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National News
Doctors are widely prescribing expensive modern drugs for people with schizophrenia that are no better than cheaper medicines which have been used for decades, according to NHS funded research by leading psychiatrists.
n Iceland, kids go to bed at 8.08pm, and eat up all their fruit and veg - because that's what Sportacus does. With his children's TV show, LazyTown, rapidly evolving into a global smash hit, Magnús Scheving, the man behind the moustache, talks to Simon Mills
It makes sense to keep emergency contraception in the house 'just in case'. So why do we have to be so deceitful to get it, asks Ellie Levenson
Magistrates are calling for tougher laws on cannabis to halt a crime wave among children who are stealing to buy drugs and graduating to more dangerous drugs.
Almost half the beds in leading residential drug rehabilitation units are lying empty as more addicts are channelled into cheaper methadone-based treatment, The Times has learnt.
Taking folic acid can reduce the risk of heart disease and strokes, according to research.
The cost of making the breast cancer drug Herceptin available on the NHS will mean that health trusts have to deny patients other treatments, according to doctors writing in the British Medical Journal.
Scotland's crusade against smoking will see youths under the age of 18 being banned from buying cigarettes from next year.
The Government’s attempts to cut the teenage pregnancy rate, which is one of the highest in Europe, appears to be working, a study says.
One in five patients is being treated in a mixed-sex ward despite a government commitment to promote single-sex accommodation, according to a patients’ charity.
So now it seems we are going wi-fi-phobic, with news that top schools are dismantling wireless computer networks over health fears. Why? Fie!
The new national medical database is a threat to patient confidentiality, says James Le Fanu
The Government has signalled a change of tack in the disastrous IT programme for the NHS as it shifts "ownership" of the project from central management to local NHS trusts.
The scale of possible addiction to online gambling was exposed last night, as new research indicated that almost six times more people are placing bets on the internet than the Government admits.
In the old days cricket fans would have to drown their Ashes sorrows at home. But a year into Britain's new licensing laws at least some were able to have a steadying drink in their hands as Australia got off to a flyer in Brisbane.
Food manufacturers were accused yesterday of using "underhand" tactics to market products high in fat, sugar and salt at children.
Round-the-clock licensing has failed to curb the nation's binge-drinking culture and its impact now extends late into the night, The Daily Telegraph has found.
Drug abuse is costing England and Wales more than £15 billion a year through crime including robberies, burglaries and theft, according to Home Office research.
Children who are obese are damaging their feet and may have problems walking, a study has suggested.
Cocaine's street price is falling as it is being cut with carcinogenic painkiller phenacetin, police say.
Six nurses injured by a violent woman patient at a high-security hospital have claimed victory in a High Court challenge against their employers.
A "thrill-seeking" nurse who murdered two patients and harmed 15 more is the only one to blame for his actions, an independent inquiry has ruled.
Hospitals in the South East are being told to delay routine patient appointments for eight weeks, otherwise they will not be paid for them.
A doctor accused of misdiagnosing hundreds of children with epilepsy has lost a legal challenge after his work was labelled "seriously deficient".
One of the last bastions of gluttony - the pie-eating contest - has fallen victim to the healthy eating lobby.
Health Secretary Patricia Hewitt has been questioned by police over the cash-for-honours inquiry.
International News
The west's attitude to issues of reproductive health, especially in the US, causes women's deaths all over the world
Cheshire and Merseyside News
THE START date for England's workplace smoking ban will be announced before Christmas, public health minister Caroline Flint promised yesterday.
PROFESSOR Mark Bellis, head of the Centre for Public Health at Liverpool John Moores University, has produced a report based on four years of Accident and Emergency (A&E) figures at Arrowe Park Hospital.
WEST Lancashire's MP is to press for urgent talks with the Primary Care Trust to see if it pays for patients to have special drug treatment.
AN artist from Aughton is encouraging budding artists to take up their brushes for a community art project for Aintree University Hospital.
HEALTH Secretary Patricia Hewitt was under fire last night after blaming hospital managers for the NHS cash crisis - because they recruited too many doctors and nurses.
A TATTOO artist caught unlawfully working from home has been banned indefinitely.
A SHAMED doctor who down-loaded 5,000 pornographic pictures of children while working as a Navy surgeon is now employed by a Halton health trust.
A CONTINGENT from Ellesmere Port joined people suffering from dementia, carers, doctors and MPs in a 'march for justice'.
ALMOST 300 jobs and 180 beds will be cut in an £18million plan being labelled as the final chance to save Warrington Hospital.
WARRINGTON Hospital has closed its waiting list for spinal assessments - to the anger of a man who cannot pick up his newborn child because of his back pain.
YOU can see the change in the falling school rolls. You can see it in businesses and see it in hospitals.
Cumbria and Lancashire News
A FLU roadshow will be visiting Cumbrian schools over the next few months to educate teachers and prepare them for a pandemic.
THE Government has rejected claims that millions of elderly and infirm people are being put at risk of contracting potentially life-threatening flu because of problems distributing the vaccine.
A new campaign to encourage folk to take an active involvement in the running of Chorley Hospital has been launched.
ATTEMPTS to block a controversial private health scheme which hospital bosses warn could damage NHS services are "groundless", Health Secretary Patricia Hewitt has said.
A MENTAL health nurse has been suspended over an allegation that he had an inappropriate relationship with a vulnerable female patient.
Plans to create a state-of-the-art stroke unit at Blackpool Victoria Hospital have been given the thumbs up by members of a local support group.
Greater Manchester News
A SCHOOLGIRL is waiting for the results of blood tests after secretly visiting an unregistered tattooist working from a block of flats.
NURSING staff and members of the public braved the dull and damp weather to support the campaign to keep Ward 30 open.
A GRANDMOTHER who survived Legionnaires' disease after being treated at Fairfeld Hospital is backing the campaign to stop ward cutbacks.
THREE years ago people with chronic joint pain were being forced to wait for more than four months for treatment.
A GROUP of elderly residents living at the Roebuck Gardens sheltered housing scheme in Sale are vowing they won't leave their homes without a fight.
