to sperm and eggs if they are allowed to develop further. "
'Healthy' sweetener linked to high blood pressure - The Independent 30th October 2009
"An ingredient in processed foods and soft drinks could be a recipe for high blood pressure, research suggests.
High fructose corn syrup (HFCS) is abundant in many types of foods and beverages and was originally viewed as a "healthy" method of sweetening. "
Trying for a baby? Let gravity do the work - The Independent 30th October 2009
"The old wives' tale turns out to be true: lying with your feet up after sex improves your chances of having a baby (if you're a woman, that is).
True, at least, for a specialised kind of sex – that involving artificial insemination, where the sperm is directly inserted into the womb using the medical equivalent of a turkey baster."
Alcohol more dangerous than LSD, says drug adviser - The Independent 29th October 2009
"The Government's chief drug adviser sparked controversy today by claiming ecstasy, LSD and cannabis are less dangerous than both alcohol and cigarettes.
Professor David Nutt, chairman of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, attacked the decision to make cannabis a class B drug. "
Many girls 'damaged' by their mum's dieting - The Independent 29th October 2009
"Girls whose mothers are on a diet are almost twice as likely to have an eating disorder, a poll of more than 500 teenagers found today.
Many girls say their mother has the biggest influence on their own self-image and they feel damaged by the effects of their mum's dieting and views on food. "
The Big Question: Is depression increasing, and what is the best way to treat it? - The Independent 29th October 2009
"Why are we asking this now?
The National Institute for Clinical Excellence (Nice) yesterday published updated guidelines on the treatment of depression calling for extra focus on talking therapy, especially cognitive behaviour therapy, for depression and less focus on drugs. It also warned GPs to be more alert to depression in people with chronic health problems, amongst whom the condition is three times more common than in the general population. "
Sharp rise in admissions for obesity - The Independent 29th October 2009
"There has been a dramatic rise in the number of people admitted to hospital for problems caused by obesity, new figures have shown.
Over the past five years, the number of people needing care because they were very overweight has jumped by 360 per cent and by 60 per cent in the past year alone. The figures relate to a primary diagnosis of obesity – for example, treatment for breathing problems, Type 2 diabetes, circulation or organ failure, or heart disease all caused by being overweight. People admitted for weight-loss surgery such as stomach stapling are also included in the data."
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