Welcome to the Podcast of Another 15 Minutes, Health News from the Fade Library. Full links to the articles detailed can be found at www (dot) fade the blog 2 (dot) blogspot (dot)com
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Cash for medication plan urged - The Guardian 3rd January 2007
A group of psychiatrists today suggest that some patients with schizophrenia could be paid to take their medication on a regular basis as a way of helping to stabilise their condition, reduce the chances of problems with the police or neighbours and keep them out of hospital. The suggestion is contentious even among psychiatrists, but a study published in a journal of the Royal College of Psychiatrists suggests that payments can be successful incentives and acceptable to the patients.
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Mentally ill patients offered cash incentive to take drugs - The Independent 3rd January 2007
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Mental illness drug payments call - BBC Health News 3rd January 2007
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GMC hears surgeon used texts to pester patient for a date - The Guardian 3rd January 2007
A surgeon sent a patient a string of text messages begging her to go out with him just days after operating on her, the General Medical Council heard yesterday. Wasim Aftab had claimed he needed her phone number so that he could contact her with the results of a biopsy, but instead sent a series of text messages. He eventually left an "aggressive" voice message after he learned she had complained to the King George Hospital in Ilford, Essex, where he was a senior house officer.
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'Text-pest doctor harassed patient' - The Times 3rd January 2007
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Trust repays nursing home fees of £50,000 - The Guardian 3rd January 2007
A man who was forced to sell his mother's home to pay for her nursing-home care yesterday won back more than £50,000 from a health trust in a landmark case. Mike Pearce sold his mother Ruby's home to meet bills so she could receive round-the-clock care after she was diagnosed as having Alzheimer's. She was judged ineligible for care on the NHS despite her condition worsening until she was incapable of doing anything for herself but chew food and swallow.
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Neutralise radiation and stay off milk: the truth about celebrity health claims - The Guardian 3rd January 2007
From Madonna's efforts to find a way to "neutralise radiation" to Carol Caplin's advice on keeping "your lymph system unclogged" if you want to avoid breast cancer, celebrities are seldom shy about offering scientific-sounding health tips. But with the season for promoting new year diets and health fads in full swing, a group of scientists are hoping to steer the rich and famous away from making pseudo-scientific gaffes.
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Scientists warn about celebrity mumbo-jumbo - The Telegraph 3rd January 2007
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Health warning over safety of bottled water - The Independent 3rd January 2007
Britain's £2bn-a-year thirst for bottled water is not only financially and environmentally foolish, it may even harm the drinkers' health, campaigners say. Possible problems associated with shop-bought water include excess sodium, the leaching of toxins and benzene contamination, according to a report published yesterday by the sustainable food and farming group Sustain.
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Consequences of smoking - The Times 3rd January 2007
Although a non-smoker I am confused by the Government’s stance on banning the selling of cigarettes to young people (report andleading article, Jan 1 and letters, Jan 2). The same Government may well support the notion of votes at 16, and has regularly taken people into its Armed Services below the age of 18. How preposterous it is then that a young person can fire a weapon (as I did at 17) and might in the future be able to vote on issues such as smoking but is banned from buying cigarettes.
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Dentists help women to fight bone disease - The Times 3rd January 2007
Dental X-rays could be used to test for osteoporosis, the bone-thinning disease, a study has found. By measuring the thickness of part of the patient’s lower jaw, using software developed by the researchers, dentists could easily identify many women at risk of the disease.
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Girl Guides to teach about alcohol and sex problems - The Times 3rd January 2007
It may not be one of the usual reasons why parents encourage their daughters to join the Guides. But this year the skills taught by the movement will be extended from first aid and camping to include problems of sex. About 450 Guides are to be trained as “peer educators” to run sessions covering sex, contraception, abortion and abuse, as well as alcoholism, stress, bullying and compulsive eating.
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Red tape is 'lowering standards of patient care' - The Telegraph 3rd January 2007
More than half of family doctors in England are being forced to refer patients to hospital through an extra layer of red tape and many are prevented from naming a consultant they know and trust. In some cases the referrals are refused and doctors have to argue the case for the patient to be seen by a consultant.
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So how long before you give up the gym? - The Telegraph 3rd January 2007
Thousands of people who take their expanded Christmas waistlines to the gym this week will have abandoned their good intentions by June, health experts said yesterday. The fitness failures will have resigned themselves to being 5lb heavier, they said.
