http://healthbump.info Online Health News Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:48:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://healthbump.info/7213/running-a-marathon-can-damage-the-heart-for-three-months.html http://healthbump.info/7213/running-a-marathon-can-damage-the-heart-for-three-months.html#comments Mon, 25 Oct 2010 17:14:55 +0000 HealthGuru http://healthbump.info/7213/running-a-marathon-can-damage-the-heart-for-three-months.html Add to My Stories Marathons are ever popular with celebrities like chef Gordon Ramsay regularly taking part. But even healthy competitors could hurt their hearts Marathon runners who are not fully fit should take heed - they can cause damage to their heart that will take three months to repair, according to researchers. ]]> http://healthbump.info/7213/running-a-marathon-can-damage-the-heart-for-three-months.html/feed 4 http://healthbump.info/7200/beware-the-botch-concerns-over-increase-in-laser-therapy-injuries.html http://healthbump.info/7200/beware-the-botch-concerns-over-increase-in-laser-therapy-injuries.html#comments Sun, 24 Oct 2010 17:58:02 +0000 HealthGuru http://healthbump.info/7200/beware-the-botch-concerns-over-increase-in-laser-therapy-injuries.html Add to My Stories In the right hands, medical lasers can have almost miraculous effects. They can erase unsightly thread veins and birthmarks, and treat the redness of the skin disease rosacea. These powerful beams of light even reduce scarring and stretch marks, and eliminate unwanted body hair. ]]> http://healthbump.info/7200/beware-the-botch-concerns-over-increase-in-laser-therapy-injuries.html/feed 0 http://healthbump.info/7194/patient-anger-over-swine-flu-jab-by-stealth.html http://healthbump.info/7194/patient-anger-over-swine-flu-jab-by-stealth.html#comments Sun, 24 Oct 2010 17:57:59 +0000 HealthGuru http://healthbump.info/7194/patient-anger-over-swine-flu-jab-by-stealth.html Add to My Stories Patients' groups have expressed anger over this year's seasonal flu jab programme because people are unable to opt out of having the swine flu vaccine. The H1N1 vaccine will be the dominant of three flu strains included in the shot, meaning? millions of elderly and vulnerable patients will get it automatically. ]]> http://healthbump.info/7194/patient-anger-over-swine-flu-jab-by-stealth.html/feed 1 http://healthbump.info/7186/falklands-war-hero-robert-lawrence-miraculous-recovery-inspires-his-action-holiday-charity.html http://healthbump.info/7186/falklands-war-hero-robert-lawrence-miraculous-recovery-inspires-his-action-holiday-charity.html#comments Sun, 24 Oct 2010 17:57:57 +0000 HealthGuru http://healthbump.info/7186/falklands-war-hero-robert-lawrence-miraculous-recovery-inspires-his-action-holiday-charity.html Add to My Stories A battered red scrapbook stuffed with yellow newspaper clippings and a few old photographs are the only memorabilia Robert Lawrence has of his Falklands War. ‘The dog ate it,’ he quips, slinging it down on the kitchen counter and pulling up a stool. ]]> http://healthbump.info/7186/falklands-war-hero-robert-lawrence-miraculous-recovery-inspires-his-action-holiday-charity.html/feed 0 http://healthbump.info/7159/the-scone-thats-as-salty-as-a-big-mac.html http://healthbump.info/7159/the-scone-thats-as-salty-as-a-big-mac.html#comments Sat, 23 Oct 2010 20:34:36 +0000 HealthGuru http://healthbump.info/7159/the-scone-thats-as-salty-as-a-big-mac.html Add to My Stories You might not be surprised by the fat and sugar content of your coffee-shop treat. But there is a third and less likely sting for those partial to a scone or a muffin. ]]> http://healthbump.info/7159/the-scone-thats-as-salty-as-a-big-mac.html/feed 0 