Small Town Monthly

July 31, 2009

• Drug trial decision
• Confusion over cruise flu claims
• Inspirational fight
• Abortion pill approved in Italy
• Private transplants to be banned

July 30, 2009

• Fast chlamydia diagnosis for men
• Obesity 'spreads among the young'
• Pfizer and Nigerian state in deal
• MS woman wins right-to-die fight
• Medical frontline
• Breast cancer
• China concerned about abortions

July 29, 2009

• Swine flu vaccine for 'half US'
• Heart surgery 'more successful'
• A love of pigs helps a toddler fight leukaemia
• Transplant for heart refusal girl
• Swine flu 'hits pregnant harder'
• Not guilty plea in abortion case
• Organic 'has no health benefits'
• Calls to downsize chocolate bars
• World of wax

July 28, 2009

• Your choice
• Mental health killings increase
• 'No doubt' sunbeds cause cancer
• Sicilian hospital 'a quake risk'
• Russian school trip flu bar urged
• Bangladesh medicine 'was toxic'
• Abortion ban
• UK swine flu response criticised
• Dye eases spinal injury – but can have a side effect

July 27, 2009

• Finance guardian for US octuplets
• Test case
• GPs 'poor at spotting depression'
• Divorce 'health scars permanent'
• Dairy for children 'extends life'
• Fertility donor pay debate call

July 26, 2009

• Poorest at risk of worst diabetes
• Iced coffees 'a meal in a drink'

July 25, 2009

• Heart risks 'missed in smokers'
• Assisted death debate 'needed'

July 24, 2009

• Reading problems
• Swine flu 'reaches 160 countries'
• Falkland fevers

July 23, 2009

• Medics 'need bomb wound training'
• Healthy fat link to bowel disease
• 'New way' to repair heart damage
• Senate setback for health reform
• Seeking solutions
• Body worries
• Swine flu fears prompt Hajj curbs

July 22, 2009

• Study nails secret of child sleep
• Public warned about health MOTs
• Artificial brain '10 years away'
• World's first double arm transplant man extols the joys of scratching
• Signing up
• Final say

July 21, 2009

• Saliva test for early birth risk
• Phone gadget diagnoses disease
• Global response
• Journey's end?
• Africa HIV city care questioned
• Global swine flu deaths top 700
• Concern over Broadmoor 'failings'
• River blindness 'can be beaten'
• Pendulum heart cured by spine op
• Stressed parents up asthma risk
• China swine flu pupils released

July 20, 2009

• Immune therapy Alzheimer's hope
• Potent cancer drug hopes raised
• Call for dementia research boost
• Half a brain girl recovers vision
• S Korea baby swap damages
• In pictures

July 19, 2009

• Alarming Africa male gay HIV rate
• Dystrophy treatment 'closer'
• Find 'could cut allergy deaths'

July 18, 2009

• Turkey smoke ban for bars
• Milan to enforce teen drink ban
• China quarantines school groups
• Brazil demands return of UK waste

July 17, 2009

• Real-time scans
• Children 'need water fountains'
• Doctor no
• Octuplets' hospital privacy fine
• UK swine flu deaths jump to 29

July 16, 2009

• Thalidomide lung cancer 'failure'
• UK military doctor shortage
• HIV circumcision study ends early
• Ready or not?

July 15, 2009

• Killer parasites' genes decoded
• Why a smoking ban is not being applied to US troops
• Obama applauds health 'milestone'
• World's oldest mother dies at 69
• 'Medical myth'

July 14, 2009

• Lower IQ 'a heart disease risk'
• Women 'naturally weaker' to HIV
• Morning after

July 13, 2009

• Full recovery for two hearts girl
• Problem drinking 'hits over-60s'
• Swine flu 'hits airways harder'
• Aargh @*%!!!. Scientists say swearing helps reduce pain
• A few drinks 'cuts dementia risk'
• Scarless surgery
• Pain in childbirth 'a good thing'

July 12, 2009

• Obesity 'link to same-sex parent'
• Slow blood flow 'hampers statins'

July 11, 2009

• Polio threat to Pakistan children

July 10, 2009

• Kidney disease
• Cough find sparks treatment hope
• Botched op footballer's wife dies
• Sly children uses dogs to fool exercise study
• Happier fat
• Toxic brew
• Cancer: The facts
• Concern over Ebola virus in pigs
• Third of breast cancer 'harmless'

July 9, 2009

• Common cancer deaths 'falling'
• Proof mounts on restricted diet
• 'Lower' Asian obesity threshold

July 8, 2009

• Tests raise life extension hopes
• Genetic peril

July 7, 2009

• 'No proof' that muscle rubs work
• Teen pregnancy project ditched
• Scientists claim sperm 'first'
• UK rejects assisted dying law
• Sri Lanka dengue fears – clean up your puddles or face jail
• 'Once-only dose' rabies jab hope
• Migraine 'favoured sickie excuse'
• Texas lessons

July 6, 2009

• Call for tougher gene test rules
• Tugging out tufts
• Pill for hair-pulling compulsion
• Laser 'cure' for blindness tested
• Quacks and Cures

July 5, 2009

• Genetic clue to brain cancer risk
• Coffee 'may reverse Alzheimer's'

July 3, 2009

• Lung research
• Self-help 'makes you feel worse'
• Could honeybee venom ease arthritis pain?
• From BBC Health
• From BBC Health
• From BBC Health
• From BBC Health
• Flu risk for indigenous peoples
• Warning over fake Tamiflu sales
• Fight for life
• India media hails gay sex ruling

July 2, 2009

• WHO: swine flu 'unstoppable'
• Scraping by
• Scots take 'sun-fry' cancer risk
• Solo life ups gene dementia risk
• Four pints 'increase health risk'

July 1, 2009

• Sound waves offer prostate hope
• Gene clues to schizophrenia risk
• US obesity problem 'intensifies'
• Rwanda denies sterilisation plans
• Swine flu emergency in Argentina
• Lack of sleep 'hits women harder'
• 'IVF success blood test hope'
• Greece acts to stub out smoking