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A teenager is being denied a 10,000 NHS operation to rebuild his skull following a motorbike crash.
Shaun Kilgariff from Stoke-on-Trent was left fighting for his life last October after the accident left him suffering swelling on the brain.
Shaun must wear a cap to protect his head while he waits for an operation to rebuild his skull.
MONDAY, Sept. 27 (HealthDay News) — Doctors often fail to screen their adolescent eating-disorder patients for evidence of self-inflicted physical harm in the form of cutting or burning, new research reveals.
The observation stems from work conducted by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital in Palo Alto, Calif.
Led by Dr. Rebecka Peebles (who conducted the study while a Stanford pediatrics instructor), the research team published its findings in the Sept.
Artist’s impression: The Vantix biosensor can test for illegal drugs quickly and cheaply. It is due on the market within two years
A disposable drugs test that allows parents to check if their children have been taking cannabis or cocaine by analysing a droplet of saliva has been developed by British scientists.
The handheld device, which resembles a pregnancy testing kit, costs just 1.50 and produces an accurate result within five minutes.Its creators say it could be available within two years.
The Vantix sensor was developed to help police carry out speedy roadside drug-driving tests, but it could just as easily be used by parents who are worried their children are taking drugs.
If you want to boost your child’s results at school, you could do a lot worse than ensuring that they do plenty of exercise.
Scientists have already shown that physical activity can make you brainier. But a team in America has used scans to show that an important part of the brain actually grows in children who are fit.
These youngsters tend to be more intelligent and have better memories than those who are inactive.
Physically fit children performed better in memory tests and had larger hippocampi, according to a new study (posed)
Scientists also found that one of the most important parts of their brains was 12 per cent larger than those of unfit youngsters.
They believe that encouraging children to take exercise from a very young age could help them do better at school later. <
Pre-eclampsia develops in early pregnancy but dangerous symptoms don’t develop until later on. Scientists hope they can spot women at risk before they suffer complications
Scientists are developing a blood test that could identify women at risk of a potentially life-threatening pregnancy condition, a report revealed today.
There is currently no way of predicting pre-eclampsia which raises blood pressure and can lead to strokes and even death.
The condition can also lead to premature birth, stillbirth and low birth weight.
But new research paves the way for a test that could predict the complication which can be fatal for both mother and child.
Pre-eclampsia is characterised by high blood pressure and high levels of protein in the urine.