Breast cancer diagnosis in pregnancy to rise - research
As women wait longer to have their first baby, researchers find more are spotting the disease while pregnant or breastfeeding (Source: Telegraph Health)
Source: Telegraph Health - March 7, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: breastfeeding mother women breast cancer pregnant Source Type: news
NHS will carry out dementia checks at 40
Health Secretary announces new plans to assess people's dementia risks from the age of 40 on, and offer advice about lifestyle changes to reduce the risk of the condition (Source: Telegraph Health)
Source: Telegraph Health - March 6, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: doctors dementia strikes jeremy hunt NHS Source Type: news
Couples get free IVF if they persuade friend to donate sperm
Couples will be offered free IVF treatment if they can persuade a friend to donate sperm, under a new scheme designed to encourage more men to become sperm donors following a national shortage (Source: Telegraph Health)
Source: Telegraph Health - March 6, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: IVF couples bourn hall treatment sperm bank free sperm donation Source Type: news
Cherie Blair's healthcare business shuts to leave investors with huge losses
Backers who provided hundreds of thousands of pounds expected to lose the lot with closure of investment fund (Source: Telegraph Health)
Source: Telegraph Health - March 5, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: allele fund mee healthcare cherie blair business cherie blair fund gail lese Source Type: news
Schools rugby chief 'banned' from event after siding with health experts over tackling ban
Insider "punished" after going public with safety fears, despite suggestions he offered to step back from official role (Source: Telegraph Health)
Source: Telegraph Health - March 5, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: rugby Adam White injury brain schools cup head Saracens RFU England tackle Source Type: news
Feeding babies peanuts protects them from nut allergies, say scientists
Introducing nuts regularly in the first year of life builds up an enduring tolerence (Source: Telegraph Health)
Source: Telegraph Health - March 4, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: allergies treatment peanuts kings college symptoms tolerence Source Type: news
Bad news: happiness is bad for your health
The most depressing health news ever. Plus: how cheating at university proves you're hard-working, and Jeremy Corbyn's metaphor muddle (Source: Telegraph Health)
Source: Telegraph Health - March 4, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: essays news health dan brown students jeremy corbyn labour Source Type: news
Schoolboy's heartbreaking song about grandma's struggle with dementia
15-year-old schoolboy Harry Gardner has released a touching song about his grandma's dementia to help raise money for Alzheimer's Research UK (Source: Telegraph Health)
Source: Telegraph Health - March 4, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: harry gardner alzheimers disease song for alzheimers alzheimers research uk demetia harry gardner music Source Type: news
Drinking six cups of coffee a day 'slashes risk of multiple sclerosis'
Scientists say the evidence that coffee is beneficial to health is increasing (Source: Telegraph Health)
Source: Telegraph Health - March 3, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Ditch knitting and buy a computer to ward off dementia
Silver surfers are protecting themselves against dementia, a new study suggests (Source: Telegraph Health)
Source: Telegraph Health - March 3, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: knitting cure treatment magazines alzheimer's dementia prevent computer Source Type: news
Scientists find 'Achilles' heel' of cancer offering hope for most deadly cases
Even tumours which have spread throughout the body could be treated (Source: Telegraph Health)
Source: Telegraph Health - March 3, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: cure breakthorough achilles heel treatment cancer research uk university college london spread therapy Source Type: news
Taking two aspirin a week could protect against cancer
People at risk of stomach and bowel cancer should consider taking aspirin if their doctor agrees, say health experts (Source: Telegraph Health)
Source: Telegraph Health - March 3, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
How much are junior doctors paid, and why are they threatening to strike?
As the British Medical Association prepares for industrial action, ending in the first 'all out' strike by medics in the history of the NHS, we examine the issues (Source: Telegraph Health)
Source: Telegraph Health - March 3, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: doctors doctor pay asa bennett junior doctor nhs strike ddrb bma nhs employers junior doctors Source Type: news
Nigerian nurse worked in UK hospitals for decade before she was detected as illegal immigrant
Medic struck off after being able to avoid detection for ten years without being questioned about immigration status or producing correct documentation (Source: Telegraph Health)
Source: Telegraph Health - March 3, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
'Game-changing' breast cancer treatment delays growth of tumour
International study shows the new combination of drugs would delay the need for chemotherapy (Source: Telegraph Health)
Source: Telegraph Health - March 3, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: chemotherapy drug breast treatment cancer combination palbociclib fulvestrant Source Type: news
