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UK’s third most common lung disease is overlooked
Bronchiectasis, first described by Rene Laennec in 1819, is a common long term respiratory condition caused by permanently damaged airways. Over one in 1000 people in the UK now suffer from the disease.
By Dr Adam Hill | Health, Notebook | Monday, 6 August 2012 at 12:20 pm
Benefits and targets: Sickness and disability are not the same
“Do you have the potential to return to work?” states Chris Grayling, Minister for Employment. It seems a very reasonable question, and when the idea of Employment Support Allowance was initially mooted during the mid noughties at a time of high employment and economic boom it was an admirable aim.
By Kaliya Franklin | Health, Notebook, Opinion | Tuesday, 31 July 2012 at 3:05 pm
The staggering cost of eating disorders in England
If ever there was a reason to emphasise the desperate need for early intervention, greater awareness and compulsory education on the subject of eating disorders, this is it.
By Ilona Burton | Health, Notebook, Opinion | Tuesday, 31 July 2012 at 10:25 am
Dressed to kill: What do infectious disease agents have in their wardrobes?
The ability of certain pathogens, such as those which cause malaria, influenza and HIV, to disguise themselves and evade host immunity poses an enormous challenge to developing vaccines against these important diseases. Just what do these bugs have in their wardrobes that enables them to keep outwitting us? Can we find a way to use this knowledge against them?
By Sunetra Gupta | Notebook, Science & Technology | Thursday, 19 July 2012 at 12:38 pm
Why we need to protect children from second-hand smoke
Yesterday was a reassuringly positive day. I tabled the second reading of my Smoke-free Private Vehicles Bill, which aims to legislate against people smoking in the car when children are on board. Whilst no peer voiced objection to the principle that children need protection, there was some debate over the method through which this could be achieved.
By Lord Ribeiro | Health, Notebook, Opinion | Thursday, 5 July 2012 at 2:00 am
£119 billion: The contribution of carers and savings to the economy is woefully overlooked
As a carer, if I had to give you my rating on a scale of one to ten with ten being great and one being beyond crap I’d say I’m at three currently.
By Nicky Clark | Health, Notebook, Opinion | Friday, 29 June 2012 at 2:00 am
Moral judgements have no place in the benefits system
If there’s one thing that David Cameron is clear about, it’s that he wants us all to do the ‘Right Thing,’ a phrase that popped up no less than seven times in his deeply moralising speech about the benefits system earlier this week.
By Ruth Whippman | Notebook, Opinion | Thursday, 28 June 2012 at 2:00 am
People are conscious of keeping their heart healthy, but aren’t aware of lung health
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease progressively damages the lungs and can impede all aspects of everyday life. Deaths from COPD have doubled in the last three decades and are expected to further increase by 30% in the next 10 years, unless we act now.
By Monica Fletcher | Health, Notebook, Opinion | Friday, 22 June 2012 at 2:00 am
Doctors’ strike: Is it really just about greed?
Today is the day where doctors (some not all) take industrial action over government planned pension reforms; its arrival set against a backdrop of great controversy and debate.
By Dr Sima Barmania | Health, Notebook, Opinion | Thursday, 21 June 2012 at 12:10 pm
The doctors’ strike: Putting the medical profession in the firing line
There are nearly twenty million people unemployed across Europe today; that’s over 10% of the entire working population. Against this backdrop, for doctors to go on strike for the first time in a generation in protest of pension arrangements that will still leave us with a retirement income in excess of £50,000 a year, looks callous from any perspective.
By Dr Russell Razzaque | Health, Notebook, Opinion | Wednesday, 20 June 2012 at 2:00 am
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