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Mental illness drug payments call - BBC Health News 3rd January 2007
Paying people with severe mental illnesses to take medication may encourage some to stick to their drug regime, a team of London doctors says. They have quoted four cases where payments reportedly increased use of medication and cut hospital admissions.
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Dentists could do bone tests - Daily Mail 2nd January 2007
Millions of women at risk from the bone wasting disease osteoporosis could soon be tested every time they visit the dentist. Scientists at the University of Manchester have created a way to detect the disease - which affects 15 per cent of all Western women and 70 per cent of women over 80 - using ordinary dental X-rays.
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Dentists help women to fight bone disease - The Times 3rd January 2007
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Stomach ache 'most common festive complaint' - Daily Mail 2nd January 2007
Stomach ache, tooth ache and coughs topped the nation's medical gripes over the festive period. More than 250,000 calls were made to NHS Direct during the 10-day Christmas and New Year holiday. Health bosses said with 6.5m calls, inquiries were 15 per cent lower than last year, but visitors to the service's website - www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk - soared by a third, with 340,000 visits.
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Stomach pain leads calls to NHS - BBC Health News 2nd January 2007
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Record number of smokers aim to quit in 2007 - Daily Mail 2nd January 2007
A major new poll by a leading health charity has today revealed a record number of smokers are aiming to beat their addiction during 2007. The survey by the No Smoking Day charity revealed 2.8 million people are aiming to quit ahead of a nationwide ban on smoking in public places from July 1 this year.
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Festive diary: did we really drink that much? - Daily Mail 2nd January 2007
Tis the season to be merry — and many people have been just that during the festive period. The offi-cial advice is that to prevent it affecting your health, women should drink no more than 14 units of alcohol a week and men 21 units. A large glass of wine contains three units of alcohol, a small sherry one, a glass of champagne one-and-a-half and a bottle of premium lager two. But with Christmas lunches, cocktail parties and catching up with old friends, many find that their alcohol consumption rockets during the festive period, often without their even real-ising it.
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The unending agony of the Elephant Man - Daily Mail 2nd January 2007
Life was pretty calm before the 'cytokine storm' that flooded through my boyfriend's body and nearly killed him last March. Nino Abdelhady, my partner of two years, was left critically ill after a drugs trial that became known in headlines around the world as the 'Elephant Man' disaster. I gave that monstrous 'Elephant Man' tag to Nino in a BBC interview while I was in a state of shock from seeing his face and neck grotesquely inflated.
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Are you brave enough for the doomsday test? - Daily Mail 2nd January 2007
A new gene test can predict your risk of getting cancer, heart disease and Alzheimer's. But do you really want to know? JEROME BURNE got his test results and was in for a few surprises
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So is detox just a waste of time? - Daily Mail 2nd January 2007
A few weeks ago I read that detoxing didn't work, but most of my friends swear by it. Is it worth doing?
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Dave Dee was lucky his cancer was found early. But then treatment went horribly wrong... - Daily Mail 2nd January 2007
Sixties pop star Dave Dee - lead singer of the group Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich - discovered he had prostate cancer by chance in 2000, after deciding to have a top-to-toe medical. He then underwent treatment that went horribly wrong.
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Quarter say cancer 'down to fate' - BBC Health News 3rd January 2007
Over a quarter of people believe that fate will determine whether they get cancer, a survey says. More women than men thought destiny would determine their chances - and smokers were 50% more likely than non-smokers to believe in it.
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Health warning for inner cities - BBC Health News 2nd January 2007
Inner city boroughs may overtake former industrial towns as the unhealthiest places in Britain, researchers say. Market analysts CACI and TNS looked at smoking and disease rates and dietary habits to plot the least healthy places in England, Wales and Scotland.
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Medicines patent loophole 'found' - BBC Health News 2nd January 2007
Researchers who have found a way to bypass the legal patent on an expensive drug say others should follow suit. Imperial College experts have developed a potentially cheaper version of an existing Hepatitis C drug by altering the molecular structure.
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NHS patients face fake drug risk - BBC Health News 2nd January 2007
Patients are being put at risk as counterfeiters target the NHS supply chain with fake drugs, regulators say. The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) warned it is investigating twice as many counterfeit cases as it was five years ago.
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International News
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Report links premature babies to common cervical treatment - Daily Mail 2nd January 2007
Women who undergo a common treatment of the cervix are more likely to have a premature baby later in life, according to research out today. The study found women who underwent loop excision, the most common treatment for removing precancerous cells of the cervix, had an increased risk of having an early baby.
