Health Column

As part of our on-going health awareness campaign at the hospital our consultants will be providing information on different conditions each month.

Prostate Cancer\|	19/03/2009
The most common cancer in men, with 35,000 diagnosed each year.	Mr Hendrik Schuyten

Irritable Bowel Syndrome\|	14/04/2009
This is a mix of adbominal symptoms for which there is no obvious cause.	Dr Philip Hardo

Heart Disease\|	22/05/2009
The UK has one of the highest death rates from heart disease in the world.	Dr Mahmoud Ahmed

Asthma\|	04/08/2009
Asthma affects 5.4million people in the UK, 1.1m of them children. There is a person with asthma in one in five households in the UK.	Dr John Collins

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