Parents' panic over meningitis B vaccine shortage rises - but Government refuses to back down
A petition to Parliament is calling for the vaccine to be offered free on the NHS to children aged up to 11 (Source: Telegraph Health)
Source: Telegraph Health - February 18, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: matt dawson meningitis B men b vaccine Faye Burdett Source Type: news
Pasta, pizza and frozen chips: the National Food Survey shows why we're fatter than the French
Modern eating habits do not leave Brits with a food culture to be proud of, writes Judith Woods (Source: Telegraph Health)
Source: Telegraph Health - February 18, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: health susan jebb food weight national food survey sugar france fanny craddock Source Type: news
Pharmaceutical firms paying members of panel which oversees NHS drug procurement
Ten senior officials on the Department of Health's Pharmaceutical Market Support Group also act as consultants to drugs companies (Source: Telegraph Health)
Source: Telegraph Health - February 18, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: CCG drug GP lobbying firms drugs hospital investigation pharmacy NHS officials pharmacist Source Type: news
Leicester hospital in swine flu outbreak as 14 cancer patients diagnosed with illness
Affected patients at Leicester Royal Infirmary put into isolation and given antiviral drugs as hospital wards they were in are closed (Source: Telegraph Health)
Source: Telegraph Health - February 18, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Leicester illness h1n1 outbreak Leicester Royal Infirmary hospital flu swine flu Source Type: news
Cannabis does not cause anxiety and depression, study finds
Scientists have found no link between cannabis use and mental health problems in a study of 35,000 people (Source: Telegraph Health)
Source: Telegraph Health - February 18, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: cannabis nicotine cigarettes depression mental health smoking disorder alcohol anxiety mood substance abuse Source Type: news
Parents release heartbreaking image of girl, two, dying of meningitis as 400,000 sign vaccine petition
Hundreds of thousands back call for vaccine to be rolled out to all children after woman publishes photo of daughter in hospital before she died (Source: Telegraph Health)
Source: Telegraph Health - February 18, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: meningitis meningitis b Kent nhs Faye Burdett vaccine Maidstone Source Type: news
Teenage boy with no arms and legs told to 'prove' his disability by Department for Work and Pensions
Edward Bright lost his limbs to meningitis when he was seven (Source: Telegraph Health)
Source: Telegraph Health - February 18, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: pip teenager no arms legs disability benefits edward bright dwp Department for Work and Pensions DLA Source Type: news
Testicle removal mistake among 1,100 NHS 'never events'
Catalogue of "never events" which take place in the NHS also include a woman having her fallopian tubes removed instead of her appendix (Source: Telegraph Health)
Source: Telegraph Health - February 18, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
HRT for elderly men could boost libido and make them happier
A 'landmark' new study has suggested that should consider taking hormone replacement therapy to boost their sex drive and improve their moods (Source: Telegraph Health)
Source: Telegraph Health - February 17, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: energy vitality university pennsylvania study elderly research sex drive new england journal of medicine oap testosterone hrt Source Type: news
Football Association's project to 'transform football' with 3G pitches is overshadowed by cancer fears
Sam Wallace: FA chairman Greg Dyke has a plan to build 500 new 3G pitches, but how safe is the rubber crumb infill? (Source: Telegraph Health)
Source: Telegraph Health - February 17, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: football pitches 3g cancer 3g pitches artifical pitches cancer artificial pitches Source Type: news
Football Association's project to 'transform football' with 3G pitches is threatened by cancer fears
Sam Wallace: FA chairman Greg Dyke has a plan to build 500 new 3G pitches, but how safe is the rubber crumb infill? (Source: Telegraph Health)
Source: Telegraph Health - February 17, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: football pitches 3g cancer 3g pitches artifical pitches cancer artificial pitches Source Type: news
How much sugar is in the food you eat?
Watch this video to see exactly how much sugar is in the food that Britons eat everyday (Source: Telegraph Health)
Source: Telegraph Health - February 17, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: obesity health snacks Sugar drinks starbucks packed how much sugar news. video Source Type: news
Matt Dawson reveals toddler son has beaten meningitis
Ex-England rugby union captain and BBC Question of Sport star shares series of heartbreaking images of child's recovery after 'two weeks of hell' (Source: Telegraph Health)
Source: Telegraph Health - February 17, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Matt Dawson great ormond street hospital question of sport meningitis rugby beaten captain Source Type: news
Parents release heartbreaking image of girl, two, dying of meningitis as 250,000 sign vaccine petition
Quarter of a million people back call for vaccine to be rolled out to all children after woman publishes photo of daughter in hospital before she died (Source: Telegraph Health)
Source: Telegraph Health - February 17, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: meningitis meningitis b Kent nhs Faye Burdett vaccine Maidstone Source Type: news
Up to 25 spoons of sugar in coffee shop drinks
Hot drinks 'laden with an unbelievable amount of sugar and calories', campaign group finds (Source: Telegraph Health)
Source: Telegraph Health - February 17, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: action on sugar Orange and Cinnamon Hot Mulled Fruit venti spoonfuls Grape with Chai Starbucks Coca Cola Source Type: news