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Cancer therapy link to premature birth - The Times 3rd January 2007
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The little gadget that could banish insomnia - Daily Mail 2nd January 2007
A pocket-sized device that is used for 15 minutes before bed has been developed to treat insomnia. The gadget, which enables users to lower their own heartbeat by regulated deep breathing, has started clinical trials at Duke University in America.
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Cheshire and Merseyside News
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Stroke care will be best of British - Liverpool Echo 2nd January 2007
STROKE care in Liverpool hospitals is to become the best in the country under new plans. Consultants from Fazakerley and the Royal are to launch a round-the-clock rapid response team.
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Region's ambulance crews at full stretch for New Year - Daily Post 2nd January 2007
AMBULANCE workers in Merseyside and Cheshire responded to almost 800 emergency calls on New Year's Eve, including many life threatening cases. And the start of 2007 proved just as busy, as paramedics dealt with more than 400 calls from 11.30pm on New Year's Eve through to 5am yesterday.
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Cumbria and Lancashire News
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Cumbria population to rise 60,000 by 2029 - Carlisle News & Star 2nd January 2007
CUMBRIA’S population is set to rise by 59,500 by 2029, putting more pressure on roads and health services, and worsening the shortage of affordable homes. Official figures obtained by the GMB trade union show that the number of people living in the county is expected to grow from 494,800 to 554,300, an increase of 12 per cent.
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Doctors' trust is in the black - Lancashire Telegraph 2nd December 2007
AN East Lancashire health authority said it expects to end its year with £1.5million in the bank - as hospital bosses struggle to meet costs. Blackburn with Darwen NHS Primary Care Trust, which organises GP surgeries and decides what hospital treatment is available, is expecting a £1.5million surplus by the end of the financial year in April.
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Orthopaedic trainer puts back into it - Lancashire Telegraph 2nd December 2007
EAST Lancashire's hospital authority has scooped a top medical prize for the second year in a row. Orthopaedic surgeon Robin Paton was awarded the North West Orthopaedic Trainees Association Trainer of the Year 2006 Award.
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Doctors rebel - Lancashire Telegraph 2nd December 2007
A DOCTORS practice is refusing to allow patients to book their own hospital appointment - because managers say they can't be trusted to do it. Brookhouse Medical Centre, Whalley Range, Blackburn, has not joined most other surgeries using the Government's much touted "choose and book" system.
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Mix-up left patient with long wait - Lancashire Telegraph 2nd December 2007
A PATIENT waited more than six months for hospital treatment after being missed off the waiting list, it has been revealed. The "administrative failure" meant the unnamed patient was only added to the list after attending another clinic.
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MP urged to back campaign - Lancashire Telegraph 2nd December 2007
TOWN councillors in Todmorden are calling on their MP to help keep their health service local.
The move has come amid concerns about health services being moved as far away as Huddersfield.
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999 calls treble for New Year - Lancashire Telegraph 2nd December 2007
EMERGENCY crews reported a busy New Year's Eve. The North-west Ambulance Service received 725 calls. A normal night can expect about 200.
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Greater Manchester
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City named as diet and exercise blackspot - Manchester Evening News 2nd January 2006
POOR diet and exercise levels in Manchester are placing huge demands on the NHS with high levels of serious illness, researchers have warned. The city is named in the top ten of areas where high levels of severely unhealthy lifestyles are likely to lead to serious illness, according to a new study.
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Bundles of New Year joy - The Bolton News 2nd December 2007
PARENTS in Bolton were toasting the New Year and a new baby yesterday. First to make an appearance at the Royal Bolton Hospital was Callum Reece Morris-Broome, who was born at 12.40am on New Year's Day.
Dentists could do bone tests - Daily Mail 2nd January 2007
Millions of women at risk from the bone wasting disease osteoporosis could soon be tested every time they visit the dentist. Scientists at the University of Manchester have created a way to detect the disease - which affects 15 per cent of all Western women and 70 per cent of women over 80 - using ordinary dental X-rays.
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Dentists help women to fight bone disease - The Times 3rd January 2007
Full links to the articles detailed can be found at www(dot) fade the blog 2 (dot)blogspot (dot)com, This has been a Podcast of Another 15 Minutes ... Health News from the Fade Library.
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