http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/index.html?ITO=1490 Essential health news, features, advice and information for you and your family from the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday. en-gb Copyright 2010 Associated Newspapers Ltd Sun, 05 Sep 2010 18:37:10 GMT editorial@dailymailonline.co.uk (Editor) Health Regional/Europe/United_Kingdom/News_and_Media/Newspapers http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/furniture/mastHead_1_rss.gif http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/index.html?ITO=1490 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1309060/Carrots-younger-A-Hollywood-dermatologist-argues-water-fruit-veg-better-water-glass.html?printingPage=true <img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/09/04/article-0-0AFFA9C3000005DC-53_87x84.jpg" width="87" height="84" /><br/>As a dermatologist, pharmacist and researcher, I have always rooted my practice in the idea that skin care can lead to overall health. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1309060/Carrots-younger-A-Hollywood-dermatologist-argues-water-fruit-veg-better-water-glass.html?ITO=1490 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 12:03:40 GMT http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1309073/Im-giving-cancer-chop--Mother-uses-techniques-honed-karate-classes-help-fight-rare-form-disease.html?printingPage=true <img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/09/04/article-0-0B0A8933000005DC-821_87x84.jpg" width="87" height="84" /><br/>When Linda Adley took up karate, she could not have imagined that besides keeping her fit, the martial art would help her find the strength to live. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1309073/Im-giving-cancer-chop--Mother-uses-techniques-honed-karate-classes-help-fight-rare-form-disease.html?ITO=1490 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 12:03:13 GMT http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1309160/Want-girl-You-need-quit-salt-bananas-bed-often.html?printingPage=true <img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/09/05/article-1309160-06534099000005DC-261_87x84.jpg" width="87" height="84" /><br/>Scientists claim have discovered that a combination of the right food and the timing of sex are the key to the nursery being painted pink rather than blue. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1309160/Want-girl-You-need-quit-salt-bananas-bed-often.html?ITO=1490 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 11:48:57 GMT http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1309181/Now-log-good-surgeons-guide.html?printingPage=true <img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/09/05/article-1309181-0921348D000005DC-33_87x84.jpg" width="87" height="84" /><br/>Patients waiting for an operation can check their surgeon&#8217;s success rate on a website created to increase transparency in the health service. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1309181/Now-log-good-surgeons-guide.html?ITO=1490 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 11:47:34 GMT http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1309114/The-moment-I-started-treat-body-business--How-Ultimo-bra-founder-lost-6st.html?printingPage=true <img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/09/05/article-1309114-0B0A9A7D000005DC-592_87x84.jpg" width="87" height="84" /><br/>Since my success in business I had turned to food as a way to cope and ballooned to 17st and a size 20. I think I felt guilty for being so successful and I didn&#8217;t know how to handle it. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1309114/The-moment-I-started-treat-body-business--How-Ultimo-bra-founder-lost-6st.html?ITO=1490 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 03:37:31 GMT http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1309119/Allergies-Theyre-bread-butter-The-mothers-turned-childrens-food-intolerances-businesses.html?printingPage=true <img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/09/04/article-0-0B0AC6B3000005DC-920_87x84.jpg" width="87" height="84" /><br/>The number of allergy sufferers has trebled in Britain in two decades. One in three of us develop an allergy and they affect about 40 per cent of children. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1309119/Allergies-Theyre-bread-butter-The-mothers-turned-childrens-food-intolerances-businesses.html?ITO=1490 Sat, 04 Sep 2010 23:56:47 GMT http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1309123/DR-ELLIE-CANNON-The-signs-heart-isn-t-doing-good-job.html?printingPage=true <img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/09/04/article-1309123-0060276C00000258-383_87x84.jpg" width="87" height="84" /><br/>Heart failure is a common condition, with almost 70,000 new cases every year. It occurs as a consequence of other conditions affecting the heart. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1309123/DR-ELLIE-CANNON-The-signs-heart-isn-t-doing-good-job.html?ITO=1490 Sat, 04 Sep 2010 21:40:41 GMT http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1308754/Scientists-soon-cure-malaria-patients-pill.html?printingPage=true <img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/09/03/article-1308754-005601D500000258-781_87x84.jpg" width="87" height="84" /><br/>Patients with malaria could soon be cured of the infection with a powerful new pill they would only need to take once. