Month: November 2011

People should no longer be signed off for long-term sickness by GPs but by an assessment service, a government-backed review says.

“We must get beyond textbooks, go out into the bypaths… and tell the world the glories of our journey.”

A quarter of people wrongly believe antibiotics work on most coughs and colds, a Health Protection Agency survey has found.

Ministers order a crackdown on the 250,000 people “languishing unnecessarily” on hospital waiting lists for more than the 18-week target.

“A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while he gets to know something.”

All smoking in cars should be banned across the UK to protect people from second-hand smoke, doctors say.

Experts recommend research to determine if the oral contraceptive pill could be to blame for rising prostate cancer rates.

“You better live your best and act your best and think your best today, for today is the sure preparation for tomorrow and all the other tomorrows that follow.”

Stem cells taken from a patient’s own heart have, for the first time, been used to repair damaged heart tissue, researchers claim.