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Father tells how toddler died in hospital after minor burns - The Guardian 25th January 2007
The father of a toddler who died after enduring a four-hour wait for hospital treatment told an inquest that "nobody took any notice" of his son's deteriorating health. One-year-old Ahil Islam developed a fever after being scalded by tea on September 30 2005, and was taken to hospital in Watford, Hertfordshire. At some point after burning his neck, chest and arm, he contracted the staphylococcus aureus infection, which poisoned his blood.
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Burns toddler died after a four-hour wait in hospital - The Times 25th January 2007
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Ministers slow to act on child obesity, warn MPs - The Guardian 25th January 2007
Efforts to tackle the obesity epidemic in children are confused, slow-paced and hampered by ministers' attempts to stay friendly with the food industry, a parliamentary watchdog will warn today. MPs on the Commons public accounts committee will call for the appointment of an "obesity tsar" to galvanise a public health drive and say parents must be given clearer guidelines about what to do if their children are obese. More pressure must also be put on food manufacturers to produce healthier brands, the MPs' report insists.
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Strategy to cut childhood obesity mired in 'confusion' - The Independent 25th January 2007
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Obesity target unlikely to be met - BBC Health News 25th January 2007
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Patients overeat to qualify for weight surgery, says charity - The Guardian 25th January 2007
Some obese people are eating more fatty foods to qualify for weight reduction surgery on the NHS, a health charity claimed yesterday. Patients who are severely or morbidly obese - but not quite big enough for an operation - are trying to put on weight, according to the British Obesity Surgery Patient Association (Bospa). Health trusts' criteria for surgery differ, leaving obese people confused and angry, says Bospa. Obesity is measured according to the body mass index (BMI), which is calculated by dividing the patient's weight in kilos by their height in metres squared. A score of 35-40 is regarded as clinically obese, while 40-45 is morbidly obese.
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Daytime naps with parent reduce cot death risk - The Guardian 25th January 2007
Babies should be put down for their daytime naps in the same room as their parents to minimise the risk of cot deaths, according to research published yesterday. A three-year study, part-funded by the Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths (FSID), has found that three-quarters of babies who die while taking their daytime naps have been put down in rooms alone. The findings contradict advice by the controversial childcare guru Gina Ford, who recommends putting babies to sleep in their own room from birth.
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London fashion week refuses to ban ultra-thin models - The Guardian 25th January 2007
The British fashion industry is ready to defy the government by refusing to rule out the controversial use of ultra-thin models on the catwalk. Organisers of London Fashion Week say they will not dictate to influential international designers about the models they use when they show their winter collections in the UK in two weeks' time.
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Health warning over counterfeit condoms - Daily Mail 24th January 2007
A health warning has been issued after fake condoms were found in a shop. Packets of "Durexx Gossamer" were seized by trading standards from a shop in Walsall, near Birmingham.
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Average woman spends 31 years on a diet, researchers say - Daily Mail 24th January 2007
For many women struggling to keep slim, dieting can seem to last a lifetime. Or to be more precise, 31 years. For researchers have found that is how long the average woman spends on a diet over the course of her life.
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The women robbed of motherhood by a needless hysterectomy - Daily Mail 24th January 2007
Thousands of women may be having unnecessary hysterectomies because doctors are offering out of date advice, experts claimed yesterday. Women as young as 19 are being given surgery that will end their hopes of mothehood rather than alternative treatments that would allow them to keep their wombs.
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Statins won't prevent women getting heart disease, claim doctors - Daily Mail 23rd January 2007
Doubts were have been cast on the value of "wonder drugs" prescribed to millions of Britons to prevent heart disease deaths. A new study claims there is no evidence to show that giving statins to women keeps them free of heart disease.
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Patient forum changes 'will fail' - BBC Health News 25th January 2007
Changes to how the public has its say on the running of the NHS are set to fail because of a lack of funding, leading doctors have said. The British Medical Association said the structure of Local Involvement Networks (Links) was flawed and open to unacceptable variations.
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Health support for deaf people - BBC Health News 24th January 2007
A leading charity says it is to build four residential mental health units to provide specialist care for deaf people. The Royal National Institute for Deaf people (RNID) wants to tackle what it calls "the crisis" in mental health provision.
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Most support voluntary euthanasia - BBC Health News 24th January 2007
Eight out of ten of people support a law change to allow doctors to actively end the lives of terminally ill patients who want to die, a poll shows. However only 60% supported doctors prescribing, but not administering, drugs someone could use to end their own life.
