| Shining a light on acne Laser treatment may be the new panacea for the condition, says Jane Alexander. telegraph.co.uk |
Alert issued on danger supplement Food watchdogs have issued an alert after finding that a chemical marketed as a health supplement was similar to industrial-strength bleach. bbc.co.uk |
More than 30 maternity and casualty units facing the axe Patients' groups said the scale of the closures was "unprecedented," and threaten public confidence in ministers' pledges to protect the NHS frontline. telegraph.co.uk |
WHO: 1 billion suffer from hidden tropical disease By COLLEEN BARRY 2010-10-14T12:27:48ZGENEVA (AP) -- The World Health Organization estimated Thursday that 1 billion of the world's poorest people suffer from neglected tropical diseases such as dengue, rabies and leprosy that remain concentrated in remote rural areas and urban slums despite being mostly eradicated from large areas of the world.... hosted.ap.org |
Care cuts 'may hit hospital beds' Hospital beds in England could fill up with the elderly and vulnerable, preventing urgent medical care for those who need it, a senior NHS figure has said. bbc.co.uk |