http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/health/?service=Rss http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/home-birth-warning-after-baby-death-14554966.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/home-birth-warning-after-baby-death-14554966.html?r=RSS <p> A doctor has warned that home births should only take place within 20 minutes travel of a hospital. </p> Local & National Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:32:50 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/health/gpsrsquo-swine-flu-vaccine-programme-is-on-target-14554799.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/health/gpsrsquo-swine-flu-vaccine-programme-is-on-target-14554799.html?r=RSS <p> Health chiefs have moved to reassure the public that the swine flu vaccination programme will be completed by the December deadline after it was confirmed there were two more swine flu-related deaths over the past week. </p> Health Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:52:24 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/health/cells-lsquodamaged-from-a-distancersquo-14554774.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/health/cells-lsquodamaged-from-a-distancersquo-14554774.html?r=RSS <p> Nanoparticles can damage DNA from a distance by affecting biological signals, scientists at the University of Bristol have shown. </p> Health Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:10:25 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/health/superbug-probe-over-hospital-deaths-14548692.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/health/superbug-probe-over-hospital-deaths-14548692.html?r=RSS <p> An investigation is under way to find out if the deaths of two elderly patients in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda are linked to a serious outbreak of the superbug C Diff which has led to a major curtailment in services. </p> Health Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:27:27 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/health/have-experts-found-cure-for-leukaemia-14547936.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/health/have-experts-found-cure-for-leukaemia-14547936.html?r=RSS <p> Scientists have discovered a new drug which they claim is able to kill leukaemia. </p> Health Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:52:54 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/health/men-twice-as-likely-to-have-diabetes-14547213.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/health/men-twice-as-likely-to-have-diabetes-14547213.html?r=RSS <p> Men over the age of 50 are almost twice as likely as women to have |diabetes without knowing it, it was claimed today. </p> Health Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:02:09 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/health/exercise-will-cut-diabetes-say-doctors-14545826.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/health/exercise-will-cut-diabetes-say-doctors-14545826.html?r=RSS <p> A healthy diet and regular exercise can reduce the long-term likelihood of diabetes by a third in people at high risk of the disease, research has shown. </p> Health Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:38:11 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/health/experts-warn-over-ticking-timebomb-of-type-2-diabetes-14545813.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/health/experts-warn-over-ticking-timebomb-of-type-2-diabetes-14545813.html?r=RSS <p> Northern Ireland is in dire need of an NHS diabetes screening service to tackle exploding numbers of the life-threatening condition being fuelled by rising levels of obesity. </p> Health Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:20:37 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/health/rise-in-northern-ireland-elderly-dying-from-cold-14546222.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/health/rise-in-northern-ireland-elderly-dying-from-cold-14546222.html?r=RSS <p> The number of older people in Northern Ireland dying from the cold reached its highest level for almost a decade last winter, it was revealed today. </p> Health Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:01:33 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/health/swine-flu-mum-is-lsquostablersquo-14544999.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/health/swine-flu-mum-is-lsquostablersquo-14544999.html?r=RSS <p> A woman who was transferred from Northern Ireland to a London hospital for treatment after being diagnosed with swine flu shortly after giving birth is in a stable condition. </p> Health Thu, 29 Oct 2009 04:36:47 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/health/everyone-at-high-flu-risk-to-get-vaccine-by-.htmlmber-14544994.