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Michael Cross: Joined-up government is not inevitable or desirable - The Guardian 18th January 2007
Sometimes you have to feel sorry for the government. As one set of civil servants, the Home Office, is fed into the mincer for failing to join up its databases, another, the Cabinet Office, gets a roasting for proposing too much synchronicity. However, for all the furore generated by tinfoil-hatted state-haters, Technology Guardian readers will find little new in the prime minister's announcement of plans to join up government IT systems. After all, the current plan for "transformational government" was published in November 2005. In August we revealed that ministers had agreed in principle to remove one big barrier to a single government database, the presumption that data given to one public agency would not be given to another.
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Electrosmog in the clear with scientists - The Guardian 18th January 2007
Studies show that it's not mobile phones and electric fields making people ill - so what is the cause of 'electrosensitivity'?
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Fighting cancer with a cold - The Guardian 19th January 2007
British scientists are preparing to launch trials of a radical way to fight cancer, which kills tumours by infecting them with viruses like the common cold. If successful, virus therapy could eventually form a third pillar alongside radiotherapy and chemotherapy in the standard arsenal against cancer, while avoiding some of the debilitating side-effects.
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Desperate for a baby - The Guardian 19th January 2007
Mohammed Taranissi is Britain's most controversial doctor. He is the object, in equal measure, of much gratitude and much suspicion. He is also, according to the Sunday Times Rich List, the UK's richest doctor, with a personal fortune of $75m. Forget cancer or heart disease or other big killers, medical fame and fortune in the 21st century comes from making babies. And Taranissi's Assisted Reproduction and Gynaecology Centre has secured thousands of these little bundles of joy for desperate parents.
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A&E targets missed because of bed shortages - The Independent 18th January 2007
Doctors are struggling to meet government accident and emergency waiting time targets because of a shortage of beds, doctors' leaders warned. In a survey for the British Medical Association (BMA), 87 per cent of doctors questioned said the lack of in-patient beds was the main reason for not meeting targets. The Government target is that 98 per cent of patients should wait no more than four hours from arrival at A&E to admission, transfer or discharge.
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A&E success 'not sustainable' - BBC Health News 17th January 2007
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Winner may lose leg after falling ill in the Caribbean - The Independent 18th January 2007
The film director Michael Winner was seriously ill in hospital yesterday with a mysterious complaint that may require his infected left leg to be amputated. Doctors said Winner, 71, who fell ill while on holiday in Barbados, was making "good progress" after he was admitted to intensive care in the private London Clinic on Harley Street.
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I bet I know why the BMA is banging on about that - The Times 18th January 2007
When it comes to self-advancement, there is no interest group that comes close to the British Medical Association. When trade union officials speak, we know what they are up to. They are trying to increase their influence and power. And we judge the sense of what they say accordingly. The BMA is, except in one crucial respect, no different. It is like any other trade union, with the same overriding motivation: to increase its influence and power. The crucial difference, however, is that when the prefix “Doctor” is attached to a name, we lose our critical faculties. We assume that anything emanating from the BMA is disinterested and motivated only by the desire to increase the sum of human good.
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Patients given botched surgery at NHS-funded private clinics - The Times 18th January 2007
Patients underwent an unknown number of botched, cancelled or mismanaged operations by private clinics that are paid to carry out surgery for the NHS, according to a leaked report commissioned by the Government. The report, by the Healthcare Commission, says that patient safety may have been compromised and throws into doubt the quality of treatment at independent sector treatment centres, which are privately run but funded with public money.
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British woman orders 'off-the-shelf' designer baby - Daily Mail 17th January 2007
A woman is to be impregnated with Britain’s first off-the-shelf designer baby within weeks, it has been revealed. The Londoner and her partner are preparing to fly to a clinic in America to begin the controversial fertility treatment.
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Vitality Diet: Your questions answered - Daily Mail 17th January 2007
I'm a student and so on a tight budget. How can I adapt the vitality diet as fish is quite expensive! Alie, Leeds Jane says: On the cost front, frozen fish can be just as healthy as fresh and is much cheaper – so check this out.
