Baby born two days after mother died- The Guardian 13th January 2009
A former British champion ice skater who collapsed and died from a brain haemorrhage gave birth to a baby girl two days later. Jayne Soliman, 41, was declared brain-dead at Oxford’s John Radcliffe hospital but doctors managed to keep her heart beating long enough to deliver Aya Jayne by caesarean section. Ms Soliman was 25 weeks’ pregnant when she collapsed in her bedroom last Wednesday after suffering a headache. She was airlifted to the hospital but was pronounced dead at 8pm.
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- Ice skater Jayne Soliman gave birth two days after fatal brain haemorrhage – The Guardian 12th January 2009
- Miracle of baby born to mother who had been dead for two days – The Independent 13th January 2009
- Baby born two days after mother’s death – The Independent 12th January 2009
- Ice skater Jayne Soliman gives birth after being declared brain dead – The Times 13th January 2009
- Ice skater gives birth two days after dying from brain haemorrhage – The Telegraph 13th January 2009
- Her mum would’ve have loved her so much: Tearful words of man whose baby was born TWO DAYS after wife died – Daily Mail 13th January 2009
- Baby girl born to ‘dead’ mother – BBC Health News 12th January 2009
Pupils who are seriously ill need extra help and reassurance. So do their friends and teachers – The Guardian 13th January 2009
Pupils who are seriously ill need extra help and reassurance. So do their friends – and teachers, too
Former occupant of Rutherford’s nuclear laboratory becomes latest to develop cancer – The Guardian 13th January 2009
Former occupant of Rutherford’s nuclear laboratory becomes latest to develop cancer. Francis Beckett reports
Councils feel the pressure as recession deepens – The Guardian 12th January 2009
Local authorities across the country are feeling the strain as people turn to them for help and development projects collapse
Funding halted for stem cell research – The Independent 13th January 2009
Britain’s effort to lead the world in stem cell research with the creation of human-animal “hybrid” clones has ground to a halt through lack of funding less than a year after the controversial technique was legalised.
Funding bodies are refusing to finance the research and existing projects have been run down to the point at which they may end completely within weeks.
- Leading article: The cost of progress – The Independent 13th January 2009
- Sophie Petit-Zeman: Can it be ethical to prevent this crucial work? – The Independent 13th January 2009
MPs criticise plan for GP-led health centres – The Independent 13th January 2009
A committee of MPs has criticised moves by the Government to introduce GP-led health centres in every part of the country. Officials have been unable to give details of the criteria on which primary care trusts (PCTs) should decide if they need them, the Commons Health Select Committee said. While some places in England may benefit, there is not enough evidence to say all areas require them, it said. The Government has said every one of the 152 PCTs in England must introduce a GP-led health centre, open from 8am to 8pm seven days a week.
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- GP super-surgeries not needed in many areas: MPs – The Telegraph 13th January 2009
- Poor managers ‘put NHS at risk’ – BBC Health News 13th January 2009
How to get the benefit of rising life expectancy – The Independent 13th January 2009
It’s the diet for those of us who aspire to live until we’re 90. Scientists and researchers from the British Nutrition Foundation have created an anti-ageing plan and say that it has never been more important to control what we eat.
MMR scare ‘fuelled by ministers’ – The Independent 13th January 2009
Ministers are “fuelling the controversy” over health risks linked to the MMR vaccine by suppressing information about the decision to embark upon a national immunisation programme more than 20 years ago, the information watchdog has warned. The Information Commissioner Richard Thomas has ordered the Department of Health to release a raft of 1988 documents under the Freedom of Information Act, saying that he believes it is in the public interest.
Charity backs mother Lisa Chamberlain over Siamese twins – The Times 13th January 2009
A woman pregnant with conjoined twins who have one body and two heads has been backed by a charity in her decision not to seek an abortion. Lisa Chamberlain, 25, a Roman Catholic, had a scan last week that showed she was carrying dicephalous embryos.
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- Conjoined twins: Woman pregnant with twins with two heads and single body – The Telegraph 12th January 2009
- Woman keeps rare conjoined twins – BBC Health News 12th January 2009
Widow hopes for child by late husband – The Times 13th January 2009
A young widow hopes to use her late husband’s sperm to have his child, after he died of a brain tumour. Chris James, 29, died on December 8, only weeks after he started having severe headaches. His tumour was inoperable but before starting chemotherapy a sample of his sperm was stored in the hope that he and his wife, Angeleen Leckie-James, 30, of Redfield, Bristol, could have children. The couple were married for 18 months and had been trying for a family before Mr James’s tumour was diagnosed in November.
