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News : September 2007

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

Zurich enhances protection proposition Zurich has launched two new products for the mortgage and personal protection markets. Decreasing Mortgage Cover and Level Protection Plan - offer a number of combinations of cover, including...
Aetna to acquire Goodhealth Worldwide US based international insurer Aetna has entered into an agreement to acquire Goodhealth Worldwide, a leading managing general underwriter for international private medical insurance that offers...
Mould-free homes good for asthma Asthma patients can help to ease their symptoms by ensuring that they live in a mould-free environment, researchers have claimed.A study by experts at Cardiff University has found that asthma...
Third of couples experience fertility problems More than £1 billion is being spent on infertility treatment by couples in the UK, with more than one in three now thought to experience fertility problems.The latest National Fertility Survey,...
Avocado compound may provide new cancer treatment New research has shown that nutrients from Hass avocados can prevent the development of oral cancer, a finding that may one day lead to a new cancer treatment.Scientists from Ohio State University...
Child asthma sufferers 'not getting best drugs' Some doctors are failing to follow the British Thoracic Society's (BTS) prescriptions guidance, meaning that children are not being given the most suitable asthma medication, a study has...
PruHealth and Sainsburys encourage customers to eat healthily PruHealth, the innovative private medical insurer has partnered with leading supermarket Sainsburys in a move that could see PruHealth customers rewarded for buying fresh fruit and vegetables at...
Indian hospitals treating rejected NHS patients Hospitals in India are seeing more and more patients from the UK, thanks to cost-effective procedures and the problems of treatment availability on the NHS, experts have said.According to the Taj...
Families in future healthcare plight Latest research by health cash and private medical insurer HSA reveals a worrying picture for the future health of the UK.The annual benchmark survey has found that the nation is losing its faith in...
LV= sets out transparent approach to protection claims LV= sets out transparent approach to protection claimsClear, comprehensive up-front disclosure is key to customer confidence, and will help tackle fraud Customers should not have to battle to have...
Norwich Union Healthcare customers to see enhancement to outpatient psychiatric benefit Norwich Union Healthcare is enhancing policy benefits on outpatient treatment for acute psychiatric conditions. Affecting all policies with outpatient psychiatric benefit, the streamlined referral...
Travel agents mis-selling travel insurance Sainsbury's Travel Insurance is urging holidaymakers to stand up to those travel agents still using bullying tactics to sell insurance. Its alarming new research estimates that in the past 12 months...
Travel industry ignores disabled Disabled holidaymakers face so many problems travelling abroad that many do not bother taking a holiday, disability charity Leonard Cheshire warns in a new report Wish You Were Here . The charity...
Doctors stress importance of travel vaccinations Medics are reminding holidaymakers of the need to get vaccinated against tropical illnesses before travelling overseas, following the news that typhoid cases are on the rise.According to figures from...
Doctors question value of diabetes self-monitoring A report in the online version of the British Medical Journal has questioned the value of self-monitoring among patients with diabetes, after many revealed that they do not bother with the...
Pensioner chooses Poland for hip replacement A pensioner has returned to the UK after visiting Poland for a hip replacement.William Foreman, a 66-year-old from Suffolk, decided to shun the NHS after experiencing problems with waiting lists,...

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