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1308754/Scientists-soon-cure-malaria-patients-pill.html?ITO=1490 Sat, 04 Sep 2010 02:13:43 GMT http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1308651/The-loneliest-child-Girl-3-solo-playground-built-contact-youngsters-kill-her.html?printingPage=true <img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/09/04/article-1308651-0B05D8FA000005DC-933_87x84.jpg" width="87" height="84" /><br/>Little Bea Todd is unable to play with other children because her immune system is so weak she could die if she catches a cold. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1308651/The-loneliest-child-Girl-3-solo-playground-built-contact-youngsters-kill-her.html?ITO=1490 Sat, 04 Sep 2010 02:07:40 GMT http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1308714/Blackcurrant-juice-prevent-aches-pains-exercise.html?printingPage=true <img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/09/03/article-1308714-0B06E729000005DC-316_87x84.jpg" width="87" height="84" /><br/>Volunteers who took an extract of the 'superfruit' in a pill form before and after exercise suffered less muscle damage and inflammation. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1308714/Blackcurrant-juice-prevent-aches-pains-exercise.html?ITO=1490 Sat, 04 Sep 2010 01:52:21 GMT http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1308834/Could-seaweed-extract-saviour-spotty-teenagers.html?printingPage=true <img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/09/03/article-0-0B07F0A3000005DC-345_87x84.jpg" width="87" height="84" /><br/>An active ingredient from a type of brown seaweed, apparently found only off the coast of Brittany - may provide a solution to problem spots and oily skin. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1308834/Could-seaweed-extract-saviour-spotty-teenagers.html?ITO=1490 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 23:34:56 GMT http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1308580/Cancer-risk-doubled-taknig-drugs-fight-bone-thinning.html?printingPage=true <img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/09/03/article-1308580-0B0539BA000005DC-192_87x84.jpg" width="87" height="84" /><br/>Hundreds of thousands of women taking drugs to combat bone thinning could be doubling their risk of cancer of the oesophagus, warn British researchers. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1308580/Cancer-risk-doubled-taknig-drugs-fight-bone-thinning.html?ITO=1490 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:16:07 GMT http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1308608/Gardeners-alert-man-catches-Legionnaires-disease-compost.html?printingPage=true <img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/09/03/article-1308608-090D6C70000005DC-334_87x84.jpg" width="87" height="84" /><br/>The 67-year-old man ended up in intensive care after being infected through a cut on his hand which he got while using a trowel. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1308608/Gardeners-alert-man-catches-Legionnaires-disease-compost.html?ITO=1490 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:14:06 GMT http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1308512/Older-women-prone-fertility-problems.html?printingPage=true <img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/09/02/article-1308512-00D6E785000004B0-86_87x84.jpg" width="87" height="84" /><br/>As a woman gets older, levels of a crucial protein that helps eggs prepare for the moment of fertilisation decline sharply, a team of British researchers has found. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1308512/Older-women-prone-fertility-problems.html?ITO=1490 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:51:13 GMT http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1308416/Girl-14-misdiagnosed-bulimia-food-months-fitted-stomach-pacemaker.html?printingPage=true <img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/09/02/article-1308416-0B04119C000005DC-50_87x84.jpg" width="87" height="84" /><br/>A 14-year-old Utah girl was told she had bulimia because she could not keep her food down until doctors realised she actually had a rare neurological disorder. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1308416/Girl-14-misdiagnosed-bulimia-food-months-fitted-stomach-pacemaker.html?ITO=1490 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:25:51 GMT http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1307926/Two-year-old-boys-worlds-youngest-person-receive-artificial-lung.html?printingPage=true <img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/09/01/article-1307926-0AFEB984000005DC-767_87x84.jpg" width="87" height="84" /><br/>A two-year-old boy whose heart stopped 10 times has made medical history after becoming the youngest person in the world to be fitted with an artificial lung. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1307926/Two-year-old-boys-worlds-youngest-person-receive-artificial-lung.html?ITO=1490 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:19:43 GMT http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1308384/Scientists-pinpoint-aggressive-breast-cancers-grow.html?printingPage=true <img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/09/02/article-1308384-0619E0AB000005DC-749_87x84.jpg" width="87" height="84" /><br/>Scientists searching for the source of aggressive breast cancers may have been looking in the wrong place, research suggests. