London Health News

Prescription errors are easily made A new report finds 8% of junior doctors' prescriptions are wrong. No wonder – getting drugs right in hospital is a minefield Junior hospital doctors make mistakes in about 8% of the prescriptions they write...

A study on more than 947,000 British women treated by the NHS revealed that people requiring an inpatient stay were 70 times more likely to be admitted to hospital with a blood clot in the first six weeks after surgery...

Despite Brazil's success in curbing HIV infection rates and securing almost universal access to treatment and prevention services, the battle to end the stigma, discrimination and fear that still surrounds the virus is far from won. These pictures highlight the...

European researchers have found an association between mums who used the repellent in the earliest phase of pregnancy and an increased rate of "hypospadias" in the penises of their male children...The condition affects one to two boys in every 500...

A DISTRAUGHT five-year-old girl will have to grow up alone after swine flu claimed the life of her mum at the age of just 24. Samantha Cooper died three years after her brother, whose life was also tragically cut short...

A US study of more than 200 people aged 45 to 55 and of "normal" weight found those doing the most exercise were the most likely to suffer knee damage. Running and jumping may also do more damage to cartilage...

The agency is also recommending that anti-retrovirals should be prescribed for pregnant women and mothers who are HIV-positive...Since then, research has shown that those who begin taking anti-retroviral drugs sooner have a better chance of survival.

The country's biggest cancer charity has expressed shock at government figures revealing huge variations in patients' chances of surviving from one area of the UK to another. The biggest survival gap was in lung cancer, where Department of Health figures...

Swine flu vaccine is vital The anti-immunisation movement has been peddling fear since the 1800s, but we must ignore its misinformation on H1N1 Many people are facing the question of whether to vaccinate themselves and their children against pandemic influenza...

At least 7,826 people are now known to have died following infection with the H1N1 virus since it first emerged in Mexico in April. Europe saw an 85% increase in the week, with the total number of deaths rising from...