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Treatment news : October 2006

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

Vitamin D linked to breast cancer prevention Countries that have more sunlight have lower incidence of breast cancer, therefore providing evidence that the disease might be curbed by the sun's naturally-occuring vitamin D, says a recent...
Breast cancer research news : Breast cancer patients with anaemia advised to exercise Breast cancer patients with the common disorder of anaemia could help tackle the problem with moderate exercise, new research has found. People suffering from anaemia often feel weak or tired and the...
Breast cancer : Chemotherapy delay following breast surgery 'okay' A study has shown that it is safe for women who have undergone surgery for early-stage breast cancer to delay chemotherapy for up to 12 weeks.Chemotherapy is a proven form of cancer treatment and is...
Bupa opens emergency treatment centre Bupa has opened a casualty clinic at Wellesley Hospital in Southend Essex which offers treatments for minor injuries or illness, Health Insurance and Protection Magazine reports.The clinic will...
Causes of obesity: Food cravings likened to drug addiction The food cravings experienced by some obese patients are due to the same brain circuits that cause cravings in drug addicts, a study has revealed. Researchers at the US Department of Energy's...
Flu jab availability: Delay in flu jabs leads to NHS rationing Many patients who had hoped to get their annual flu jab on the NHS are now considering having the vaccination at a private clinic, after the government confirmed that this year's flu vaccine has been...
Stroke rehabilitation: "BOTOX® could be useful tool" BOTOX® injections could provide an element of relief for patients going through the trauma of stroke rehabilitation.A new study, led by Dr Elie Elovic of Kessler Medical Rehabilitation Research...
Stem cells used to treat motor neurone disease Early tests of stem cells therapy in rat testing have shown they might be able to prevent or treat motor neurone disease (MND).Researchers at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, said that rats that...
More Scots turn to private treatment Scotland is turning to private health coverage, and the record £105 million was spent on private medical insurance in 2005, new figures from the private sector have revealed.Health care is...
Cervical cancer vaccine now available in the UK A new vaccine that could save thousands of women from the ravages of cervical cancer is now available privately in the UK.According to vaccine maker Sanofi Pasteur there are now over 100,000 doses of...
Dementia relieving drugs : Alzheimer's drug only to be available privately A series of dementia relieving drugs will not be available to Alzheimer's sufferers following a ruling by the National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE).The drugs still got a step up...
Rheumatoid Arthritis treatment : Arthritis drug not being made available through NHS Rheumatoid arthritis patients are not getting the access to the drugs they need in an unofficial "post code" distribution access by the National Health Service (NHS), according to a recent...
Amniotic-fluid embolism (AFE) : Warnings issued on drug-induced labour Drugs that induce labour could bring on a rare but fatal syndrome in women giving birth, according to a study in the Lancet.The amniotic-fluid embolism (AFE) is a condition that occurs when a...
Breast cancer care: Celebrity case 'distorts perception of breast cancer' The high-profile story of Kylie Minogue's fight against breast cancer has helped to increase public awareness of the disease but may have misled the public over the age at which it usually...
Cost of smoking to the NHS: Smokers to be denied NHS ops Patients who refuse to give up smoking will not receive certain operations on the NHS, health bosses have revealed.Hospitals in Norfolk and Newcastle, both of which are battling severe financial...
Bone marrow cancer drug not available on NHS A new drug to slow the advance of bone marrow cancer will not be available to Welsh and English patients, says a leaked NHS report.The report, leaked to the Daily Mail, said the drug Velcade is not...
Obesity surgery gives women pregnancy hope A growing number of severely overweight women are turning to obesity surgery in the hopes of increasing their chances of becoming pregnant.Consultant Steve Pollard told BBC News that around 30,000...
ECG test on sale to the public in UK The world's first intelligent personal ECG (electrocardiogram) is now for sale to the public in the UK from Medick Healthcare.The heart monitor uses neural network software to monitor rhythms in such...
MRSA in hospitals : Disinfectant reduces MRSA by 75% An anti-bacterial cleaning agent has been confirmed to nearly eradicate the hospital super-bug MRSA in a recent study.Byotrol cleaning compound used on door handles, bed rails, patient contact...
More delays as NHS cancels 620 operations a day Around 162,000 operations may have been cancelled last year because of NHS administration errors.Conservative MP Grant Shapps has claimed the figure after extrapolating from information obtained...

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