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The charity Mencap last night exposed a scandal of neglect in NHS hospitals that allowed six people with learning disabilities to die because of a lack of proper care. Patricia Hewitt, the health secretary, said she was shocked by the evidence that patients who had speech difficulties were denied appropriate pain relief and left to die unnecessarily. She agreed immediately to the charity's request for an independent inquiry into what it called institutional discrimination against people with learning disabilities.
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Mencap report on 'shocking' deaths sparks inquiry - The Independent 12th March 2007
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Mencap report on 'shocking' deaths sparks inquiry - The Independent 12th March 2007
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Storm over injured troops' care fails to save military hospital - The Guardian 12th March 2007
Defence chiefs vowed to press ahead with the closure of Britain's last military hospital yesterday despite growing concern about the standard of care offered to injured troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. Amid complaints about the plight of severely injured soldiers at Selly Oak hospital in Birmingham and revelations that the record numbers of troops returning with mental illnesses are having to wait up to 18 months for treatment, the surgeon general, Lieutenant General Louis Lillywhite, insisted that the Ministry of Defence will not change strategy.
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This shoddy treatment belittles our injured troops - The Observer 11th March 2007
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Blair is called to account over abandoned troops - The Independent on Sunday 11th March 2007
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The betrayal of British fighting men & women - The Independent on Sunday 11th March 2007
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Care of wounded a disgrace, claims former defence chief - The Times 12th March 2007
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Disgrace of war vets left to wait on NHS - The Sunday Times 11th March 2007
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Soldiers deserve better treatment - The Telegraph 12th March 2007
Your report (March 10) on the government's drugs policy highlights the poorly publicised statistics about legal drugs. In debates about the dangers of drug use, illegal drugs are always portrayed as the nasty culprits, while legal drugs are rarely allowed a mention. The government makes billions of pounds out of revenue from tobacco and alcohol, but then loses it in fighting the illegal drugs trade and in overseeing the shortened lives of legal drug consumers. Meanwhile, the alcohol and tobacco industries make their profits in cosy monopolies created for them by government at the expense of people's lives.
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Everything you need for an all-night party ... his and hers Viagra - The Observer 11th March 2007
It's the newest recreational drug of choice for young men - bought illicitly in bars and nightclubs. Naomi Harper, 28, and her boyfriend wondered what all the fuss was about. And then they tried it ...
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Obese will be majority in 25 years - The Observer 11th March 2007
A majority of Britons will be obese within 25 years because so many people are leading such unhealthy lives, warns a new report commissioned by the government. It concludes that record numbers of people will die from diabetes, strokes, heart attacks and cancers. The inquiry by an epidemiologist, Professor Klim McPherson of Oxford University, is intended to influence government policy on obesity, which most experts describe as timid and ineffective. It was commissioned by the Department of Trade and Industry as part of its Foresight series of research projects into how the major challenges facing the country in the next 50 years can be tackled.
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Most Britons will be obese in 25 years - Daily Mail 11th March 2007
A leading scientist has revealed how he nearly lost his job after Prince Charles's most senior aide made an official complaint about him. Professor Edzard Ernst was accused of breach of confidence after criticising a report commissioned by the Prince. The revelation will reignite the controversy over whether Prince Charles is interfering in government policy. A Channel 4 Dispatches programme will tomorrow examine a range of areas where he is said to have 'meddled' in affairs of state.
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Come clean, Prince Charles - The Observer 11th March 2007
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Angry Charles attacks Channel 4 claims that he is unfit to be King - The Telegraph 12th March 2007
The death of a baby is an event that brings immeasurable grief. When the parents involved then come up against the labyrinthine health complaints system, the distress and pain can be overwhelming. Nearly two years after their baby son Oliver died soon after he was born, Susan Hodges and Richard Murphy are still waiting to have questions answered. They have found their dealings with one of London's flagship NHS trusts perplexing and frustrating. Straightforward questions about what went so terribly wrong in the crucial minutes leading up to his birth have gone unanswered.
Gordon Brown has visited a private dentist clinic for root-canal work rather than going to an NHS dentist, it was revealed last night. The Chancellor, who has been an outspoken critic of opting out of NHS treatment, had the treatment last week at a private clinic run by South African-born dentist Mervyn Druian.
