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As turkey cull ends ministers and farmers hope virus has not spread - The Guardian 6th February 2007
The government, farmers and supermarkets were crossing their fingers last night that the H5N1 outbreak on Bernard Matthews's turkey farm in Suffolk was an isolated case and the lethal disease had not spread further. As the 200 cullers gassed the last of 159,000 turkeys at the farm and no new suspicious deaths or illnesses were reported, the environment secretary, David Miliband, told the Commons that the government had reacted swiftly and efficiently, but still did not know how the infection had arrived.
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The question: Will Bernard Matthews survive bird flu? - The Guardian 6th February 2007
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H5N1: 'It does make you worried. You can never be sure about safety of food' - The Independent 6th February 2006
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Firms at mercy of bird flu pandemic - The Independent 6th February 2006
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Ministers forced to defend handling of flu outbreak - The Independent 6th February 2006
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Promise to 'stamp out' bird flu - BBC Health News 5th February 2007
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H5N1: 'It does make you worried. You can never be sure about safety of food' - The Independent 6th February 2006
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Firms at mercy of bird flu pandemic - The Independent 6th February 2006
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Ministers forced to defend handling of flu outbreak - The Independent 6th February 2006
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Workers complain of silence from the company - The Telegraph 6th February 2007
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Hungary link probed after bird flu outbreak - Daily Mail 5th February 2007
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Hungary link probed after bird flu outbreak - Daily Mail 5th February 2007
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Promise to 'stamp out' bird flu - BBC Health News 5th February 2007
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Actually, the ethical objections to commmercial cord blood banking are substantial (Branson launches shared stem cell bank, February 2) and they are reinforced by clinical ones, as the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists made plain last June when it advised doctors against the practice in most cases. Mothers in labour may be put at additional risk through cord blood banking, for benefits which are largely speculative, to make profits for private firms. That seems an obvious ethical problem to me. True, Branson has decided to divide the samples between private and public banking, but for the past 10 years, mothers who want to donate cord blood altruistically have already been giving to the public NHS cord blood bank - without having to pay £1,500 for the privilege.
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Making the change from being an Area Child Protection Committee to becoming the LSCB in Swindon has made a lot of difference. We've moved from being a non-statutory - therefore, to some extent, voluntary - organisation, to a statutory body with wider powers and a wider remit.
We need more exercise, not less, as we get older. But, says Joan Bakewell, when you're in your 70s, it pays to pace yourself and know your limitations
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Britain's chief medical officer recommends that adults should achieve at least 30 minutes of moderate activity five or more days per week. No specifications are made for particular age groups, but the advice is to accumulate exercise as part of your daily routine until you have amassed the target amount. No need to pound it out at the gym for half an hour a day, just get moving more.
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Plans for a drastic reduction in the number of NHS hospitals in England providing full childbirth facilities for mothers and specialist medical care for children will be announced by the Department of Health today. It is part of a move to put more complex clinical work into regional centres of excellence.
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A groundbreaking deal with the private sector to provide millions of patients with information on the best hospitals and GPs in Britain is condemned today by a parliamentary watchdog as poor value for money and breaking almost every rule designed to protect the taxpayer. The National Audit Office has lambasted the Department for Health for signing an exclusive joint venture with the Dr Foster partnership - the organisation behind the Good Hospital Guide - without putting out the proposal to competitors and paying millions of pounds to the company to develop the ministry's own data.
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Health department attacked over £12m deal with private firm - The Independent 6th February 2006
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Mental disorders in children are on the rise, according to a study of nearly 700,000 young people. Researchers have known for several years that diagnoses of autism are increasing, but the new research suggests that Tourette syndrome and hyperkinetic disorder are also being more commonly identified in children. The researchers say it is not clear if the apparent rise is real and caused by environmental factors or whether it is due to increased awareness and diagnosis of child mental health problems by doctors.
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"Some of the nurses were caring, some appeared to be in the wrong job," wrote the son of an 84-year-old dementia sufferer who was admitted to Northampton General Hospital after collapsing at home last year. The staff reportedly failed to help him with feeding, drinking, taking medicine and passing solids. "We were left with the general impression that the care was similar to that in a third world country, ie that if you did not have relatives to care for you, you would probably die," added the son, a local GP, last July.
A major expansion of the services offered by GPs was announced by the Health Secretary Patricia Hewitt yesterday, but without any increase in their pay. Family doctors will be encouraged to set up one-stop shops where they work alongside consultants, offering minor surgery such as cataract and hernia operations and holding outpatient clinics previously available only in hospital.
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The pill and hormone replacement therapy could be made available over the counter following a debate today set up by the organisation that regulates drugs and treatments. The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is conducting a seminar in London as part of a campaign to improve women's health.
