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Treatment news : January 2008

Private Healthcare UK keeps you up to date with the latest news and developments in private treatment in the UK.

Renew Medica launches Medi-Spa in Harrods Renew Medica, the market leader in non-surgical cosmetic procedures and Laser Hair Removal and Advanced Skin Treatment in London and the South East, have brought Harley Street procedures to Harrods,...
Young people 'need better relationship advice' Young people need better education on sex and relationships to help them make informed decisions about their sexual health experts have claimed.According to the Family Planning Association (fpa), sex...
Magnetic hip replacement may last a lifetime British surgeons have created a new magnetic hip replacement that they claim can last a lifetime.According to orthopaedic surgeons Paul Lee and Michael Clarke, the MagneHip lasts for at least three...
Obesity surgery may treat diabetes Obesity surgery can help to reverse type-2 diabetes, Australian researchers have found.A study at Monash University, Melbourne, found that patients who underwent obesity surgery were far more likely...
Spire Healthcare offers life-changing eye treatment Patients who are unable to access a treatment for age-related blindness can now get the treatment at 13 Spire Healthcare hospitals around the UK.Around one in eight people over the age of 85 suffer...
Spire healthcare gives patients their sight back A new quick procedure not widely available on the NHS which treats age related blindness disease is now available at 13 Spire Healthcare hospitals around the UK. Age-related macular degeneration...
Hull becomes the latest clinic to guard against IVF mix ups One of the UK's top fertility clinics has started using a groundbreaking new system to guard against IVF mix-ups. Hull IVF Unit, which was recently given a five star rating in the latest ivfworld.com...
Expert advocates obesity surgery Obesity surgery is the "best suitable option" for morbidly obese people, an expert in India has claimed.Dr Rajsekhar Nayak, who did much of his training in the UK, recently set up an...
New cancer treatment for Leukaemia A new study has identified cells that are at the root of a particular form of childhood leukaemia, paving the way for new treatments for the disease.Researchers from the charity Leukaemia Research...
Study finds wide variation in NHS treatment times Patients undergoing surgery on the NHS may spend differing lengths of time in hospital depending on whereabouts they live in the UK, figures suggest.Research has found that the length of average...
HIV survey raises sexual health concerns A new survey has revealed that more than 90 per cent of Britons do not have a full understanding of the way in which HIV is transmitted and many are putting their health at risk as a...
Knee injuries - winter sports dangers Experts have warned consumers of the dangers of extreme sports, which often result in the need for knee surgery.Sports such as downhill ski racing and snowboarding often involve potentially dangerous...
Partial knee replacement increasingly popular A growing number of people are opting to have partial knee replacement surgery, surgeons have revealed.According to a paper in the Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, many...
Black women 'need cancer treatment earlier' A new study suggests that black women are likely to be diagnosed with breast cancer at an earlier age than white women.Researchers found that the average age of breast cancer diagnosis at Homerton...
Junk food not seen as a treat, poll shows A new poll has shown that more than two thirds of British kids do not see junk food as a treat.The British Heart Foundation (BHF) found that 67 per cent of children do not consider eating fast food...
Cancer patients face infertility treatment lottery Medical experts are calling for a national strategy to ensure all cancer patients have equal access to fully funded infertility treatment.Some forms of cancer treatment, including chemotherapy, some...
Obesity surgery helping women to conceive A growing number of severely overweight women are turning to obesity surgery in a bid to increase their chances of motherhood, experts have revealed.Doctors said that there has been an increase in...
Trial obesity treatment cuts appetite A drug developed by Merck could provide a new form of obesity treatment after clinical trials showed it can reduce appetite.The new weight loss drug, taranabant, was tested on 533 obese patients and...
Brain circuits linked to obesity A laboratory claims to have made a breakthrough in the search for obesity treatment.Researchers at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) used an expandable balloon in volunteers' stomachs to test...
Obesity treatment for over 60s TV's X-Factor judge Sharon Osbourne is boosting the popularity of weight-loss surgery for older women. Latest figures from private hospital group Spire Healthcare show the number of over 60s having...

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