http://healthbump.info/7153/spider-girl-web-like-device-helps-cerebral-palsy-sufferer-grace-4-move-again.html http://healthbump.info/7153/spider-girl-web-like-device-helps-cerebral-palsy-sufferer-grace-4-move-again.html#comments Sat, 23 Oct 2010 20:34:32 +0000 HealthGuru http://healthbump.info/7153/spider-girl-web-like-device-helps-cerebral-palsy-sufferer-grace-4-move-again.html Add to My Stories A little girl crippled by cerebral palsy has been helped to regain movement in her body by an extraordinary piece of gym equipment called The Spider. The unique device is so named because it is built like a spider’s web that holds youngsters up with elastic ropes. Grace Windram, four, could barely move when she first started using the apparatus at Footsteps physiotherapy centre in Warborough, Oxfordshire. ]]> http://healthbump.info/7153/spider-girl-web-like-device-helps-cerebral-palsy-sufferer-grace-4-move-again.html/feed 0 http://healthbump.info/7150/baby-brain-no-having-a-child-makes-you-more-intelligent.html http://healthbump.info/7150/baby-brain-no-having-a-child-makes-you-more-intelligent.html#comments Sat, 23 Oct 2010 20:34:30 +0000 HealthGuru http://healthbump.info/7150/baby-brain-no-having-a-child-makes-you-more-intelligent.html Add to My Stories New mothers often grumble that their brain has turned into mush. But having a baby may actually make you brighter, a study has found. Research shows that a woman’s grey matter grows in the weeks and months after she has given birth. ]]> http://healthbump.info/7150/baby-brain-no-having-a-child-makes-you-more-intelligent.html/feed 0 http://healthbump.info/7129/mri-scans-can-lead-to-unnecessary-breast-surgery-for-cancer-patients.html http://healthbump.info/7129/mri-scans-can-lead-to-unnecessary-breast-surgery-for-cancer-patients.html#comments Fri, 22 Oct 2010 23:19:13 +0000 HealthGuru http://healthbump.info/7129/mri-scans-can-lead-to-unnecessary-breast-surgery-for-cancer-patients.html Add to My Stories An MRI scan of a 50 year old woman's breast. The malignant (cancerous) tumour has been highlighted in yellow. ]]> http://healthbump.info/7129/mri-scans-can-lead-to-unnecessary-breast-surgery-for-cancer-patients.html/feed 0 http://healthbump.info/7125/scorpion-has-welcome-sting-for-heart-patients-by-preventing-bypass-failures.html http://healthbump.info/7125/scorpion-has-welcome-sting-for-heart-patients-by-preventing-bypass-failures.html#comments Fri, 22 Oct 2010 23:19:10 +0000 HealthGuru http://healthbump.info/7125/scorpion-has-welcome-sting-for-heart-patients-by-preventing-bypass-failures.html Add to My Stories A toxin found in the venom of a fearsome scorpion could hold the key to reducing heart bypass failures, according to British researchers. A bypass is performed to improve blood flow to the heart in people with severe coronary artery disease who are at risk of heart attack. The bark scorpion is not deadly but has a painful sting]]> http://healthbump.info/7125/scorpion-has-welcome-sting-for-heart-patients-by-preventing-bypass-failures.html/feed 0 http://healthbump.info/7117/why-modern-life-does-cause-cancer.html http://healthbump.info/7117/why-modern-life-does-cause-cancer.html#comments Fri, 22 Oct 2010 23:19:07 +0000 HealthGuru http://healthbump.info/7117/why-modern-life-does-cause-cancer.html Add to My Stories Cancer is often regarded in our society as a natural, if grim, part of the human ­condition — a dark shadow that hangs over our health. This is hardly surprising, given that one in three people develop cancer at some stage in their lives, with the disease ultimately responsible for a quarter of all deaths in Britain. ]]> http://healthbump.info/7117/why-modern-life-does-cause-cancer.html/feed 1