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1308384/Scientists-pinpoint-aggressive-breast-cancers-grow.html?ITO=1490 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:17:33 GMT http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1308143/A-hug-sugar-free-way-ease-babys-pain.html?printingPage=true <img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/09/01/article-1308143-06E51DC9000005DC-979_87x84.jpg" width="87" height="84" /><br/>Giving newborn babies sugar does not help ease the pain of injections &#8211; and a cuddle from mum would perhaps do the job better, it is claimed. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1308143/A-hug-sugar-free-way-ease-babys-pain.html?ITO=1490 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 08:21:48 GMT http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1308220/The-berry-healthiest-How-organic-strawberries-nutritious.html?printingPage=true <img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/09/01/article-1308220-0B0140B2000005DC-503_87x84.jpg" width="87" height="84" /><br/>The most detailed study of its kind has found that organic strawberries contain higher levels of anti-cancer nutrients than fruit sprayed with chemical pesticides. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1308220/The-berry-healthiest-How-organic-strawberries-nutritious.html?ITO=1490 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 07:34:01 GMT http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1308181/Fish-oil-save-10-000-lives-year-preventing-heart-failure-deaths.html?printingPage=true <img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/09/01/article-0-007CA85A000004B0-440_87x84.jpg" width="87" height="84" /><br/>A review revealed omega-3 supplements prevented the deaths of almost one in ten patients with heart failure and around 8 per cent of hospital admissions. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1308181/Fish-oil-save-10-000-lives-year-preventing-heart-failure-deaths.html?ITO=1490 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:06:15 GMT http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1308102/Doctors-design-diet-aimed-cutting-heart-attack-risk-fifth.html?printingPage=true <img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/09/01/article-1308102-041323F9000005DC-501_87x84.jpg" width="87" height="84" /><br/>The Dishes on the Dash diet includes smoked salmon salad, pumpkin pie and a sweetcorn and red pepper frittata. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1308102/Doctors-design-diet-aimed-cutting-heart-attack-risk-fifth.html?ITO=1490 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 23:39:00 GMT http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1307623/Do-suffer-destination-amnesia-The-older-we-forget-told-things.html?printingPage=true <img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/09/02/article-1307623-0B018945000005DC-406_87x84.jpg" width="87" height="84" /><br/>Older adults are more likely to have destination memory failures - forgetting who they've shared or not shared information with, according to a new study. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1307623/Do-suffer-destination-amnesia-The-older-we-forget-told-things.html?ITO=1490 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 23:12:41 GMT http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1308182/Online-night-owls-risk-mental-illness-Sleepless-nights-blamed-rise-teen-depression.html?printingPage=true <img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/09/01/article-1308182-08BAD07A000005DC-796_87x84.jpg" width="87" height="84" /><br/>Young people who become sleep deprived by using the internet into the small hours are much more likely to become mentally ill in later life, research shows. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1308182/Online-night-owls-risk-mental-illness-Sleepless-nights-blamed-rise-teen-depression.html?ITO=1490 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:15:32 GMT http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1307854/Genetic-excuse-obesity-myth-Fat-gene-beaten-gym.html?printingPage=true <img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/08/31/article-1307854-0AEE4F62000005DC-371_87x84.jpg" width="87" height="84" /><br/>If you can't shift those extra pounds, it may be time to stop using your genes as an excuse. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1307854/Genetic-excuse-obesity-myth-Fat-gene-beaten-gym.html?ITO=1490 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:36:01 GMT http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1307998/Kangoo-The-workout-literally-turn-gym-bunny.html?printingPage=true <img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/09/01/article-1307998-0AFF84A2000005DC-105_87x84.jpg" width="87" height="84" /><br/>When I heard about Kangoo jumping - an exercise craze that is said to burn twice as many calories as running, while putting less strain on your joints, all I wanted to know was where do I sign up? http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1307998/Kangoo-The-workout-literally-turn-gym-bunny.html?ITO=1490 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:35:41 GMT http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1307911/Half-sun-seeking-Britons-sunburnt-despite-skin-cancer-risks.html?printingPage=true <img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/09/01/article-1307911-0A397BC2000005DC-680_87x84.jpg" width="87" height="84" /><br/>Nearly half of Britons got sunburnt this summer and many would be willing to risk it again in their search for a tan, a survey suggested today. