Gambling machines and websites to carry alcohol-style health warnings in new ‘public health’ approach
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Gambling machines and websites to carry alcohol-style health warnings in new ‘public health’ approach

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This article was taken from: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/04/25/gambling-machines-websites-carry-alcohol-style-health-warnings/ By Charles Hymas, home affairs editor Gambling firms will be expected  to carry alcohol-style health warnings on the risks of products from Fixed Odds Betting Terminals (FOBTs) to online bets on sports matches to combat addiction. The Gambling Commission, the industry’s regulator, is to adopt a “public health” approach where…

Surrogacy: Are babies at risk because of a lack of rules?
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Surrogacy: Are babies at risk because of a lack of rules?

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This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.com/news/health-47826356 By Claire Fenton-Glynn University of Cambridge Surrogacy is not a new phenomenon. For thousands of years, women have nominated others to give birth on their behalf. However, technological advances such as IVF, softening of cultural attitudes and the trend for having children later have fuelled a recent boom in…

Measles: Half a million UK children missed jab
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Measles: Half a million UK children missed jab

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This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-48039524 By BBC Health news More than half a million children in the UK were not given a crucial measles jab between 2010 and 2017, an analysis by children’s charity Unicef reveals. It comes as NHS chief Simon Stevens warned measles cases had almost quadrupled in England in just one…

Cancer test treats patients with precision
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Cancer test treats patients with precision

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This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-48043186 By Lisa Summers Scotland Health Correspondent Scientists at Glasgow University have developed a cancer testing technique that they say could transform the way we treat the disease. The medical team based at The Glasgow Precision Oncology Laboratory are able to extract huge amounts of information from tiny fragments of…

Parkinson’s results beyond researchers’ wildest dreams
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Parkinson’s results beyond researchers’ wildest dreams

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To read more click on the link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-47803496 By Pallab Ghosh Science correspondent, BBC News A treatment that has restored the movement of patients with chronic Parkinson’s disease has been developed by Canadian researchers. Previously housebound patients are now able to walk more freely as a result of electrical stimulation to their spines. A quarter of patients have…