Zika outbreak: pregnant British women given immediate ultrasounds
New NHS guidance says pregnant women who have travelled to Zika infected regions should be given immediate ultrasounds (Source: Telegraph Health)
Source: Telegraph Health - February 1, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: zika pregnancy help brazil disease south america mosquito pregnant women advice Source Type: news
Junior doctors' 24-hour strike to go ahead from next Wednesday
British Medical Association confirms walkout will start on Wednesday, February 10 after talks with Government over contracts break down (Source: Telegraph Health)
Source: Telegraph Health - February 1, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: government strike february 10 health service nhs walkout junior doctors when is the next junior doctors' strike Source Type: news
British scientists granted permission to genetically modify human embyros
The Francis Crick institute will genetically edit the leftover embyroys from from IVF clinics (Source: Telegraph Health)
Source: Telegraph Health - February 1, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: hfea francis crick genetically editing human embryos genetically modifying Source Type: news
British scientists granted permission to genetically modify human embryos
The Francis Crick institute will genetically edit the leftover embryos from from IVF clinics (Source: Telegraph Health)
Source: Telegraph Health - February 1, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: hfea francis crick genetically editing human embryos genetically modifying Source Type: news
Toddler dies of leukaemia after medics miss condition 35 times
Coroner expresses concern about the continuity in care and hospital's lack of access to GP records following Ryan Bhogal's death (Source: Telegraph Health)
Source: Telegraph Health - February 1, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Fruit and veg 'could reduce breast cancer risk by one quarter'
Harvard study of 90,000 women suggests eating plenty of fruit and vegetables in adolescence could sharply reduce the risk of later breast cancer (Source: Telegraph Health)
Source: Telegraph Health - February 1, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: health harvard vegetables weight loss flavonoids cancer compound gain fruit Source Type: news
Soaring numbers of 111 callers forced to wait for a call back
Official NHS records disclose a mounting crisis in the 111 helpline, with a doubling in cases forced to wait for a call back after handlers said advice from a doctor or nurse was needed (Source: Telegraph Health)
Source: Telegraph Health - January 31, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: child doctors illness sepsis A & William Mead 111 care healthcare jeremy hunt scandal NHS call handler Source Type: news
Why too much gym can be bad for your love life
As we come to the end of the month of self-denial, let's also put a stop to spin classes and sanctimony (Source: Telegraph Health)
Source: Telegraph Health - January 30, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: fitness sex gym bunnies workouts dry january rowan pelling gyms Source Type: news
Ashya King proton beam cancer therapy 'causes fewer side effects'
New research has found the proton beam therapy Ashya King's parents wanted for their boy's cancer causes fewer side effects than conventional radiotherapy (Source: Telegraph Health)
Source: Telegraph Health - January 30, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: proton beam ashya king southampton cancer madrid Source Type: news
How Horatio's Garden would have been my lifeline to the outdoors
As a toddler, Ethen Adams became paralysed from the shoulders down. Now 16 years old, he tells India Sturgis how the charity would have helped him (Source: Telegraph Health)
Source: Telegraph Health - January 30, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Horatio Chapple spinal injuries ethen adams The Telegraph Christmas Charity Appeal horatios garden bradley adams telegraph Christmas appeal 2015 Source Type: news
I started a dating agency so my autisic son could find love
Daniel Wakeford is a poster boy for Channel 4's BAFTA nominated The Undateables, but it was his mother who eventually found him a girlfriend (Source: Telegraph Health)
Source: Telegraph Health - January 30, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: girlfriend autism love undateables channel 4 Source Type: news
Zika outbreak: British couple trying to conceive forced to cancel dream Carribean holiday
A British couple could lose thousands of pounds after they cancelled their Caribbean holiday because of the Zika virus (Source: Telegraph Health)
Source: Telegraph Health - January 30, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: virus cancelled pregnancy help baby cruise holiday safe disease caribbean zika outbreak pregnant advice Source Type: news
Dying pensioner wrote heartbreaking 'I love you note' to daughters while waiting two hours for ambulance
Father sounded alarm after suffering heart attack but paramedics took two hours to reach him because the call was classed as 'low priority' (Source: Telegraph Health)
Source: Telegraph Health - January 29, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: North West Ambulance Service Magenta Living Ronald Volante Source Type: news
Breastfeeding could save 800,000 babies' lives each year - study
Less then one per cent children in the UK are breastfed until the age of 12 months, researchers say (Source: Telegraph Health)
Source: Telegraph Health - January 29, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: breastfeeding Cesar Victora milk Source Type: news
Rio Olympics: fears grow that Games could be affected by Zika virus
Rio's Olympic committee are taking steps to reassure people ahead of the games, as athletes and tourists consider whether to travel (Source: Telegraph Health)
Source: Telegraph Health - January 29, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: tourists Zika virus Brazil Olympics spread athletes Source Type: news
