Archive for the 'Health' Category

Lung disease diagnosis confusion

Most GPs have difficulty differentiating chronic severe lung disease from asthma, a UK survey finds.

Nurses warn over needle injuries

Nurses are calling for safer needles to be used after a poll suggested nearly half have been accidentally jabbed.

Windpipe transplant breakthrough

Surgeons in Spain claim a major breakthrough by giving a woman a new windpipe with tissue grown from her own stem cells.

Motor neurone disease clue found

Scientists have identified a molecule which could be key to understanding the cause of motor neurone disease.

Drug-resistant ward bug concern

Hospitals need to be vigilant against an emerging drug-resistant bacterium, warn infection control experts.