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Exclusive: Chancellor at £100-an-hour private clinic - Daily Mail 10th March 2007
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Ed Vulliamy meets medics performing miracles with comatose minds - The Observer 11th March 2007
For victims of serious head-injury, a coma can be the point of no return, a nightmare only brought to an end by the flick of a switch. But now extraordinary breakthroughs are being made in even the most difficult of cases. Ed Vulliamy meets the pioneering medics performing miracles with comatose minds, and hears the testimony of people they've brought back from the brink
My three-year-old boy is happy at home and can be gentle and loving. But when out with other children, he bites, pushes and even snarls! What can I do to help him?
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Time was when many local authorities provided home helps for free to frail pensioners. Only 3 per cent now do so, and a third have made it harder over the past year for anyone to get help even if they pay, according to a report from the charity Counsel and Care. In some parts of the country, pensioners deemed wealthy enough must pay up to £315 a week for local authority care in their own home. To afford a sum like this, you would need to have amassed a pension fund, by the age of 60, of about £200,000 along with the state pension. A typical pension fund converted into an annuity is worth just a tenth of that.
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Thousands of promising young doctors who were contemplating emigrating or switching careers are to have a second chance at a high-flying job in the NHS following a government climbdown last night. The computerised application system for the training posts that lead to consultant jobs was scrapped by a review set up this week to establish why many of the best-qualified candidates had been left without a single interview.
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Hewitt U-turn over junior doctors - The Telegraph 10th March 2007
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We're training doctors for Australia - The Telegraph 10th March 2007
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Interview chaos forces a U-turn over doctors - Daily Mail 9th March 2007
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Doctors' selection system changed - BBC Health News 10th March 2007
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It’s enough to make any doctor sick - The Sunday Times 11th March 2007
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Hewitt told 'a year ago' about likely crisis over doctors' jobs - The Telegraph 12th March 2007
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Hewitt U-turn over junior doctors - The Telegraph 10th March 2007
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We're training doctors for Australia - The Telegraph 10th March 2007
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Interview chaos forces a U-turn over doctors - Daily Mail 9th March 2007
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Doctors' selection system changed - BBC Health News 10th March 2007
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It’s enough to make any doctor sick - The Sunday Times 11th March 2007
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Hewitt told 'a year ago' about likely crisis over doctors' jobs - The Telegraph 12th March 2007
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A lot of people come to our clinic and think there will be a magic cure; we'll give them some nicotine replacement and they'll be fine. But you've got to really want to do it yourself. By attending a clinic you get the group support; you get a chance to feed back to the group about your week.
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Smokers, your time is up. Not literally, we hope, but at work. As you know, from July 1 it will be illegal to spark up in the workplace (with a few exceptions) as well as in enclosed or "substantially enclosed" public spaces. And don't think that you can go outside for a quick puff - employers are increasingly banning smoking breaks altogether.
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While waiting for the Arsenal defender Justin Hoyte to call me back yesterday morning, Thierry Henry rings to say he wants to come on board. My roll call is looking pretty impressive for a gal who doesn't know her nutcracker from her nutmeg - I now have 11 clubs where I have entrees, over half the Premiership. I'm trying to get every Premiership footballer to give a day's pay to nurses on May 13, the final day of the season, which coincides with the end of International Nursing Week. The £1.5m or more that the players earn on that day would make a real difference to the nurses among whom the money will be redistributed.
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Threat to independent midwifery - BBC Health News 10th March 2007
Ministers back family meals - The Independent on Sunday 11th March 2007
Ministers will back The Independent on Sunday's Sunday Lunch Campaign at the launch of an anti-obesity drive this week. Families' failure to eat together has been identified by the Medical Research Council as a key factor stopping them from eating good, nutritious food. The finding is part of research to be unveiled at the start of a new healthy-living strategy targeted at parents of young children.
The Government's maternity tsar yesterday blamed TV dramas for the huge increase in the number of Caesarean sections performed in the UK. Gwyneth Lewis, national clinical lead for maternity services, said that, while Caesareans save lives in some cases, there is a need for more "normalisation" of pregnancy.
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The slave trade was abolished in the UK 200 years ago this month. But that means nothing to Lily, whose shocking story proves that people trafficking is a reality in Britain even today
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She's just been busted for the second time, but Patricia Tabram's unusual (and illegal) cottage industry goes on. Ian Herbert joins her in the kitchen for a masterclass in class C culinary delightsNew Story
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Middle-class parents worried about childhood obesity are sending their children to private gyms because they do not think schools give them enough exercise, an investigation by The Times has found. Child membership of Britain’s major private leisure chains has soared by nearly 40 per cent over the past three years as parents seek to instil an exercise ethic in their offspring instead of relying on physical education teachers.
