Family Health

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HEALTH REPORT - MARCH

Family Health March 2010

Too old for health care? There are more over-65s in the UK than ever before, and many need medical treatment. But is our NHS up to the job? LEAH HARDY exposes the hidden negligence and discrimination suffered by elderly patients, and asks how it can be cured With Christmas 2007 approaching, Mike Weston was looking forward to seeing his mother, Florence, who was planning to spend the holiday with... Read more

Date Posted: 19/02/2010

HEALTH REPORT - February 2010

Family Health February 2010

LET'S TALK ABOUT SEX Do YOU know how much - or how little - your children know about sex? With teen pregnancies and incidences of sexually transmitted infections at an all-time 
high, it's more important than ever to talk to your children Walk into any eight-year-old girl's birthday party, and chances are, the room will be full of mini-Britneys, gyrating like pole dancers to ... Read more

Date Posted: 15/01/2010

JAN - HEALTH REPORT

Family Health January 2010

Is your phone damaging your health? With around 40 million Brits using mobile phones regularly, are we aware of the risks of phone radiation? Jerome Burne reveals why making a call could be costing you your health My teenage daughter, Georgia, like millions of others, is attached to her mobile phone by a connection that seems deeper than an umbilical cord. In the mornings it rings with changes t... Read more

Date Posted: 18/12/2009

December

Family Health December 2009

7 reasons why Christmas is good for you Much is said about the stress and indulgence of the festive season. Claire Williams silences the killjoys with a round-up of why Christmas can be a jolly good thing . Christmas is coming... and also, no doubt, a flurry of depressing, guilt-inducing news stories, which rain on your figgy pud before you've even lit it. The health police will warn that Ch... Read more

Date Posted: 13/11/2009

November

Family health November 2009

Too much too young? Puberty for girls and boys is happening earlier and earlier, yet medicine has no hard and fast reasons for the causes. Nicola Gill investigates the effect on today's children For most little girls at primary school, deciding which party dress to wear or learning to ride a bike is their biggest worry. But for six-year-old Chloe Perry, coping with monthly mood swings and ge... Read more

Date Posted: 16/10/2009

Health report OCTOBER

Family health October 2009

STRAIN Some swear by the relief a pill or potion gives to painful, creaky joints, while others declare them a waste of money. With the joint supplement market worth millions in the UK, Gill Cox asks if they actually work. Ingrid Millar swears by her daily concoction of glucosamine, chondroitin, green-lipped mussel extract and cod liver oil. Rigorously downing her self prescription of five caps... Read more

Date Posted: 18/09/2009

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Family health September 2009

Out of control? Welcome to this month's family health section if you have any comments, questions or queries relating to family health please include them on the family health section of Candis Chat. They might just seem like naughty children, but, says Leah Hardy,for many kids with development disabilities, their unruly behaviour may be truly beyond their control. When Billy, now 15, was tw... Read more

Date Posted: 14/08/2009

Family Health Aug 2009

Family Health August 2009

If you go down to the woods today... Welcome to this month's family health section if you have any comments, questions or queries relating to family health please include them on the family health section of Candis Chat. Many people - including doctors - have never heard of Lyme disease. Jo Carlowe investigates whether this ignorance is needlessly ruining people's lives . When Joan C... Read more

Date Posted: 17/07/2009

anaesthetics

Family Health July 2009

Out for the count? Welcome to this month's family health section if you have any comments, questions or queries relating to family health please include them on the family health section of Candis Chat. Anaesthetics have long been used to keep us unconscious and pain-free during operations, but times are changing. Nicola Gill looks at the increasing phenomena of how and why more of us ar... Read more

Date Posted: 12/06/2009

Battle of the bulge

Family Health June 2009

Battle of the bulge Welcome to this month's family health section if you have any comments, questions or queries relating to family health please include them on the family health section of Candis Chat Britain is fast becoming a nation of fatties, but what happens when dieting is just not enough? Gill Cox reveals the latest extreme weight loss measures. Battling with weight can be a l... Read more

Date Posted: 15/05/2009

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