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Picture that saved baby Jasmin's sight - Daily Mail 17th January 2007
When Jasmin Nethercoat had her photograph taken on her first birthday, little did her parents realise the picture would save her sight. Her mother Vicki had the photograph developed - only to notice a strange spot reflected in her daughter's left eye.
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Edwardians were the first obese Britons - Daily Mail 17th January 2007
We are a generation of over-fed gluttons, gorging on our abundance like never before. Or that, at least, is what the experts will have us believe. But a new TV documentary sets out to smash the myth that the current obesity epidemic is a modern disease - and questions advice that we should look to the past for a healthier diet.
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Bingeing youth of educated women - BBC Health News 18th January 2007
Educated women are far more likely to binge-drink in their 20s than those with few qualifications, a study shows. The Institute of Child Health examined the drinking habits of thousands of British women born in 1958.
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Downsizing survivors 'depressed' - BBC Health News 18th January 2007
Workers who keep their jobs following cuts are almost as likely to need treatment for stress as colleagues made redundant, say researchers. University College London researchers, writing in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, said more help should be offered to "survivors".
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Crystal meth made class A drug - BBC Health News 17th January 2007
The "euphoric" sex and dance culture drug crystal meth will become a class A drug to avert widespread use in the UK. People who use methamphetamine - its proper name - now face up to seven years in jail and an unlimited fine, while dealers could be jailed for life.
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Man jailed for giving woman HIV - BBC Health News 17th January 2007
A 35-year-old man has been jailed for three-and-a-half years for infecting his girlfriend with HIV. The pair met at a Bournemouth nightclub and had unprotected sex during their relationship even though the victim had been concerned the man had the virus.
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Colgate warned over '80%' boast - BBC Health News 17th January 2007
The maker of Colgate toothpaste has been warned not to repeat its famous advertising claim that "more than 80% of dentists recommend Colgate". The Advertising Standards Authority concluded the claim on Colgate posters was "misleading" after investigating the phone survey behind the boast.
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Drug death doctor not registered - BBC Health News 16th January 2007
A psychiatrist accused of the manslaughter of a suicidal patient was not registered, a court has heard. Peter Fisher, 46, is accused of killing Peter Weighman, 39, who died from a drugs overdose at West Cumberland Infirmary in September 2002.
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International News
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Why are French women so fertile? - The Guardian 18th January 2007
Bonne question. Perhaps because, unlike their European counterparts, they can have it all and reach the almost perfect balance between work, life and sex. The National Institute of Demographic Studies announced yesterday that French women top the European league of fecundity with an average of two children each, compared with a European average of 1.5. The French now have more babies than the Irish and, for the first time since 1974, the renewal of the generations in France is about to be guaranteed.
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Scientists reveal how world's worst flu killed victims - The Guardian 18th January 2007
The victims of the deadliest flu pandemic in history were killed when their bodies unleashed an uncontrolled immune reaction as a protective mechanism, say scientists. Patients' lungs rapidly became inflamed and filled with blood and other fluids which eventually drowned them.
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Lethal secrets of 1918 flu virus - BBC Health News 18th January 2007
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Parasites 'may help MS patients' - BBC Health News 17th January 2007
Having millions of parasites living in your gut may actually be a benefit if you also have multiple sclerosis, a study has found. The methods used by the creatures to stop our immune systems wiping them out could be keeping the illness at bay.
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US doctors plan womb transplant - BBC Health News 17th January 2007
A team of doctors in New York say they are planning to perform the first womb transplant in the US. The procedure would potentially allow women who have had their wombs damaged or removed to develop a pregnancy and give birth.
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Cheshire and Merseyside News
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Bid to ban booze from all of Wirral's streets -Liverpool Daily Post 17th January 2007
ALL of Wirral’s streets and open areas could be declared an alcohol- free zone under plans being considered by the local authority. As the number of areas being “designated” gathers pace Wirral’s councillors have been asked to look at options to enlarge the plans to cover the entire borough.