Fatty acids can help children in exams and improve their behaviour in class and at home, a study suggests. Overweight children who took fatty acid dietary supplements showed dramatic improvements in concentration, reading, memory and mental agility. The advances that their brains made in three months would normally take three years, researchers found.
Hundreds of thousands of men working in the the public sector are facing salary cuts of up to £15,000 a year as equal pay agreements take effect, The Times has learnt. Compensation claims for up to 1.5 million workers could cost the taxpayer more than £10 billion and mean that male staff lose up to 40 per cent of their salary.
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Men are to pay a high price for sexual equality - The Times 12th March 2007
LUNG cancer victims in England and Wales are to be denied a life-saving drug available on the National Health Service in Scotland — at least the eighth such decision in the past two years. The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (Nice) last week rejected Tarceva, which is used to treat lung cancer, on the grounds it is not an effective use of NHS resources.
At long last some sense about drugs. The independent Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, or RSA, published a report last week in the hope of influencing a government drugs strategy review due next year. The report states that (surprise!) drugs policy has failed — and that it was driven by “moral panic” in the first place — and should be replaced with a system that recognises, among other things, that alcohol and tobacco can cause more harm than some illegal drugs.
THE government is considering a new scheme to improve the National Health Service: encouraging doctors and nurses to smile at patients, writes David Cracknell. The proposal was presented at Thursday’s cabinet meeting as the culmination of six months’ work by the brightest minds in Downing Street. A cabinet source said: “One of the things that came out of the focus group discussions was that they didn’t feel nurses and so on gave the impression that they cared enough. They felt, for example, that they should smile more.”
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Curious incident of the Down’s syndrome actor given top billing - The Sunday Times 11th March 2007
HE found fame four years ago with a bestselling novel about a teenager’s struggle with the behavioural disorder Asperger’s syndrome. Now Mark Haddon, author of the The Curious Incident of the Dog in the NightTime, has written a drama thought to be the first British film or television production where the lead actor has Down’s syndrome.
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Single parents soothed into jobs with massages on the taxpayer - The Sunday Times 11th March 2007
THE government is paying for unemployed single parents to have massages, beauty treatments and shopping sprees to “boost their confidence” and encourage them to attend job centre appointments. The treats, part of a programme named Big Brother after the television show, include £30 to spend on a day out, as well as lunch and childcare.
When Liz Hurley, draped in a dazzling pink designer sari, made her grand wedding entrance into the ballroom of the maharajah of Jodhpur’s art deco palace last week, she was expected to head straight for the top table. Instead, she made a detour to embrace Shivraj Singh, the maharajah’s son. In other circumstances this may have been simply the sort of celebrity/royalty snapshot so beloved by Hello! weddings. Here it was a recognition that in the midst of the international wedding circus was a poignant human story of private suffering and inspiring determination.
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Young children and babies are routinely being given medicines containing artificial dyes, sweeteners and preservatives that are banned from food and drink for the under 3s. Research carried out by the Food Commission has found that just one of 41 medications intended for children was free of additives, while many contained a cocktail of colourings, sweeteners and preservatives that can trigger allergic reactions such as rashes, eye irritation, stomach upsets and diarrhoea.
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Child medicines 'are packed with banned additives' - Daily Mail 9th March 2007
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Child medicine additive concern - BBC Health News 10th March 2007
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They were promised the body beautiful and their mantra was “No pain no gain”. Two decades later they are feeling it again — in their knees, hips and lower backs. They are the casualties of the aerobics boom. The craze began in the late 1970s but it was the actress Jane Fonda who really got people moving. Following her lead, thousands climbed into Spandex, donned headbands and twisted and punched the air in church halls across Britain.Additional Story
Child medicines 'are packed with banned additives' - Daily Mail 9th March 2007
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Thousands of patients are at risk of contracting MRSA and other deadly "superbugs" because more than half of NHS hospitals are overcrowded, it is claimed today. New figures show that 216 trusts in England - about 52 per cent of the total - have bed occupancy rates of 85 per cent or more - well above accepted safety levels.
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Heart disease fears for young diabetics - The Sunday Telegraph 11th March 2007
Britain's rapidly growing number of young diabetics are sitting on a heart disease "time bomb", experts will warn this week. A new study, which compared groups of Type 2 diabetes patients above and below the age of 40, will reveal that the younger group, including an increasing number of obese children, are at higher risk of strokes and heart attacks.
