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| Statins 'benefit healthy people' Wed, 16 May 2012 23:34:17 GMT Thousands of heart attacks and strokes could be prevented if the cholesterol-lowering drugs, statins, were more widely prescribed, research suggests. |
| Oldest living kidney donor at 83 Wed, 16 May 2012 23:34:32 GMT An 83-year-old man becomes the oldest person in the UK to donate a kidney while still alive, the NHS Blood and Transplant service says. |
| Robotic arm controlled by thought Wed, 16 May 2012 17:05:51 GMT Two patients who are paralysed from the neck down are able to control a robotic arm using their thoughts. |
| Old films to aid memory recovery Thu, 17 May 2012 01:35:59 GMT Old home movies are being used to help trigger the forgotten past of people with dementia and other memory loss. |
| Cannabis laws 'need changing' Thu, 17 May 2012 05:01:21 GMT Growing small amounts of cannabis should be treated like a speeding ticket with a fine and no criminal record, according to a drugs charity. |
| Home HIV tests backed by US panel Wed, 16 May 2012 06:18:06 GMT Over-the-counter HIV tests, which would allow people in the US to check in the privacy of their homes if they have the virus, move a step closer. |
| 'A&E fast-track' for Olympic VIPs Tue, 15 May 2012 12:26:49 GMT Senior trauma surgeons have raised concerns over a deal to give Olympic VIPs fast-track emergency care during the 2012 games. |
| US sets goal to tame Alzheimer's Tue, 15 May 2012 18:49:47 GMT The US launches a national plan to tackle Alzheimer's, as estimates show 16 million people will be affected by dementia by 2050. |
| Paralysed man moves hand after op Tue, 15 May 2012 14:06:16 GMT A paralysed man has regained limited use of his hand after pioneering surgery to bypass damage to his spinal cord. |
| Large city hospitals 'breed MRSA' Tue, 15 May 2012 02:16:54 GMT Hospitals in large cities are the breeding grounds of the superbug MRSA, researchers discover. |
| Middle-aged cancer deaths 'down' Tue, 15 May 2012 01:55:41 GMT The number of people in their 50s dying from cancer in the UK has fallen to its lowest recorded level, figures reveal. |
| Vogue calls for 'healthy' models Tue, 15 May 2012 05:14:42 GMT Editors of all 19 worldwide editions of the magazine jointly pledge not to use models younger than 16 or those they believe have an eating disorder. |
| Light-powered bionic eye invented Mon, 14 May 2012 13:03:05 GMT A retinal implant - or bionic eye - which is powered by light has been invented by scientists at Stanford University in California. |
| Girl, 10, has 3kg tumour removed Tue, 15 May 2012 02:19:08 GMT A 10-year-old girl, Eliana Mann, has had a tumour weighing more than 3kg removed in an operation at Great Ormond Street Hospital. |
| 'Care gaps and funding gaps' Sun, 15 Apr 2012 23:05:42 GMT We need to find ways of not just meeting the basic needs of the elderly, but also improving wellbeing, reducing loneliness, and restoring some pleasure to their life |
| VIDEO: Jordan to probe 'children abuse' Wed, 16 May 2012 10:41:20 GMT King Abdullah II instructed Jordan's government to probe reports of cruelty at care homes for children with physical and mental disabilities in his country after a BBC Arabic documentary was broadcast. |
| VIDEO: Tackling the trade in human flesh pills Tue, 08 May 2012 14:24:50 GMT South Korea has stepped up customs inspections to stop capsules filled with powdered human flesh being smuggled into the country from China. |
| VIDEO: World health charity targets Greece Tue, 08 May 2012 23:20:54 GMT Michael Portillo travels to Greece to find out how the Euro crisis has affected attitudes to the monetary union. |
| VIDEO: Blind man 'excited' at eye implant Thu, 03 May 2012 12:41:37 GMT A British man who has been totally blind for many years has had part of his vision restored after surgery to fit a pioneering eye implant. |
| VIDEO: One in 10 babies born premature Wed, 02 May 2012 21:23:14 GMT Fifteen million babies, one in 10 births, are born prematurely every year, a global project suggests. |
| VIDEO: Brand urges drug treatment changes Tue, 24 Apr 2012 11:56:55 GMT Comedian and actor Russell Brand has told MPs taking drugs should not be seen as a "criminal or judicial matter" but a "health issue". |
| AUDIO: Novartis defends eye drug cost Mon, 07 May 2012 09:19:53 GMT The maker's of a drug that treats age-related macular degeneration, a disease that can cause loss of sight, are taking the NHS to court to block them from using a drug that costs ten times less and is just as effective, according to tests. |
| VIDEO: Michael Johnson on dealing with pressure Wed, 02 May 2012 08:54:33 GMT American sprinter Michael Johnson overcame immense pressure to win his first individual Olympic gold medal, before completing an unprecedented double at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. |
| How village life can help the elderly Thu, 17 May 2012 00:31:48 GMT How retirement complexes could help tackle social care crisis |
| Patients 'skip' cholesterol drugs Thu, 17 May 2012 06:14:50 GMT Why some people ignore blood pressure problems |
| Epilepsy children in surgery plan Tue, 15 May 2012 00:51:44 GMT Helping children who do not respond to drugs |
| Should stillborn babies be given birth certificates? Mon, 14 May 2012 07:17:03 GMT Australian woman asks that stillborn baby be recognised |
| Boy battled cancer twice in year Sun, 13 May 2012 00:39:25 GMT The genetic disorder that caused cancer twice |
| Extreme breastfeeding Sat, 12 May 2012 00:06:01 GMT Does magazine cover exploit or promote debate on nursing? |
| Is India a dumping ground for drugs? Fri, 11 May 2012 10:02:52 GMT Warning about how drugs and tested and sold in India |
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| Word of the day |
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for May 17, 2012 is:
maffick • \MAF-ik\ • verb
: to celebrate with boisterous rejoicing and hilarious behavior
Examples:
Fans mafficked for hours outside the stadium, celebrating the team's dramatic victory in the division championship.
"In half an hour, after the mildest of mafficking, the last visitors of the exhibition's last day had gone out of the gates and the staff began their final acts of closing up shop." — From an article in The Guardian (London), October 1, 2011
Did you know?
"Maffick" is an alteration of Mafeking Night, the British celebration of the lifting of the siege of a British military outpost during the South African War at the town of Mafikeng (also spelled Mafeking) on May 17, 1900. The South African War was fought between the British and the Afrikaners, who were Dutch and Huguenot settlers originally called Boers, over the right to govern frontier territories. Though the war did not end until 1902, the lifting of the siege of Mafikeng was a significant victory for the British because they held out against a larger Afrikaner force for 217 days until reinforcements could arrive. The rejoicing in British cities on news of the rescue produced "maffick," a word that was popular for a while, especially in journalistic writing, but is now relatively uncommon.