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/health/everyone-at-high-flu-risk-to-get-vaccine-by-.htmlmber-14544994.html?r=RSS <p> Health officials have moved to reassure the public that the swine flu vaccination programme in Northern Ireland will be completed as soon as possible. </p> Health Thu, 29 Oct 2009 04:30:17 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/health/drugs-chief-alcohol-more-dangerous-than-ecstasy-lsd-and-cannabis-14544981.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/health/drugs-chief-alcohol-more-dangerous-than-ecstasy-lsd-and-cannabis-14544981.html?r=RSS <p> The British Government's chief drug adviser has sparked controversy by claiming ecstasy, LSD and cannabis are less dangerous than cigarettes and alcohol. </p> Health Thu, 29 Oct 2009 03:52:27 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/health/curry-spice-begins-to-kill-cancer-within-24-hours-14544226.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/health/curry-spice-begins-to-kill-cancer-within-24-hours-14544226.html?r=RSS <p> Spices in curry may help to cure a certain type of cancer, new research shows. </p> Health Wed, 28 Oct 2009 06:21:34 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/boy-rushed-to-hospital-after-swine-flu-jab-14543347.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/boy-rushed-to-hospital-after-swine-flu-jab-14543347.html?r=RSS <p> The safety of Northern Ireland&rsquo;s swine flu vaccination programme was called into question today by the parent of a young special needs pupil who ended up in hospital just hours after getting the jab. </p> Local & National Tue, 27 Oct 2009 08:39:26 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/health/mcgimpsey-cash-concern-14542456.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/health/mcgimpsey-cash-concern-14542456.html?r=RSS <p> Cash being spent to tackle the swine flu pandemic in Northern Ireland is coming off other health priorities, the Health Minister has warned. </p> Health Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:07:05 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/health/trial-on-obesity-drug-lsquopromisingrsquo-14541204.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/health/trial-on-obesity-drug-lsquopromisingrsquo-14541204.html?r=RSS <p> People taking the highest dose of a new anti-obesity drug lost more than a stone in weight in 20 weeks, a study has shown. </p> Health Fri, 23 Oct 2009 02:31:38 +0100 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/closing-swine-flu-schools-wrong-response-or-wise-precaution-14540461.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/closing-swine-flu-schools-wrong-response-or-wise-precaution-14540461.html?r=RSS <p> The Departments of Education and Health have both been adamant that schools should remain open as far as possible even in the face of a swine flu pandemic. </p> Local & National Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:12:09 +0100 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/why-are-northern-ireland-swine-flu-death-schools-still-open-14540459.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/why-are-northern-ireland-swine-flu-death-schools-still-open-14540459.html?r=RSS <p> Health chiefs were today called on to close special needs schools dealing with swine flu outbreaks as the number of pupils dying with the virus rose to four. </p> Local & National Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:10:08 +0100 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/health/scientists-closer-to-womb-transplant-breakthrough-14538193.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/health/scientists-closer-to-womb-transplant-breakthrough-14538193.html?r=RSS <p> British scientists believe they are a step closer to carrying out the first-ever successful womb transplant. </p> Health Thu, 22 Oct 2009 04:15:29 +0100 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/health/swine-flu-jabs-get-under-way-14537227.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/health/swine-flu-jabs-get-under-way-14537227.html?r=RSS <p> The government&rsquo;s vaccination programme to slow the spread of swine flu will get under way today with frontline health workers the first of the priority groups to receive the vaccine. </p> Health Wed, 21 Oct 2009 01:43:32 +0100 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/health/dad-of-suicide-teen-backs-bma-plan-to-help-victims-14548395.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/health/dad-of-suicide-teen-backs-bma-plan-to-help-victims-14548395.html?r=RSS <p> The father of a teenager who died by suicide has called for the British Medical Association recommendations on mental health provision to be implemented. </p> Health Fri, 16 Oct 2009 12:41:22 +0100 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/health/northern-irelands-mentally-ill-children-let-down-by-the-system-14548393.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/health/northern-irelands-mentally-ill-children-let-down-by-the-system-14548393.html?r=RSS <p> Children with mental health problems in Northern Ireland are being failed by the current systems in place &mdash; with some spending time in adult wards or being sent to England for treatment. </p> Health Fri, 16 Oct 2009 12:40:34 +0100 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/health/giving-children-paracetamol-after-vaccines-may-reduce-effect-14534056.