Gambling experts are being drafted in to public schools to stop pupils becoming hooked on betting. Gamblers Anonymous and former addicts have been brought in by headmasters concerned at the numbers of teenagers using internet -gaming sites, online betting services and even playing -traditional playground games for money.
I have osteoarthritis, which is mainly hereditary but also due to wear and tear. I've always played sports, and many years of mountaineering haven't helped. People who suffer similarly are taking glucosamine, chondroitin and MSM, but this gives me dreadful indigestion. I try to eat sensibly, cutting out most acid fruits, but I have a sweet tooth and like chocolate and sweet things. Is there a substitute for glucosamine? What anti-inflammatory would you recommend?
Teenagers who watch 18-certificate movies and have televisions in their bedrooms are twice as likely to take up smoking, scientists warn in a new study. They found that high exposure to films that showed Hollywood stars smoking and a lack of parental supervision were major factors in young people developing the habit.
As smokers can no longer show off their 'status' packs of Marlboro or Camel in the pub, many are turning to cheaper ones, writes Mark Choueke For anti-smoking campaigners, it may prove the ultimate victory: the last vestiges of glamour are being extinguished from an industry that has long prided itself on powerful brands and savvy marketing.
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The Government's food watchdog is poised to approve the addition of folic acid to bread in an attempt to stop hundreds of babies being born with serious disabilities each year. The Food Standards Agency is expected to back the proposals after a three-month public consultation.
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National no-smoking day next Wednesday should provide yet another prompt for choking smokers to stub out their suicidal habit. Yes, they will feel uncomfortable for a few days but millions of addicts have already successfully survived the cure and there are immediate benefits. Not only will they be healthier but a little wealthier, too. Quite apart from saving a fiver for every packet of cancer sticks they forgo, they can often cut the cost of life cover in half.New Story
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Door to door danger for heart pacemakers - Daily Mail 12th March 2007
Security devices in High Street stores can interfere with pacemakers, doctors have warned. The alarmed electronic "goalposts" used to catch shoplifters can disrupt the heart rhythms of users, with potentially deadly consequences.
Boots is offering bone scans to check for brittle-bone disease from today. At £95, the test for osteoporosis is about half the price charged by some private hospitals. It saves women waiting months for a test on the Health Service, which has a shortage of scanners.
A daily dose of healthy fats can boost the brain development of children by three years in only three months, according to startling research.
Injured troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan are suffering scandalous neglect on NHS wards. They are going without pain relief for up to 14 hours and are enduring appalling conditions in hospital.
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Baby milk manufacturers have been ordered to drop nutrition claims which suggest they are a valid alternative to breastfeeding. Claims such as 'Closer than ever to breast milk' and 'helps growth and the immune system' have been banned.
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Alcohol-related illness in teens is up 15 per cent in wake of 24-hour drinking - Daily Mail 10th March 2007
The number of teenagers receiving medical treatment after drinking binges has risen by nearly 15 per cent in the year the new 24-hour licensing laws were introduced. The shock increase, recorded just months after the law changed, means hundreds more under-18s have suffered liver disease, blood poisoning and mental disorders - including depression and psychosis - as a result of alcohol.
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The psychiatrist who identified attention deficit disorder - the condition blamed for the bad behaviour of hundreds of thousands of children - has admitted that many may not really be ill. Dr Robert Spitzer said that up to 30 per cent of youngsters classified as suffering from disruptive and hyperactive conditions could have been misdiagnosed.
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Four of the victims of the 'Elephant Man' drug debacle are launching a multi-million pound compensation case against the firm behind the trials. The men, who became dangerously ill after being given an experimental drug, have instructed lawyers to start proceedings for damages against the U.S. research company Parexel.New Story
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Tooth-brushing link to epilepsy - BBC Health News 12th March 2007
Tooth-brushing may trigger seizures in some people with epilepsy, say Australian researchers. The cause seems to be damage in the part of the brain dealing with hand movement and speech.
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A study of the humble fruit fly may hold the key to new treatments for human liver diseases and diabetes. Scientists have discovered the cells responsible for breaking down fat in the Drosophila fly.
UK scientists have identified a way of using light to rapidly detect the presence of bacteria. The technology could have wide applications in wound healing, counter-terrorism and screening patients for MRSA infection.