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Doctors' fears over plan to sell the Pill over the counter - Daily Mail 5th February 2007
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Over-the-counter pill plan debate - BBC Health News 5th February 2007
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Doctors' fears over plan to sell the Pill over the counter - Daily Mail 5th February 2007
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Over-the-counter pill plan debate - BBC Health News 5th February 2007
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Masterfoods, the makers of Mars, Snickers and Maltesers, is to stop marketing sweets to children under the age of 12 following complaints from health campaigners. The move, which covers sponsorship and websites as well as more traditional forms of advertising, follows concerns about the links between junk food adverts and childhood obesity.
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Mars bar adverts won't be aimed at under-12s - Daily Mail 5th February 2007
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No more Mars bar ads for children - BBC Health News 5th February 2007
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A GP has begun a campaign asking Patricia Hewitt, the Health Secretary, to give doctors an "opt-out" on gay adoption similar to the way they are protected over abortion. Dr John Lockley, a Bedfordshire GP, is an adviser to a non-religious adoption agency. He says that under the Equality Act if, on grounds of Christian conscience, a doctor refuses to provide a positive reference for a gay couple wanting to adopt he can be taken to court and even struck off.
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The government wants to give GPs the chance to make even more money - by carrying out minor operations. A major report out yesterday from the government's primary care czar calls on GPs to take more work off the shoulders of hospital consultants.
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When Sam Davy developed a cough, his family thought he merely had a cold. But when cough mixture and an asthma inhaler failed to clear it up, doctors made a terrible discovery.
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Doctors are failing to spot eating disorders or follow guidance on how they should be treated, an expert said today. Just over a million people in the UK suffer from illnesses like anorexia and bulimia, although experts predict the true figure is far higher. Sufferers access NHS treatment through their GP, but many find it difficult to take the first step.
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The role of Government troubleshooters for the NHS is at the centre of a growing debate. Researchers have found that hospitals and primary care trusts across the capital have spent £6 million hiring managers from leading City firms to help cut their yawning debts.
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Disruptive and aggressive children are often born that way, scientists claim. A study has found that behavioural problems are imprinted in a child's DNA.
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The four-hour A&E target is being "fiddled" by "dubious management tactics", academics say. City University's Cass Business School said to meet the target the NHS needed to treat patients twice as quickly.
Scotland's bar workers are now exposed to 86% less smoke following the ban on smoking in enclosed public places, according to new research. The results will be revealed to Holyrood's health committee as it considers the effectiveness of the ban, which came into effect last March.
More than 300,000 workers could call in sick on Monday on what has become the worst day in the year for office absenteeism, research suggests. A mixture of cold weather, financial problems and post-Christmas withdrawal symptoms has made the first Monday in February the most traumatic for staff.
Cancer services in Wales are over-stretched and over-complicated, according to a new report. The assembly health committee review also found confusion within the NHS when it comes to planning and funding care.
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An NHS trust in Surrey says a hospital volunteer scheme which will see people helping to feed patients is not a cost-cutting exercise. Members of the Epsom and Ewell branch of Age Concern have adopted the Roseberry Ward at Epsom Hospital.
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'Food fear' children need support - BBC Health News 5th February 2007New Story
Most young people with an eating disorder say there is no-one they can turn to about their problem. Only 1% can talk to their parents and 9% can talk to someone at school about their concerns, a poll of 600 suggests.
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For once, the hot topics of front row debate at New York fashion week do not concern hemline height, the relative merits of Calvin versus Ralph, or even the top-secret phone number for reservations at hot new restaurant the Waverley Inn, owned by Vanity Fair's Graydon Carter. Instead, there are signs that the industry is waking up to wider issues. In a heated panel discussion, the fashion industry has for the first time tackled the debate over skinny models head-on. There is also a discernible buzz around labels with fairtrade and organic principles, such as Edun. And one of the most high-profile launches of the week, Limited Edition New York, is a collection in aid of fighting global warming.
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Lonely people may be twice as likely to develop Alzheimer's or dementia, researchers said yesterday. The new research found a significant link between the emotional impact of solitude and the chances of suffering from Alzheimer's disease.
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Half a world away from Suffolk yesterday, masked police officers stopped vehicles on a country road in the centre of Thailand, searching for illegal poultry movements. The Asian country was the third to report H5N1 avian flu infections after the disease re-emerged in 2003. Since then Thailand has suffered 25 human cases and 17 deaths, according to the World Health Organisation, and millions of poultry have died or been culled in countless outbreaks.