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1307911/Half-sun-seeking-Britons-sunburnt-despite-skin-cancer-risks.html?ITO=1490 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:00:59 GMT http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1308106/Calls-cigarette-style-health-warnings-junk-food-addictive-heroin-cocaine.html?printingPage=true <img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/09/01/article-0-02974010000004B0-105_87x84.jpg" width="87" height="84" /><br/>Studies show that the fat, salt and sugar rush of fast food affects has the same effect on the brain as hard drugs. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1308106/Calls-cigarette-style-health-warnings-junk-food-addictive-heroin-cocaine.html?ITO=1490 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 20:58:14 GMT http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1307935/Two-young-sisters-double-mastectomy-breast-cancer-claims-mother-gran-great-aunts.html?printingPage=true <img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/09/01/article-1307935-0AFF1801000005DC-471_87x84.jpg" width="87" height="84" /><br/>Two young sisters in perfect health have had their breasts removed to cheat the deadly disease that has claimed the lives of both their mother and grandmother. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1307935/Two-young-sisters-double-mastectomy-breast-cancer-claims-mother-gran-great-aunts.html?ITO=1490 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 20:46:44 GMT http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1307751/Why-coffee-break-helps-live-longer-warding-heart-disease.html?printingPage=true <img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/08/31/article-1307751-0AFD0498000005DC-491_87x84.jpg" width="87" height="84" /><br/>A unique investigation into what helps people live to be 100 shows even those with high blood pressure are healthier after a daily cup of coffee. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1307751/Why-coffee-break-helps-live-longer-warding-heart-disease.html?ITO=1490 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 07:25:51 GMT http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1307730/Bedbugs-booming-Bloodsucker-invades-24-homes.html?printingPage=true <img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/09/01/article-1307730-0AFCB1BC000005DC-859_87x84.jpg" width="87" height="84" /><br/>Britain is facing a pandemic of bed bugs that could leave millions of homes infested, pest experts warned today. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1307730/Bedbugs-booming-Bloodsucker-invades-24-homes.html?ITO=1490 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 07:17:55 GMT http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1307672/Boy-5-saved-doctor-plays-space-invaders-blasting-kidney-stones-lasers.html?printingPage=true <img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/08/31/article-1307672-0AFB9CA3000005DC-983_87x84.jpg" width="87" height="84" /><br/>A five-year-old boy who developed 16 kidney stones has been saved after a doctor used a revolutionary technique to blast the growths with lasers. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1307672/Boy-5-saved-doctor-plays-space-invaders-blasting-kidney-stones-lasers.html?ITO=1490 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:49:45 GMT http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1307641/Multiple-sclerosis-sufferers-experience-worse-symptoms-warmer-months.html?printingPage=true <img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/08/31/article-1307641-0AFBE1B2000005DC-635_87x84.jpg" width="87" height="84" /><br/>Patients with multiple sclerosis may experience more severe symptoms at certain times of year, researchers said today. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1307641/Multiple-sclerosis-sufferers-experience-worse-symptoms-warmer-months.html?ITO=1490 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:49:40 GMT http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1307717/Ski-tourists-likely-heart-attack-start-holiday-end.html?printingPage=true <img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/08/31/article-1307717-05B5DD8C0000044D-146_87x84.jpg" width="87" height="84" /><br/>Most heart attacks in winter tourists taking skiing holidays happen in the first two days, say researchers. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1307717/Ski-tourists-likely-heart-attack-start-holiday-end.html?ITO=1490 Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:13:59 GMT http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1307673/First-day-school-A-fathers-pride-miracle-triplets-told-have.html?printingPage=true <img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/08/31/article-1307673-0AFB5578000005DC-438_87x84.jpg" width="87" height="84" /><br/>Triplets Finley ,Olivia and Caitlin Stevenson were born despite the fact their dad Tim had been told by doctors that he would never have children. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1307673/First-day-school-A-fathers-pride-miracle-triplets-told-have.html?ITO=1490 Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:45:48 GMT