For all of her short life Mesaidi Salim Mbakari has been shunned and stared at. The 10-year-old Kenyan girl, whose face is severely disfigured, is so embarrassed by the way she looks that she covers her face with a cloth to avoid cruel stares.
How well a person can get by with just a few hours sleep is down to their genes, scientists say. A team from the University of Surrey said the "clock gene" called Period 3 is responsible. The same gene dictates if someone is an "owl" or a "lark".
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Teenagers may be encouraged to drink more because television soap operas are "awash with alcohol", according to a survey published in The Food Magazine. It reveals alcohol, shown in background scenes or being consumed by characters, accounts for considerable screen time.
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Lifting toddlers Jessica, aged one and Mia, who is two, into their car seats has become a logistical nightmare for their parents. Both girls have been diagnosed with hip dysplasia, or clicky hips.
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A police force says it will pay for hypnotherapy to help officers quit smoking when legislation on lighting up in the workplace comes into force. It could cost £100,000 if all of the estimated 3,500 smokers who work for West Midlands Police take up the offer.
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A doctor who sent home a schoolboy asthma sufferer who later died will have to serve a three-month suspension. Three appeal judges upheld a serious professional misconduct ruling against Dr Julie Mallon, from Stirlingshire.
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Actress Kate Winslet has accepted a "substantial" settlement in her libel action over a magazine claim that she had visited a diet doctor. Grazia magazine had suggested she was concerned about her weight, despite publicly criticising Hollywood's obsession with thin women.
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A businessman whose charitable trust is trying to buy a Surrey hospital says he believes the idea may represent the future for the NHS. Multi-millionaire Adrian White's £20m plan for Epsom District Hospital could lead to major redevelopment of the site and state-of-the-art new facilities.
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'Alarm' airport doctor struck off - BBC Health News 9th March 2007New Story
A doctor who boarded a plane in protective goggles, overalls, gloves and overshoes, alarming passengers over the Sars virus, has been struck off. The General Medical Council had found Dr Egidius Panis guilty of inappropriate conduct, and suspended his registration with immediate effect.
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Children infected with HIV at birth are surviving into adolescence, overturning the assumption that virtually all die before the age of five, doctors working in Zimbabwe will reveal this week. But because the children's growth has been stunted they face particular difficulties as they enter puberty, which are not being tackled.
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French workers used to be envied, but after suicides at car-maker Renault, unions are blaming US-style methods for shattering the harmony. Kim Willsher reports from Paris
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French workers used to be envied, but after suicides at car-maker Renault, unions are blaming US-style methods for shattering the harmony. Kim Willsher reports from Paris
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Not even Willy Wonka, Roald Dahl's eccentric chocolate-maker, could have dreamt that his scrumptious products might one day offer the world a panacea. But scientists are close to claiming just that. A compound in unrefined cocoa has health benefits that may rival those of penicillin and anaesthesia, they say.
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Chocolate lifesaver - from cancer to dementia - Daily Mail 11th March 2007
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Cocoa nutrient for 'lethal ills' - BBC Health News 11th March 2007
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A measles outbreak in North Korea has exposed the lamentable state of the health service in a country which has lavished billions of dollars on developing a nuclear weapons programme. More than 1,000 people remain in hospital four months after a measles epidemic swept through 10 provinces. At least 3,000 people, mainly children, have been affected since then, and the illness has claimed at least four lives.
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Teenage mood swings are known to be down to hormones, but scientists claim they have identified the specific one that makes adolescents so volatile. A team from the State University of New York identified a hormone which normally acts to calm anxiety, but the effect is reversed in adolescence.
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Teenage mood swings are known to be down to hormones, but scientists claim they have identified the specific one that makes adolescents so volatile. A team from the State University of New York identified a hormone which normally acts to calm anxiety, but the effect is reversed in adolescence.
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Portugal's parliament has voted to legalise abortion on demand, after a referendum failed to settle the issue in the mainly Catholic country. The bill allows the procedure until the 10th week of pregnancy.
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A US woman who has been in a coma-like state for over six years has astonished doctors by waking up for a period of three days. Colorado resident Christa Lilly, 49, was able to talk to her family and meet her grandchildren for the first time.
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In a hot, bare hut in Tsunami Nagar in Madras, in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, lives Lata Kala. Two years ago when the tsunami destroyed communities around the Indian Ocean, Lata's fisherman husband lost his fishing boat and nets.