Baby P: Sharon Shoesmith loses appeal over sacking from Haringey Council – The Telegraph 13th January 2009
Sharon Shoesmith, the former children’s services chief who lost her job over the Baby P tragedy, has lost an appeal against her sacking from Haringey Council.
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Boy of five becomes smallest patient to get brain implant – The Telegraph 13th January 2009
A five-year-old boy who weighs only two stone as a result of being born at 24 weeks has become the smallest patient in Britain to be fitted with a brain implant.
Men with stressful jobs ‘double the chance of having a stroke’ – The Telegraph 13th January 2009
Having a stressful job can double a man’s chances of suffering a stroke, a new study has shown.
One in four women have had unprotected sex after running out of contraceptive pill – The Telegraph 12th January 2009
One in four young women on the Pill admit that they have had unprotected sex because they ran out of the contraceptive.
Britain ‘has fewer hospital beds than Lithuania and Hungary’ – The Telegraph 12th January 2009
Britain has fewer hospital beds per head of population than almost any other European country, with half as many as Lithuania and Hungary, according to official figures.
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Type 1 diabetes: how schools are failing some children – The Telegraph 12th January 2009
Children with type 1 diabetes are not being given help with vital injections and blood testing in some schools.
‘I allowed my badly behaved stepchildren to be taken into care. Only now do I realise how much I have lost’ – The Telegraph 12th January 2009
In this week’s Lifeclass, Lesley Garner advises readers on the often thorny issues involved in step-parenting.
Ask the doctor: My muscles ache – are heart pills to blame? – Daily Mail 13th January 2009
I’m 69 and have had a muscular groin problem for a long time. One doctor said it was a sprain, like footballers get, but a scan proved negative. Then I read in the Mail about 80mg doses of statin drugs causing muscular problems. Every night for more than a year I have taken an 80mg Atorvastatin tablet. While my doctor was on holiday I took just half the pill, and in three weeks my groin pain cleared up completely. Why didn’t it occur to him that the statin was causing the problem
Midwives’ workload surges under Labour – leading to 1,000 ‘needless’ deaths a year – Daily Mail 13th January 2009
The decline of maternity care under Labour was highlighted last night by figures showing that midwives are more overworked than they have been for at least a decade. NHS midwives are delivering far more babies per year than stipulated by safety guidelines – putting mothers and babies at risk.
Hormone clue could lead to pre-natal screening for autism – Daily Mail 13th January 2009
Babies exposed to high levels of testosterone in the womb have a higher risk of developing autistic traits, research has revealed. The link to the male hormone could provide a way to test unborn babies for the condition and has added a new dimension to the debate about the ethics of screening.
You’re too fat to adopt: 24st husband told he has too many health risks – Daily Mail 12th January 2009
Having found out they could not have a child of their own, Damien and Charlotte Hall decided to offer a loving home to one waiting in care. But their dream of adopting was shattered when they were told that Mr Hall, 37, was too fat. It has emerged that council officials have ruled the couple are not suitable as he weighs 24-and-a-half stone and has a body mass index (BMI) of more than 42, classing him as very obese.
Hormone headaches blight the lives of 5m women every month – Daily Mail 12th January 2009
At least five million women suffer ‘hormone headaches’ each month, according to researchers. They said some get headaches lasting several days and have to plan their diaries around the pain. Changes in sex hormones are blamed for the migraine-style attacks which some sufferers have endured for many years as part of their menstrual cycle.
TV presenter Yvette Fielding: ‘I’ve had my womb removed to end my agonising periods’ – Daily Mail 12th January 2009
There’s hardly a woman on earth who hasn’t suffered from period pains at some point in her life. For the most it’s nothing more than a mild ache. Others might need a painkiller to ease the abdominal cramps. But for 15 per cent of women the pain is so debilitating it affects their daily lives and even their ability to sleep. TV presenter Yvette Fielding was one of those women. ‘Every month, for a whole week, the pain was atrocious, spreading all the way down my thighs,’ she says. ‘Often, all I could do was take strong painkillers and go to bed for two days.’
How to add years to your life: Own a pet, clear out the clutter and look at a nice view – Daily Mail 12th January 2009
We all know that smoking can cut our life expectancy and regular exercise can extend it – but, according to hospital doctor Trisha Macnair, there are a host of other factors that can significantly affect our longevity. For example, did you know that working in a room with a great view may help you live longer? Or that low self-esteem has been shown to knock years off your life? Starting from an average lifespan of 70, read through the following factors and add or subtract the recommended number of years if that factor applies to you…
The fat bloke’s slimmer! After shedding a massive 3st, Bruce Byron reveals the simple secrets that proved so successful – Daily Mail 12th January 2009
Nine months ago actor Bruce Byron – who is married to TV psychologist Tanya Byron – began a fortnightly column in Good Health documenting his struggle with mid-life bulge. He is now just 13 stone, three stone lighter and his ideal weight. Here, Bruce, 49, reveals for the first time the family tragedy behind his determination to lose weight – and shares the simple secrets that proved so successful for him.