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Watchdog probes ambulance service - BBC Health News 24th January 2007
Staffordshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust is being investigated after serious concerns were raised about its service, a health watchdog said. The Healthcare Commission said management, the community first responder scheme and managing medicines are among the matters highlighted.
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Young women 'complacent over HIV' - BBC Health News 24th January 2007
Seven out of 10 young women do not believe they are at any risk of being infected with HIV, a survey has found. The poll, commissioned by The Body Shop and MTV, also found 92% do not think a condom is an essential handbag item on a night out.
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Bowel cancer drug appeal rejected - BBC Health News 24th January 2007
Campaigners have lost an appeal to make a bowel cancer drug widely available on the NHS. Charities Cancerbackup and Bowel Cancer UK appealed against a decision by the health watchdog to reject the drug Erbitux (cetuximab) for use on the NHS.
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Spanish shop dummies to put on weight - The Guardian 25th January 2007
Spanish shop window dummies have been ordered to fatten up after the government and big fashion chains agreed that female dummies should wear size 10 clothes or above. The agreement between Spanish retail chains such as Zara and Mango and the country's health ministry came as the fashion trade agreed to a series of measures designed to combat anorexia.
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Scientists discover how to activate genetic 'switch' that stops cancer - The Independent 25th January 2007
A way of ridding the body of lethal tumours has been identified by scientists who have used a genetic "switch" to turn on a key gene for suppressing cancer. The findings suggest there may be a way of re-activating a damaged gene that is normally involved in the natural suppression of the uncontrolled cell division that leads to cancer.
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Gene switch makes tumours shrink - BBC Health News 25th January 2007
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Cheshire and Merseyside News
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Elderly will receive MRSA blood checks - Liverpool Echo 24th January 2007
LIVERPOOL’S elderly are to be screened for MRSA to keep the superbug out of hospitals. The sweep will be the first of its kind in the country and will include tests on other groups considered at risk.
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Patients’ anger as car park fee row rumbles on - Liverpool Echo 24th January 2007
DISABLED people are still being forced to walk from a car park – months after health bosses promised to end their misery. The car park at Broadgreen hospital charges blue badge holders a minimum of £2 and means some patients face a 10-minute, uphill struggle to reach hospital buildings.
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Cumbria and Lancashire News
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Abortion doctor has not found any work - Carlisle News & Star 24th January 2007
A FORMER Carlisle gynaecologist who left a 21-year-old woman with internal injuries in a botched abortion has been unable to comply with strict conditions imposed on him to allow him to continue working. Andrew Gbinigie, 51, has not worked since 2003 when he escaped being struck off amid public uproar following a string of blunders.
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To the top with surgical skill - Lancashire Telegraph 24th January 2007
WHEN Blackburn oral surgeon Maire Morton went to medical school she was one of only a handful of women in her class. Three decades later and she has risen to the top of her specialism - being appointed as the first-ever woman president of the British Association of Oral and Maxillo-Facial Surgeons.
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Greater Manchester News
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Hospital cuts and services protest demo - The Bolton News 24th January 2007
Angry demonstrators walked from the town centre to the Royal Bolton Hospital to protest at the latest proposed cuts in jobs and services. The demo, organised by the biggest staff union at the hospital, Unison, began outside Bolton train station.
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Hospital cuts protest demo - The Bolton News 24th January 2007
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Children to get pedometers in fitness drive - The Bolton News 24th January 2007
THOUSANDS of children in the poorest parts of the country will be given pedometers to encourage them to get fit, the Government has announced. Giving children pedometers, which count the number of steps an individual takes, can improve a whole family's attitude to fitness as enthusiastic youngsters persuade parents to join them walking, ministers said.
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Sugary foods may be back on menu - The Bolton News 24th January 2007
CREAM cakes, chocolate bars and sugary snacks are banned foods for diabetics. But not any more, thanks to a course run by Bolton health chiefs.
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Specialist clinics are a threat to NHS - The Bolton News 24th January 2007
A DOCTORS' association has branded plans to privatise some services at the Royal Bolton Hospital "a threat" to the NHS. The British Medical Association is concerned that initial tests in ear, nose and throat, urology, gynaecology, general surgery and orthopaedics at Bolton and across Greater Manchester are to be carried out in private Integrated Clinical Assessment and Treatment Services (ICATS) centres.
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‘More action needed to tackle obesity’ - The Bolton News 24th January 2007
ONE of Bolton's leading health bosses is urging parents, the Government, schools and the NHS to work together in a bid to beat childhood obesity. Jan Hutchinson, director of public health for Bolton Primary Care Trust, said practical solutions must be offered if the problem of overweight children is to be tackled properly.
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