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An Egyptian girl has died of bird flu, bringing the number of confirmed deaths from the disease in Egypt to 12, a World Health Organisation official said on Monday. "There was a case, 17 years old, from Fayyoum. She tested positive ... Unfortunately, she passed away," said Hassan el-Bushra, regional adviser for communicable diseases surveillance for the World Health Organisation.
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Pictorial health warnings on cigarette packets are more likely to encourage smokers to quit, a study says. The University of Washington-led research also found large and regularly updated text warnings were more likely to be noticed then smaller ones.
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Vitamins 'benefit divers' health' - BBC Health News 5th February 2007
Vitamin doses can reduce ill-effects of scuba diving on divers' circulation, a study suggests. The scientists from Croatia and Norway gave vitamins C and E, which work as antioxidants, to divers, the Journal of Physiology reported.
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DOZENS of staff who care for people with serious mental illnesses and learning difficulties have been left without jobs after their funding was cut by Wirral Council. Assisted Living Services which provides care in the community say they were told by Wirral Council's social services late on Wednesday afternoon their funding would be cut by 50% within days.
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CARERS of people with severe learning disabilities have branded cutbacks to the borough's respite services as 'dis-graceful' and 'immoral'. Families and carers who regard the respite services provided by The Croft, in Halton Village, as a lifeline have hit out at Halton and St Helens Primary Care Trust after the number of beds at the centre was cut from six to four.
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RESIDENTS at a Warrington nursing home did their bit to raise awareness about bowel cancer last week. Pensioners and staff at Riverbank Nursing Home, in Howley, donned crazy ties in a bid to encourage people not to get tongue tied about the subject.
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Heed the winter warning - Warrington Guardian 5th February 2007
HEALTH chiefs in Warrington are warning older people to keep warm, well and safe during the winter months. With forecasts from the Met Office predicting an increase in the number of cold snaps, with some snowfall, Warrington Primary Care Trust is reminding older people to heed its advice.
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Heed the winter warning - Warrington Guardian 5th February 2007
HEALTH chiefs in Warrington are warning older people to keep warm, well and safe during the winter months. With forecasts from the Met Office predicting an increase in the number of cold snaps, with some snowfall, Warrington Primary Care Trust is reminding older people to heed its advice.
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Man poses nude to raise awareness - Wirral Globe 2nd February 2007
A TESTICULAR cancer survivor, who posed nude to raise awareness of the disease, is calling for more to be done to educate Wirral's young men. Phil Morris from Oxton was one of five of the borough's lads to strip off for a national magazine after he was struck by the life-threatening condition.
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THE tablets which led to the death of a Whitehaven man after he took an overdose are being withdrawn in this country, a jury heard. An eminent professor said that the use of co-praxamol by people wanting to commit suicide had resulted in hundreds of deaths every year.
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THE News & Star wants to know what you think are the burning health issues in your area and what improvements need to be made. Send us a list of the top five topics you want health chiefs to address, along with any other comments about healthcare in general.
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CUMBRIA Primary Care Trust wants to know what you think of healthcare in the county and how it can be improved. A series of consultation meetings, dubbed the Great Health Debate, are now underway to determine which issues are most important to individual communities.
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PATIENTS and visitors have been hit with rises of up to 20 per cent in car parking charges at Royal Blackburn Hospital. The move was immediately condemned by patient representatives but health bosses said the increases were "small".
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HOSPITAL staff are to be honoured at the first ever awards ceremony for East Lancashire's NHS workers. East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust will host the inaugural ceremony for its 7,000-strong workforce next month.
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Danger signs of stress and how to cope - Lancashire Telegraph 2nd February 2007New Story
UNDER pressure East Lancastrians are being urged to get more sleep, eat well and make time away from work to combat rising stress levels. The move came as the Samaritans charity marked national Stress Down Day with research showing that anxiety and stress is sharply on the rise.
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SMOKING could be banned in public across Europe, it has emerged. The European Commission has called for a total ban across 27 countries - and warned it would legislate, if necessary, to turn the European Union into a "smoke-free zone".
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One of 28 women wrongly given the all-clear by a doctor who misread breast cancer scan results in Greater Manchester has died from the disease, a hospital trust admitted. The woman, who has not been named, died of breast cancer after the doctor's botched diagnosis was not spotted for at least three months.
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THE number of life-saving heart operations carried out at the Royal Bolton Hospital is to be massively increased. More pacemakers and other complex devices, which ensure the heart is working properly, will be fitted than ever before under new plans.
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YOUNG people can get advice on general health and well-being from the Parallel health centre tomorrow.
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Help to kick the habit - The Bolton News 2nd February 2007
SMOKERS trying to quit can call into a drop in group held at the Avondale Health Centre in Avondale Street, Bolton on Monday.
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