Copyright © 2007 Yahoo! All rights reserved. http://uk.news.yahoo.com/health.html en-en Sat, 17 May 2008 11:52:00 +0000 5 http://uk.news.yahoo.com/health.html http://l.yimg.com/eur.yimg.com/i/uk/any/u/news.gif 30 140 http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080517/tts-china-quake-efe14c4.html /afp/20080517/r_t_afp_ts_china/tts-china-quake-efe14c4_3 Sat, 17 May 2008 10:31:00 +0000 China ramped up efforts on Saturday to stave off disease for millions of earthquake victims, as more miracle rescues amid the rubble offered hope in an increasingly desperate battle to save lives. AFP http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080517/thl-china-quake-disease-epidemics-aa1aa08.html /afp/20080517/r_t_afp_hl_china/thl-china-quake-disease-epidemics-aa1aa08_1 Sat, 17 May 2008 11:52:00 +0000 The fight against contagious diseases is now a top priority after China's massive earthquake, with the rotting carcasses of millions of dead animals adding to the dangers, officials said Saturday. AFP http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080517/thl-japan-suicide-poll-16acc9f.html /afp/20080517/r_t_afp_hl_japan/thl-japan-suicide-poll-16acc9f_1 Sat, 17 May 2008 06:26:00 +0000 Almost 20 percent of Japanese adults have considered killing themselves, a survey has found, with half the respondents saying movies and television are contributing to the high suicide rate. AFP http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080516/tsc-health-skorea-cloning-law-73e3a8b.html /afp/20080516/r_t_afp_sc_skorea/tsc-health-skorea-cloning-law-73e3a8b_1 Fri, 16 May 2008 21:06:00 +0000 South Korea's parliament on Friday passed a law to regulate research into cloning, following a scandal in which a now-disgraced expert claimed to have made the first human clone stem cells. AFP http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080516/thl-canada-health-medicine-energy-isotop-96993ab.html /afp/20080516/r_t_afp_hl_other/thl-canada-health-medicine-energy-isotop-96993ab_1 Fri, 16 May 2008 16:51:00 +0000 Canada announced Friday it is scrapping development of two new nuclear reactors that would have supplied radioactive materials, essential for medical tests, to most of the world. AFP http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080516/tts-us-health-cancer-canada-3c8ed92.html /afp/20080516/r_t_afp_ts_usa/tts-us-health-cancer-canada-3c8ed92_1 Fri, 16 May 2008 09:48:00 +0000 Women deficient in vitamin D at the time of a breast cancer diagnosis are more likely to die or see the tumor spread, a Canadian study published in the United States has shown. AFP http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080516/tuk-uk-britain-nhs-fa6b408.html /rtrs/20080516/r_t_rtrs_uk_other/tuk-uk-britain-nhs-fa6b408_1 Fri, 16 May 2008 08:30:00 +0000 A multi-billion pound scheme to reform the system of holding patient records in the NHS is running at least four years behind schedule, a report by parliament's financial watchdog said on Friday. Reuters http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080516/thl-uk-myanmar-cyclone-cholera-b2e59e8.html /rtrs/20080516/r_t_rtrs_hl_other/thl-uk-myanmar-cyclone-cholera-b2e59e8_2 Fri, 16 May 2008 05:42:00 +0000 Some cholera has been confirmed among survivors of Cyclone Nargis, but the number was in line with case levels in previous years in Myanmar, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday. Reuters http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080515/thl-safrica-military-court-health-aids-96993ab.html /afp/20080515/r_t_afp_hl_other/thl-safrica-military-court-health-aids-96993ab_2 Thu, 15 May 2008 18:38:00 +0000 The South African military's blanket exclusions of HIV positive members is not medically justified and ignores government policy, lawyers for service personnel union told a court Thursday. AFP http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080515/thl-switzerland-obesity-science-offbeat-96993ab.html /afp/20080515/r_t_afp_hl_other/thl-switzerland-obesity-science-offbeat-96993ab_1 Thu, 15 May 2008 18:11:00 +0000 A "liquid lunch" could no longer mean a few pints down the pub, but instead a healthy way to lose weight, according to a study presented Thursday by scientists from food giant Unilever. AFP