RECENT NEWS

Most British women are unaware that breast cancer risk increases with age despite it being one of the strongest risk factors for the disease, according to startling new research. A study commissioned by the charity Breast Cancer Care found that despite the high profile of the disease nearly six out of ten women (58%), regardless of background, did not know that the older they get, the higher their risk.

Britain's youngest female brain surgeon, Dr Gelareh Zadeh, has performed the UK’s first operation to remove a brain tumour as a day case, under local anaesthetic.

A study from the University of Southern Denmark has concluded that women who exercise intensively during the first phase of pregnancy are 3.7 times more likely to miscarry. The risk dropped almost completely after the 18th week of pregnancy. Women who swam during any phase of pregnancy showed no increased danger of miscarriage, however.

Britain’s youngest female brain surgeon, Dr Gelareh Zadeh, has performed the UK’s first operation to remove a brain tumour as a day case, under local anaesthetic.

Atwo-year professional training programme in integrated medicine for medical doctors and nurse practitioners has been launched.

Astudy from the University of Southern Denmark has concluded that women who exercise intensively during the first phase of pregnancy are 3.7 times more likely to miscarry.

Obesity could be as big a crisis as climate change unless Britons start to lose weight soon, Health Secretary Alan Johnson recently warned.

Three London NHS Trusts have been named among the best in England after being rated as “excellent” by watchdogs. The Healthcare Commission said they were among the 19 top Trusts on quality of services and use of resources.

Cook Medical, a private medical device company, and Gynecor, a global anatomic pathology laboratory devoted to gynaecology, have announced their partnership to provide the Tao Brush to obstetricians and gynaecologists across the country, offering a gentler method of endometrial biopsy.

Most British women are unaware that breast cancer risk increases with age despite it being one of the strongest risk factors for the disease, according to startling new research. A study commissioned by the charity Breast Cancer Care found that despite the high profile of the disease nearly six out of ten women (58%), regardless of background, did not know that the older they get, the higher their risk.

Andrew Davies, Minister for Finance and Public Service Delivery, officially opened Swansea University’s Institute of Life Science (ILS).

The Oxford Neurodevelopmental Magnetoencephalography (MEG) Centre, featuring advanced new Elekta Neuromag technology for the investigation of autism, has been officially opened at the University Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, in Oxford, by HRH Princess Anne, The Princess Royal.

B Braun Avitum, part of the B Braun group in the UK, has launched a major expansion programme in the field of kidney dialysis.

The provisions contained in the new Mental Health Act giving clinicians the power to recall patients being cared for in the community to bring them back into hospital for treatment could overstretch limited resources, according to health experts at Eversheds LLP.Anew “power of recall” may cause concern amongst front line health practitioners and managers on a number of levels.

Previous research showing the impact dementia will have on care costs in England have been dramatically underestimated, according to new figures published in the International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry.

The Healthcare Commission warned that hospitals may face surprise spot checks by inspectors where there are suspicions they are failing to provide adequate care for elderly patients. The Commission visited 23 National Health Service hospitals and found only five that met all its dignity in care standards.

Anew £2 m investment fund is being launched to speed the best British medical inventions and ideas to a worldwide market. Designed to help surgeons and other medical practitioners develop their concepts into commercial reality, the fund is managed by surgical implants and medical devices manufacturer, Leeds-based Xiros.

The vascular department at Birmingham’s Heart of England NHS Trust, led by Professor Andrew Bradbury, is using two SonoSite MicroMaxx hand-carried ultrasound systems to cut waiting times for outpatient diagnosis and the treatment of varicose veins with endovenous chemical ablation, as well as general vascular surgery.

A “National Technology Adoption Hub” for healthcare has been unveiled in Manchester. The hub is aimed at helping the NHS better implement new cost-effective, life-saving technologies.

NICE have today announced that they will reconsider the guidance on the use of the lung cancer drug Tarceva (Erlotinib) in the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer. This upheld a joint appeal by Cancerbackup and the Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation against their original decision in June not to approve the drug.