Sir Terry Pratchett trials revolutionary light helmet that promises to slow Alzheimer’s – Daily Mail 12th January 2009
Sir Terry Pratchett has been trialling a revolutionary new device that claims to slow, and even reverse the effects of Alzheimer’s. The award-winning author, who was diagnosed with dementia in 2007, is one of the first patients in the UK to try the anti-dementia helmet. The device sends intense bursts of light at a particular wavelength the a patient’s skull.
Got a bad cough? Maybe you need a gastric band – Daily Mail 12th January 2009
A persistent cough can be a sign of reflux disease, which affects around a million Britons. A form of gastric bypass surgery is being used to cure it. Davinia Jones, 48, a divorced mother of four from Hull, talks to LUCY ELKINS about her experience, while her surgeon explains the procedure.
Back pain: Experts definitive guide to what really works – and what doesn’t – Daily Mail 12th January 2009
Lasers. Acupuncture. Heat wraps. There’s so many ‘cures’ for back pain, it’s hard to know which to trust. Now medical experts have analysed the evidence to produce the first definitive guide to what works – and what doesn’t.
Four-hour wait for a lifesaving ambulance trip – Daily Mail 12th January 2009
Patients with life-threatening conditions are waiting up to four hours for an ambulance. One man with suspected poisoning had to wait three hours 47 minutes for an ambulance to drive less than a mile to treat him. Others suffering from severe breathing difficulties have had to wait two hours for medical help to arrive.
Jane Clarke: Grumpy teens need a good square meal – Daily Mail 12th January 2009
Every Tuesday, Britain’s leading nutritionist explains how to eat your way to health. This week, Jane explains why a sound diet is good for teenagers’ minds as well as their bodies…
The dose of flu that was really a stroke. . . and why we ALL need to learn the warning signs – Daily Mail 12th January 2009
When Janel Rejna developed flu-like symptoms, she put it down to a virus and assumed she’d soon recover. But over the following days, those symptoms – a high temperature, cough, sore throat and pains – worsened and she went to her GP. ‘I wouldn’t normally have bothered but I was expecting my second child and wanted to be sure the baby would be all right,’ says the primary school teacher from North London. Over the next ten days she saw three different doctors, who each diagnosed a virus and said it would pass.
Can a £40 holiday jab prevent skin cancer? Promising new research shows vaccine can reduce up to 70% of cases – Daily Mail 12th January 2009
A £40 travel jab given to thousands of British holiday-makers every year could also prevent the most deadly form of skin cancer. New research shows the yellow fever vaccine could slash the risk of malignant melanoma by up to 70 per cent. It works by ‘priming’ the immune system to be on the alert for changes in cells that could lead to a melanoma.
New device offers a breath of fresh air for bad sleepers – Daily Mail 12th January 2009
A new ‘intelligent breathing’ device for people suffering from sleep apnoea can predict when patients will stop breathing and actually prevent this from happening. Sleep apnoea affects about one million Britons. It causes the patient to stop breathing for long periods at night – either because of an obstruction in the airways or because of another health problem, such as heart disease – and then wake up.
Chronically ill elderly ‘to rise’ – BBC Health News 13th January 2009
The UK’s ageing population is set to cause a huge rise in the number of older people living with long-term illnesses, campaigners have said. Help the Aged says that by 2025 there will be a big increase in the number of over-65s with heart disease, osteoporosis and dementia.
‘Many teen mums are just lonely’ – BBC Health News 12th January 2009
With over 40,000 pregnancies to girls aged under 18 every year Britain has the worst record on teenage pregnancy in western Europe. There are so many young mothers on the Gleadless Valley Estate in Sheffield that is known locally as “Push Chair Alley”.
Real-life sagas in hospital show – BBC Health News 12th January 2009
A new BBC series has gone behind the scenes at one of the biggest hospitals in the UK to tell the real-life sagas of the people who work there. From porters to surgeons, cooks to nurses and waste disposal workers to doctors, Hospital 24/7, which begins on Monday, followed the professional dramas at the University Hospital of Wales (UHW), Cardiff, for a week in the autumn of 2008.
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