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Portugal's parliament has voted to legalise abortion on demand, after a referendum failed to settle the issue in the mainly Catholic country. The bill allows the procedure until the 10th week of pregnancy.
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A US woman who has been in a coma-like state for over six years has astonished doctors by waking up for a period of three days. Colorado resident Christa Lilly, 49, was able to talk to her family and meet her grandchildren for the first time.
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Selling organs to survive - BBC Health News 8th March 2007
In a hot, bare hut in Tsunami Nagar in Madras, in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, lives Lata Kala. Two years ago when the tsunami destroyed communities around the Indian Ocean, Lata's fisherman husband lost his fishing boat and nets.
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THE company which runs Merseyside’s largest GP out-of-hours service has been given three weeks to bring its operation up to basic national standards. An investigation was launched into the Urgent Care 24 call centre last year after its former IT director raised concerns lives may be at risk.
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A NEW tropical diseases research centre will create 650 jobs in Liverpool and boost the work of 250 small biotechnology firms by 2015. The £23m Centre for Tropical and Infectious Diseases (CTID) reached a historic milestone in its construction yesterday.
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Shop access service remains out of action - Chester Chronicle 9th March 2007
DISABLED people in Chester are still without a service enabling them to shop in the city. Shopmobility was closed down two weeks ago after an investigation into the city council's access service - which saw an officer suspended - revealed it was operating without public liability insurance.
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A SECURE unit for children and adolescents with mental health problems is set to be built near Brampton. Carlisle city councillors yesterday granted planning consent for a £10m mental health centre on the site of the old Milton Hall School next to Brampton railway station.
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One in six women experience postnatal depression after giving birth to their babies but about three quarters of them suffer in silence; Only one in four cases is diagnosed and treated; Well-known former sufferers include Fern Britten, Brooke Shields (pictured) and Sadie Frost;
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THE campaign to keep Cumbria’s cottage hospitals open is not letting up, despite assurances that they are safe. Local campaigners are travelling to Westminster with Cottage Hospitals Acting Nationally Together (Chant) later this month to lobby the government – a year on from a similar protest.
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A 68-YEAR-OLD grandmother left Carlisle Crown Court yesterday vowing never to give up the cannabis she says has brought her comfort after nearly three decades of pain. Pat Tabram had just been found guilty of cultivating four cannabis plants in a walk-in wardrobe at her home in Humshaugh, near Hexham, and of possessing the illegal drug.
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THE number of places where young people can get free condoms is to at least double in the coming months. Health chiefs have made cash available to give more access to free contraception in Blackburn and Darwen.
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THE Duke of Gloucester will open Blackburn's new hospital and the extension at Burnley General Hospital later this month. His Royal Highness will unveil commemorative plaques at the £113million Royal Blackburn Hospital, which opened in July, and the £30million phase five Burnley development, on March 21.
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A WOMAN who says she suffered the worst experience of her life when obese and pregnant has warned mums-to-be to watch their weight. Angela Fielden, 40, spoke out after a study found that overweight women need significantly more NHS care during pregnancy.
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Campbell aids the fight against flab - Lancashire Telegraph 9th March 2007
FORMER Downing Street spin doctor' Alastair Campbell is spearheading a campaign to tackle childhood obesity in his home town of Burnley. The initiative, co-ordinated by Hunters Property Group and Burnley Football Club, aims to get businesses supporting the town's promising young sports stars.
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VISITING times are to be restricted at the Royal Bolton Hospital in a bid to stop the spread of superbugs. The number of visitors will also be limited as hospital chiefs battle to reduce the number of patients contracting MRSA or Clostridium difficile.
AT long last the public are to be given a voice in the fluoride issue again. I would strongly urge everyone who is against this to vote a resounding NO. I have no doubt that the pro lobby will insist on having a loaded question put on the ballot paper, but this would fly in the face of common decency.
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JUST to mention a few places where the fluoridated water would be wasted, ie: not being required for its purpose - baths, showers, washing up, toilet flushing, washing machines, cleaning cars, watering gardens to name just a few. The biggest call for fluoride is for children. My eight-year-old grandson has lovely teeth because his mum has got him into a habit of cleaning them twice a day.
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New boss for health authority - Altrincham Messenger 10th March 2007
A NEW health boss has been appointed at cash-strapped Trafford Healthcare NHS Trust. The trust has taken on Steve Spoerry as turnaround director to support chief executive Edna Robinson.
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