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/health/giving-children-paracetamol-after-vaccines-may-reduce-effect-14534056.html?r=RSS <p> Researchers warned today against routinely giving children paracetamol as a precaution against fever after vaccinations. </p> Health Fri, 16 Oct 2009 05:50:35 +0100 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/health/foetus-kick-charts-unreliable-14534053.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/health/foetus-kick-charts-unreliable-14534053.html?r=RSS <p> Pregnant women should not rely on counting the number of times their baby has kicked to ensure the foetus is well, research suggested today. </p> Health Fri, 16 Oct 2009 05:47:21 +0100 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/health/scientists-discover-how-placebo-effect-works-14534052.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/health/scientists-discover-how-placebo-effect-works-14534052.html?r=RSS <p> Pain researchers say they may have discovered one of the ways in which the placebo effect works. </p> Health Fri, 16 Oct 2009 05:46:09 +0100 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/us-to-probe-laser-eye-surgery-sideeffects-14534037.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/us-to-probe-laser-eye-surgery-sideeffects-14534037.html?r=RSS <p> The US government is to investigate problems connected with laser eye-correcting surgery, which include blurred vision and dry eyes. </p> World news Fri, 16 Oct 2009 05:10:51 +0100 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/health/cannabis-study-demonstrates-the-scale-of-drugs-global-popularity-14534000.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/health/cannabis-study-demonstrates-the-scale-of-drugs-global-popularity-14534000.html?r=RSS <p> It is 40 years since cannabis unleashed the &quot;flower power&quot; revolution of the 1960s, encouraging a generation in Europe and the US to &quot;make love not war&quot;. Young people at the time hoped their legacy would be world peace. Instead, it has turned out to be a world of fuzzy dope-heads. </p> Health Fri, 16 Oct 2009 02:19:33 +0100 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/health/swine-flu-cases-hit-25000-mark-in-northern-ireland-14533783.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/health/swine-flu-cases-hit-25000-mark-in-northern-ireland-14533783.html?r=RSS <p> The number of suspected swine cases in Northern Ireland has hit the 25,000 mark, with the infection rate now at its highest ever level. </p> Health Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:00:24 +0100 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/health/hilary-jones-kiss-instead-of-handshake-to-avoid-viruses-14531153.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/health/hilary-jones-kiss-instead-of-handshake-to-avoid-viruses-14531153.html?r=RSS <p> People would have more chance of avoiding viruses if they greeted friends with a kiss instead of a handshake, according to celebrity doctor Hilary Jones. </p> Health Thu, 15 Oct 2009 04:43:16 +0100 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/health/wells-is-there-a-pound70m-shortfall-in-health-system-or-is-it-worse-14531023.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/health/wells-is-there-a-pound70m-shortfall-in-health-system-or-is-it-worse-14531023.html?r=RSS <p> The Health Minister is expected to face tough questions about his department&rsquo;s deepening cash crisis when he appears in front of the Assembly&rsquo;s health committee today. </p> Health Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:01:12 +0100 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/health/job-fears-causing-sleepless-nights-14530182.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/health/job-fears-causing-sleepless-nights-14530182.html?r=RSS <p> Teachers, civil servants, nurses and other public sector workers are losing sleep because of fears over pay and jobs, according to new research today. </p> Health Wed, 14 Oct 2009 04:08:26 +0100 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/health/half-of-cot-deaths-linked-to-sleeping-with-a-parent-14530141.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/health/half-of-cot-deaths-linked-to-sleeping-with-a-parent-14530141.html?r=RSS <p> Over half of cot deaths happen while the baby is in bed or on a sofa with a parent &mdash; and may be related to parents drinking alcohol or taking drugs, a report out today has found. </p> Health Wed, 14 Oct 2009 02:27:26 +0100 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/terrified-patient-stops-docs-operating-on-wrong-side-14529252.