Health News

• Lily Allen battling with blood poisoning brought on by second miscarriage 06/11/2010
  Pop star, 25, taken to hospital by ambulance but said to be responding well to treatmentLily Allen is battling blood poisoning just days after suffering her second miscarriage, doctors have said.The 25-year-old pop star was said to be responding well to treatment for septicaemia after being taken to hospital by ambulance on Friday night.Allen had been recove […]
  Robin McKie
• Doctor, doctor: Sleepy afternoons and night cramps 06/11/2010
  At work I need to pinch myself to stop myself falling asleep. Plus why do I get cramp in my feet and calves?I am a healthy woman in my 40s who regularly exercises and eats well. Ever since my 20s, I've been sleepy in the afternoons. At work – I do a lot of reading – I need to pinch myself regularly or get up frequently to stop myself from falling asleep […]
  Dr Tom Smith
• This column will change your life: What's the worst that could happen? 06/11/2010
  Failure is an inevitable consequence of the human condition. It's how we deal with it that's more importantYou were as relieved as me, I'm sure, to learn that the terrifying Mayan prophecy about the world ending in 2012 has been postponed, thanks to an apparent error in converting the Mayan calendar. (You've got to feel sorry for the auth […]
  Oliver Burkeman