Mother of conjoined twins born in India has yet to meet her babies
The twins, who were born last week, each have a head, neck, spine and oesophagus. But they share a heart and stomach and have only one lung each. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 17, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Mother of Indian conjoined twins born is so shocked she has still yet to meet her babies
The twins, who were born last week, each have a head, neck, spine and oesophagus. But they share a heart and stomach and have only one lung each. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 17, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Accountant fights for life after trainee doctor tried to 'unblock his gullet like a drain' and 'tore a 4cm hole in it'
Abid Mahmood, 37, went to Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester, seeking 'peace of mind' after getting a piece of lamb stuck in his gullet. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 14, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Jewish and Muslim methods of slaughter prioritise animal welfare | Shuja Shafi and Jonathan Arkush
Religious slaughter is at least as humane as conventional mechanical slaughter. The British Veterinary Association should look elsewhereThe head of the British Veterinary Association has said that religious slaughter methods need to change to prevent animal suffering. It is unfortunate that the BVA and other animal welfare organisations in the UK tend to view religious slaughter as incompatible with humaneness; quite the contrary is true – compassion and animal welfare stand at the centre of the entire process.Shechita and zabiha are not words commonly known by the public, but to Jewish and Muslim communities they are sy...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - March 6, 2014 Category: Science Authors: Shuja Shafi, Jonathan Arkush Tags: Islam Comment The Guardian World news Judaism Food & drink Animal welfare Animals UK news Life and style Food science Religion Comment is free Source Type: news
Kenya: Sh10 Million Clinic for Illegal Entry for HIV Battle
[The Star]THE Mombasa county government has received a Sh10 million mobile-clinic van from the Kenya Red Cross. Kenya Red Cross Secretary General Abbas Gullet said many people living with HIV-Aids shy away from hospitals because of stigma. (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - February 19, 2014 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Alcohol, smoking and obesity fuel 'alarming' global cancer surge
World Health Organisation experts issue timebomb warning and say key is prevention, possibly including tax on sugared drinksA concerted global effort to tackle the causes of cancer linked to lifestyle, such as alcohol abuse, sugar consumption and obesity, has been urged on Monday by the World Health Organisation as it predicted that the number of new cases could soar by 70% to nearly 25 million a year over the next two decades.Half of these cases are preventable, says the UN's public health arm in its World Cancer Report, because they are linked to lifestyle. It is implausible to think we can treat our way out of the disea...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 3, 2014 Category: Science Authors: Sarah Boseley Tags: The Guardian Obesity News Health Smoking Medical research Society Cancer UK news Alcohol Science Source Type: news
Gastric balloon pill launched in UK
Most of the UK media has got rather overexcited about the UK launch of Obalon, a gastric balloon in pill form that can be swallowed to help overweight people achieve rapid weight loss without invasive surgery.
The Obalon pills are designed to be inflated into balloons in the stomach, reducing the free volume of the stomach and therefore how much a person can eat before they feel full.
Intra-gastric balloons are not new, and are sometimes provided to extremely obese people through the NHS, although these often have to be surgically implanted.
Obalon has been approved in Europe for overweight and obese adults, but in the UK...
Source: NHS News Feed - January 22, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Medical practice Obesity QA articles Source Type: news
Kenya: Red Cross Gives 10 Ambulances to Kisii County
[The Star]Kenya Red Cross Society secretary general Abbas Gullet has said most counties are ill-prepared to manage serious accidents and disasters. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 23, 2013 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Tight belts are unlikely to give you throat cancer
Conclusion
This was a small, short-term, and highly technical study which measured certain changes in the junction of the oesophagus and stomach in volunteers, half of whom were obese.
It found that wearing a weight-lifter’s belt and a greater waist circumference was associated with changes in the lining of the oesophagus at the junction between the oesophagus and the stomach.
These changes are associated with an increased risk of cancer, but the researchers did not set out to find if belts or obesity caused cancer.
The researchers also found that volunteers wearing a waist belt had more signs of acid reflux in this ar...
Source: NHS News Feed - October 2, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cancer Source Type: news
Dying soldier cradles his baby daughter seven days before he passed away
Soldier Gary Coleman, from Hampshire, was diagnosed with cancer of the food gullet in February 2011. His dying wish was to cradle his baby daughter. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - September 16, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
HPV linked to a third of throat cancers
One third of people with cancers in the back of the throat (oropharyngeal cancers) are infected with a certain strain of human papillomavirus (HPV), according to new research published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology at the weekend. The research team, which included Cancer Research UK scientists at the University of Oxford, compared pre-diagnostic blood samples from 938 patients with cancers of the head and neck, oesophageal (gullet) and oropharyngeal cancers with samples from 1,599 people without the disease (the controls)... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - July 22, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cancer / Oncology Source Type: news
Obesity fuels rise in throat cancer in men: Form is one of the deadliest as it is often diagnosed late
More than 5,600 men develop cancer of the gullet each year, which is often diagnosed late and has shocking rates of survival. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - June 18, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
End of week surgery 'has higher death risk'
Conclusion
This study suggests there is a higher death rate among patients undergoing planned surgery, both before and during weekends. As the authors say, the reason for this is unknown but it could be due to reduced staffing levels or other resources.
The study’s key strengths were its use of a large national database and its inclusion of all deaths within 30 days of an elective procedure, eliminating the potential bias of only counting deaths that occurred in hospital.
However, it is possible that other factors, called confounders might have affected the results of this study, although the researchers adjusted their r...
Source: NHS News Feed - May 29, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Medical practice Source Type: news
Patients With Non-Variceal Upper Gastrointestinal Bleed Should Be Re-Assessed For Co-Morbidity
Individuals who have experienced a major bleed from their stomach or oesophagus (known as an upper gastrointestinal bleed) may be more likely to die from other causes, particularly malignant tumours and cardiovascular disease, than those without an upper gastrointestinal bleed, according to a study by UK researchers published in this week's PLOS Medicine. These findings are important as they suggest that an upper gastrointestinal bleed may be either a cause or an indicator of a decline in a coinciding, serious medical condition... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - May 2, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: GastroIntestinal / Gastroenterology Source Type: news
Upper GI bleed linked to death from other causes
(Public Library of Science) Individuals who have experienced a major bleed from their stomach or oesophagus (known as an upper gastrointestinal bleed) may be more likely to die from other causes, particularly malignant tumours and cardiovascular disease, than those without an upper gastrointestinal bleed, according to a study by UK researchers published in this week's PLOS Medicine. (Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer)
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - April 30, 2013 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
