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Nov 28 2009 Amy Devine THE parents of a cancer-stricken toddler are facing a desperate battle to raise £300,000 for crucial treatment in America. Ross Anderton is currently having gruelling chemotherapy to shrink a rare type of...
DESPITE having battled with neuroblastoma - a rare form of cancer - from birth, Kate Smith has spent most of her life helping others. Smith, 23, is one of seven finalists vying for the young leader category at the Pride of...
In a Medical Drama, it's uncommon for the cast to have more than two patients per episode, and they typically just have one. However, this patient rarely has some simple, easily diagnosable disease - they're much more likely to...
Nov 28 2009 Craig Swan FOOTBALLER Jamie Hamill feared his little daughter would die on a late-night dash to hospital after she turned blue and stopped breathing The Kilmarnock star - who has now been told 18-month-old Hayden...
Nov 28 2009 Stephen Stewart A MAN only discovered he had cancer when he burned his mouth on his wife's cooking. Ian Smith, 50, scalded the roof of his mouth on a second helping of wife Miriam's lamb casserole. The take-away...
CINCINNATI, Nov. 27 (UPI) -- Some patients with human immunodeficiency virus experience an improved quality of life following their diagnosis, U.S. researchers found. Dr. Joel Tsevat of the University of Cincinnati and the...
as a comedian, actor and game show host. Host recounts struggles with OCD, says he checked 32 times that door was locked. The 54-year-old "Deal Or No Deal" host suffers from obsessive compulsive disorder or OCD -- a...
Giving Birth Slows Progression of Multiple Sclerosis There may be an added benefit to having at least one child for women who are diagnosed with MS. Giving birth appears to slow the progression of the disease. Multiple...
People with epilepsy know they are at risk of having a seizure at any time, surgery can help but it's difficult for doctors to see exactly where they should operate. Now a high tech helmet is changing that. Seven's Christine...
Socialized medicine’s finest hour arrived on October 16, 1975, by the marshes of Bhola Island off the coast of Bangladesh. There, in the frame of three-year-old Rahima Banu, the World Health Organization finally cornered...