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Court bans off-licence from selling alcohol for one month - Liverpool Daily Post 17th January 2007
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'Binge drink' row as shop can open to 4am - Liverpool Echo 17th January 2007
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New Ashworth plans set for approval - Liverpool Echo 17th January 2007
PLANS for the first of two new prisons proposed for Ashworth Hospital are set to be approved today – despite concerns it will lead to increased crime. Sefton Council’s planning committee is being asked to back the plans for the Category B establishment.
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Husband of MRSA victim slams care - The Crewe Chronicle 17th January 2007
A DISTRAUGHT husband has hit out at conditions at Crewe's Leighton Hospital after the death of his wife who was suffering from the 'superbug' MRSA and from CJD. Spina bifida sufferer Elizabeth Roberts, 46, died on January 7. Her condition deteriorated after a fall in Leighton which had followed injections to increase her stability.
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Clinical waste site scheme sparks health fears - The Crewe Chronicle 17th January 2007
FURIOUS residents are fighting plans to site a depot dealing with clinical waste, including human tissue and blood, near their homes. Crewe and Nantwich mayor Howard Curran has spoken of his'deepconcern' overthebidto create a major transfer station backing on to homes in Crewe.
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Cumbria and Lancashire News
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'Left to die by doctor' - Carlisle News & Star 17th January 2007
A MENTAL health patient died because the doctor treating him at a Cumbrian hospital didn’t know what he was doing, a court heard. Peter Weighman, 39, died on September 23, 2002, after taking an overdose of 50 co-praxamol tablets on the Yewdale ward at Whitehaven’s West Cumberland Hospital.
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Tragedy doctor 'not on register' - Liverpool Echo 17th January 2007
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Drug death doctor not registered - BBC Health News 16th January 2007
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Action to tackle teen pregnancy hotspot - Lancashire Telegraph 17th Janury 2007
HYNDBURN is still a hot spot' for teenage pregnancy, despite a drop in the number of young girls becoming mothers before they reach 18. Figures reveal the number of girls who fall pregnant while under 18 has fallen by 16.8 per cent over seven years.
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Greater Manchester News
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Meningitis blunder doc escapes punishment - Manchester Evening News 17th January 2007
A GP found guilty of misconduct for failing to carry out basic checks on a toddler who later died of meningitis will not face any punishment. Dr Ramesh Gulati, of Shiv Lodge Medical Centre, in Longsight, made "a number of failings of sufficient gravity" to affect his registration in his care of two-year-old Wesley Hayward, a medical watchdog decided.
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Doctor who missed meningitis found guilty - Manchester Evening News 16th January 2007
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Woman died after breast operation - The Bolton News 17th Janury 2007
THE son of a woman who died of septicaemia after a mastectomy operation said he was shocked when she became so ill so quickly, an inquest heard. Theresa Dickinson, aged 78, of Brownfield Crescent, Little Hulton, died at the Royal Bolton Hospital on July 24, 2006, just days after she had her left breast removed after cancer was discovered.
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Army workout - The Bolton News 17th Janury 2007
I KNOW a thing or two about army fitness training. After all, I recently bought - and watched - the whole of the Second World War drama series, Band of Brothers.
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Royal Bolton appoints new training boss - The Bolton News 17th Janury 2007
THE Royal Bolton Hospital has appointed a new director of medical education. Dr Malcolm Brown completed his medical training in 1981, and in 1985 began as a registrar in the Unsworth Group Practice in Westhoughton, where he is now a partner.
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School’s strange fruit - The Bolton News 17th Janury 2007
ART is being used as the latest weapon against childhood obesity. Pupils at Harper Green High School have been creating their own fruit and vegetables in a bid to encourage other youngsters to eat their five a day.
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Hospital is great place to work, say our nurses - The Bolton News 17th Janury 2007
THE Royal Bolton Hospital has been voted one of the best health organisations to work for in the whole country. The Nursing Times has ranked the hospital in its top 100 following a survey of nurses.
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New health boss for town - The Bolton News 17th Janury 2007
Roger Pegum has been appointed as a non-executive director for Bury Primary Care Trust. Mr Pegum is the principal lecturer in accounting and finance at Liverpool John Moores University and served as a non-executive director of the Heywood and Middleton PCT before its merger with Rochdale PCT.
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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