Family Health
Welcome to Candis Family Health where you'll find lots of useful family health advice.
Health Report : How safe is the HPV vaccine
Every year in the UK there are 2,800 new cases of cervical cancer and 1,000 women die from it. So it was a cause for celebration when, just over three years ago, the Government introduced a vaccination course to safeguard...... Read more
Date Posted: 23/01/2012
Health Report : Are superfoods really so super?
Hardly a week goes by without claims about a wonder food that has a radical effect on our health. It might be tempting to think that one food could protect us from diseases, but the science supporting claims is often...... Read more
Date Posted: 23/01/2012
Health Report : Are guidelines good for our health?
Tucking into our turkey dinner and cracking open the bubbly this Christmas, healthy eating is likely to be the last thing on our minds. But in January we may want advice to mend our ways, and the Government is happy to...... Read more
Date Posted: 23/01/2012
Health Report : Should the UK have a fat tax?
Obesity isn’t just rising, it’s rocketing – by 73 per cent over the next 20 years, leading experts recently warned in The Lancet. By 2030 they predict 26 million in the UK will be obese. One way of reversing this,...... Read more
Date Posted: 23/01/2012
Health Report : Are Mammograms a waste of time?
The deadly toll of breast cancer – women’s largest cancer killer – led to the introduction of routine mammograms to the NHS in 1988. That screening is partly responsible for the 50 per cent rise in detected cases since 1980,...... Read more
Date Posted: 23/01/2012
Health Report : IS IT AN EMERGENCY?
News that the proportion of parents taking children straight to A&E with common illnesses has increased by 42 per cent over the past decade, and that A&E visits overall rose by 6.4 per cent last year alone might suggest we...... Read more
Date Posted: 20/01/2012
Health Report: Look on the bright side
We've lived in fear of the harmful effects of the sun for so long that we've forgotten how important it is for our health. Jerome Burne looks at how our attitude to sunshine and the vitamin D it can provide is now changing... For...... Read more
Date Posted: 17/06/2011
Health Report: If the shoe fits...
With millions of us buying low-fat ready meals and miracle pills, it's no wonder the UK diet industry is worth over £1 billion a year. But with Brits now the fattest in Europe, FLIC EVERETT asks if we are wasting our money... The...... Read more
Date Posted: 13/05/2011
Health Report: Weird Science?
Ground-breaking research is pushing us closer to the possibility of treating diseases using the body's own cells. But some feel nurturing stem cell culture is pushing science too far. Jerome Burne investigates... Eva wasn't quite three when her parents received the shocking diagnosis that...... Read more
Date Posted: 25/04/2011
Health Report: Your personality affects health
Restless? Impulsive? Pessimistic? Watch out, your personality will affect your health New research says your mental state can influence your choices and make you ill. Leah Hardy looks at how to make healthy changes... With two children aged nine and six, and at the age...... Read more
Date Posted: 18/03/2011
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