Drug gives new hope to multiple sclerosis suffers

Doctors at Cambridge University have done a three-year trial of a drug called alemtuzumab on over 300 MS patients.



Those given the drug,a synthetic antibody developed at Cambridge 30 years ago, were 74% less likely to relapse, were 71% less likely to be disabled in three years time,but also showed fewer signs of disability.

The drug also seemed to promote brain repairs.

Fans may reduce cot deaths

A study suggests that fans reduces the risk of cot deaths/sudden infant death syndrome(Sids) by 72%.

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Beast cancer vaccine a possibility

Professor Valerie Beral who lead the Million Women Study into the causes of breast cancer believes that a breast cancer vaccine is possible.

The study shows that many breast cancer are caused by lack of hormonal changes caused by childbirth and breastfeeding.

Under-15s shouldn't drink alcohol

It appears that `early drinking' leads to alcohol problems.

One theory is that fast changes in teengers' brains means that alcohol affects long-term development, causing alcohol problems.

The chief medical officer has launched a 5-point plan for parents to help them.

Alcohol can damage the prefrontal and hippocampus areas of a teenager's brain.

Paracetamol shouldn't be given to children

Analysis of data on 200,000 children suggests that giving paracetamol to young chilren may increase the risk ot those children developing asthma,eczema and hay fever

Doctor linked to AIDS deniers loses libel case

Dr Matthias Rath, who claimed that his nutritional supplements could cure AIDS,cancer and other ilnesses, has losed a libel case against the Guardian and may have to pay £220,000.

It is said that because of his activities saying antiretrovirals were toxic and useless,some people have died sooner than they would have.

Low birth weight linked to depression

Schoolchildren who were underweight at birth are more likely to suffer anxiety, depression and be more withdrawn during school years, according to a study in the US journal Archives of General Psychiatry of over 800 children in Detroit, Michigan.