Months of screening begin as UK team gets go-ahead for first full-face transplant (The Guardian, 26 Oct 2006, Page 3)

Months of screening begin as UK team gets go-ahead for first full-face transplant

Sarah Boseley Health Editor

The Guardian

26 Oct 2006



Surgeons at London’s Royal Free hospital will today begin whittling down a short list of patients who are likely to become the world’s first full-face transplant recipients. More than 30 severely disfigured burns victims from around the world have... read more...

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Older mothers risk fertility of daughters

Older mothers risk fertility of daughters

Ian Sample New Orleans

The Guardian

25 Oct 2006



Women who delay having children until later in life risk damaging the fertility of their daughters, researchers warned yesterday. The discovery is the first evidence that the steep decline in fertility seen in older women causes genetic damage that is... read more...

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Doctors highlight obesity concerns as children as young as two are treated

Doctors highlight obesity concerns as children as young as two are treated
Ali Bracken
Tuesday - Health
03 Oct 2006

Children as young as two are being treated for obesity at the weight-reduction clinic at the National Children’s Hospital, Tallaght. Doctors working at the clinic have expressed grave concern at the number of referrals they receive each week and at the... read more...

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Rethinking estrogen

Rethinking estrogen
By Tara Parker-Pope
The Wall Street Journal Europe
03 Oct 2006

ARECENT BRAIN-SCAN study looking at how estrogen affects complex thinking skills has raised new questions about whether menopause hormones can boost a woman’s brainpower. Women have long complained that their brains don’t work as well during and after... read more...

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As China booms, a poison spreads

As China booms, a poison spreads
By Shai Oster in Xinsi, China, and Jane Spencer in Hong Kong
The Wall Street Journal Europe
03 Oct 2006

DOCTORS TREATING 5-year-old Zhou Hao after a horrific electrical accident this spring were surprised to find another, equally serious problem: dangerously elevated levels of lead in his blood. The incident uncovered one of China’s worst known cases of... read more...

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