Add to My Stories Researchers believe an injection could be a realistic solution for severe and chronic depression A jab of genes to the brain could help treat severe depression, according to scientists. Depression affects in one five Britons at some point in their life, with women twice as likely to be struck down by the condition as men. Anti-depressants do not work for everyone and can cause side-effects from suicide and suicidal thoughts to self harm, anxiety, insomnia, nausea, headaches and vomiting
Add to My Stories Jade Goody in March 2009 – the reality TV star, who had cervical cancer, died days later. Now experts fear young women are forgetting about her case and ignoring invitations to have a smear test The number of women tested for cervical cancer dropped by 300,000 compared to last year, according to new NHS figures. The report said 3.3 million women aged 25 to 64 in England were tested under the NHS Cervical Screening Programme in 2009-10, a drop from the previous year’s peak of 3.6 million
Add to My Stories The number of cancer cases has increased by four per cent, according to figures out today, with 9,500 more patients being diagnosed. In 2008 almost 5,000 more men (4 per cent) and 4,500 women (3.7 per cent) in England were told they had the condition compared to 2007. The total number of new cases topped a quarter of a million.
New York City is under attack from a mass infestation of bedbugs that is leaving a trail of itching, sleep deprivation and panic in its wake. Since the early days of moving pictures, a favourite staple of Hollywood has been to imagine New York city being invaded by nasty creatures that hide in dark corners.
The body image stars are aligned this week. The NOW Foundation is launching their ” Love Your Body ” campaign. The ” Inner Weigh ,” the weight loss documentary that we’ve all been waiting for premieres in Los Angeles on Wednesday, October 20, and coincidentally Norman Kamali, fashion icon, kicks off “Wellness Wednesdays” at the Norma Kamali Wellness Cafe in NYC
INDIANAPOLIS — State insurance commissioners agreed to a framework for regulations for medical loss ratios, an obscure statistic that will become noteworthy to consumers after next year because it might lead to rebates. The new health care law established minimum medical loss rations for insurers, basically setting the percentage of premiums an insurer must spend on health care.
Earlier this week I asked you to send thank-you notes to one of America’s biggest health insurers for helping to shed light on an important policy matter. If you did, thank you, but please don’t put your good stationery away just yet.