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/terrified-patient-stops-docs-operating-on-wrong-side-14529252.html?r=RSS <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p> A patient on the way to theatre alerted medical staff that an operation was about to be carried out on the wrong side of the body. </p> Local & National Tue, 13 Oct 2009 08:53:48 +0100 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/health/heart-treatment-could-save-lives-and-money-charities-14529148.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/health/heart-treatment-could-save-lives-and-money-charities-14529148.html?r=RSS <p> The health service could save lives and money in Northern Ireland by providing important support treatment to heart patients, two leading medical charities have said. </p> Health Tue, 13 Oct 2009 03:38:55 +0100 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/health/mother-and-child-cancer-link-proved-14529132.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/health/mother-and-child-cancer-link-proved-14529132.html?r=RSS <p> Scientists have proved for the first time that cancer cells can be passed from mother to child during pregnancy, researchers have said. </p> Health Tue, 13 Oct 2009 03:18:33 +0100 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/health/health-trusts-urged-to-use-cash-more-wisely-14527660.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/health/health-trusts-urged-to-use-cash-more-wisely-14527660.html?r=RSS <p> Health trusts across Northern Ireland were today urged to use the current cash crisis to move away from a reliance on the private sector. </p> Health Sat, 10 Oct 2009 04:34:10 +0100 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/health/massive-cuts-lsquowill--strangle--nhsrsquo-14527078.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/health/massive-cuts-lsquowill--strangle--nhsrsquo-14527078.html?r=RSS <p> The NHS in Northern Ireland is facing its worst crisis in 30 years and will collapse under the unrelenting regime of cutbacks being imposed, frontline workers have warned. </p> Health Fri, 09 Oct 2009 09:15:06 +0100 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/health/nhs-in-danger-of-being-strangled-by-cutbacks-14527077.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/health/nhs-in-danger-of-being-strangled-by-cutbacks-14527077.html?r=RSS <p> The health service in Northern Ireland is crumbling as it struggles to meet demand while pushing through millions of pounds worth of cost-cutting initiatives, union leaders have warned. </p> Health Fri, 09 Oct 2009 09:09:50 +0100 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/health/nio-health-committee-to-demand-minister-reveals-latest-proposals-for-savings-14527076.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/health/nio-health-committee-to-demand-minister-reveals-latest-proposals-for-savings-14527076.html?r=RSS <p> The Stormont health committee is to press the Health Minister for details of the latest cutbacks being proposed by trusts &mdash; after complaining they are being left in the dark over the controversial issue. </p> Health Fri, 09 Oct 2009 09:08:49 +0100 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/health/gp-hits-out-over--lsquotoo-much-administrationrsquo-14527075.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/health/gp-hits-out-over--lsquotoo-much-administrationrsquo-14527075.html?r=RSS <p> Health trusts must be forced to cut administrative posts before considering axing frontline services, a prominent Northern Ireland GP has said. </p> Health Fri, 09 Oct 2009 09:07:56 +0100 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/health/researchers-hail-lsquonew-age-of-discoveryrsquo-in-medicine-14526999.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/health/researchers-hail-lsquonew-age-of-discoveryrsquo-in-medicine-14526999.html?r=RSS <p> Scientists have hailed a &ldquo;new age of discovery&rdquo; in medicine and industry following successful trials of a laboratory technique to study proteins. </p> Health Fri, 09 Oct 2009 04:34:29 +0100 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/health/has-science-found-the-cause-of-me-14526958.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/health/has-science-found-the-cause-of-me-14526958.html?r=RSS <p> Scientists say they have made a dramatic breakthrough in understanding the cause of chronic fatigue syndrome &ndash; a debilitating condition affecting 250,000 people in Britain which for decades has defied a rational medical explanation. </p> Health Fri, 09 Oct 2009 02:47:54 +0100 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/health/thalidomide-victims-still-fighting-for-justice-35-years-on-14526954.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/health/thalidomide-victims-still-fighting-for-justice-35-years-on-14526954.html?r=RSS <p> Britain's most revered newspaper editor returned to the scene of his greatest triumph yesterday, joining thalidomide survivors to demand that the Government acknowledge its role in the world's worst drug disaster. </p> Health Fri, 09 Oct 2009 02:40:33 +0100