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Nice is tasked with nasty work: the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence decides when the NHS should say "no" to treatments that patients want. And the institute's rulings do not get tougher than the one that landed it in court yesterday - its recommendation that drugs should be withheld from sufferers of the early stages of Alzheimer's. Nice gave the green light to the medication in moderately advanced cases, but given the degenerative nature of the disease, patients' groups see this as adding to the decision's perversity. It is an offer of help, but one that applies only once much of the damage has been done.
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For almost 50 years, oil-stained, dog-eared Haynes car maintenance manuals have kept many a dodgy old Cortina or Escort on the road. Now the good people of Haynes have an even trickier subject - the temperamental teenager. Haynes' Teenager Manual is a step-by-step "owner's guide" that gives practical tips to help coax your troublesome teen through those awkward years.
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Car repair guides tackle design fault in teens - The Times 26th June 2007
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Car repair guides tackle design fault in teens - The Times 26th June 2007
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Anti-abortion campaigners, frustrated at the national level, are now targeting schools that offer sexual health services to pupils. Polly Curtis talks to those in the firing line
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Falls are costing the NHS nearly £1bn a year, mainly due to older people tripping on damaged or uneven pavements, a charity warned last night. Help the Aged called on local authorities to improve paving after a survey found 2.5m people over 65 have taken a tumble recently on defective kerbs or flagstones.
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Fear of falls 'isolates elderly' - BBC Health News 25th June 2007
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Fear of falls 'isolates elderly' - BBC Health News 25th June 2007
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It is not only the residents of private care homes (No human rights for old in private homes, June 20) who are left without the protection of the human rights legislation after the decision of the House of Lords. The same anomaly exists whenever private companies undertake work that is paid for and is identical to that undertaken by public bodies. Public bodies can be challenged in law but private companies cannot. For example, some bailiffs are employed by local authorities to enforce council tax while others are employed by private companies doing identical work. The former can be challenged about irrational decisions against vulnerable debtors but, it seems, not the private companies.
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A two-year fight to secure access to Alzheimer's drugs for tens of thousands of sufferers reached the High Court yesterday as the Government's medicines watchdog was accused of "irrationally and unlawfully" refusing the treatments.
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Doctors delivered a damning assessment of Labour’s attempts to reform the NHS yesterday, voicing fears that government policies would “kill off” the health service as they passed a no-confidence vote in the Chief Medical Officer. Delegates at the British Medical Association’s conference condemned the Government’s health service reforms as “not fit for purpose” and called for the resignation of Sir Liam Donaldson, who has been largely blamed for the failure of the system designed to appoint junior doctors to training posts.
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The latest in a series of reports says that one British child in ten suffers depression. In fact, the real figure may be only one in 100. But constant exams, pushy parents and 24-hour communication mean many more are anxious and unhappy.
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The General Medical Council has denied that it is “hounding” child health specialists after several high-profile cases. Paediatricians have given warning that the supply of potential recruits seeking to join their ranks will slow, and that vulnerable children will suffer, because the GMC is too willing to listen to complaints from parents.
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Health Problems: NHS trust deficits, low morale. Brown approach: Continue reforms to deliver care closer to home and greater choice for patients. More out-of-hours GP services, "walk-in centres".
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The humble spud could have a leading role to play in boosting the body's immune system. New scientific research has discovered that the potato is especially effective in boosting the immune system when eaten cold or in a salad. A three-month study on the health of pigs, fed largely on potatoes, discovered that they had significantly decreased levels of white blood cells, produced as a result of inflammation or disease.
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You may seek to dazzle with your grin . . . but whitening your teeth could be putting you at risk. Experts have discovered that 18 out of 20 whitening kits tested contain illegal levels of bleach.
A hospital doctor who had sex with a former patient while he was on duty in the casualty department has been suspended for 12 months. Dr Timothy Davey, 46, was removed from his £60,000-a-year job after he admitted he was "sexually intimate" with the woman when he was supposed to be working.
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She is only 18 months old. But Zoe Chambers has already survived six heart attacks. Now the toddler is being kept alive by an artificial heart and needs a transplant as soon as possible or she will die.
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Baby tops heart transplant list - BBC Health News 23rd June 2007
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Almost half of the 990 epilepsy-linked deaths in England each year are avoidable, says a parliamentary report. Nearly 70,000 patients do not get drugs they need, while even more are given medication unnecessarily, the All Party Parliamentary Group on Epilepsy said.
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Doctors are calling for stricter alcohol laws in a bid to reduce the number of alcohol-related deaths. Over the last 15 years, alcohol deaths have more than doubled to over 8,000 a year, according to the Office for National Statistics.
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A parliamentary report has concluded that around 400 epilepsy-linked deaths each year are avoidable. Roger Scrivens tells the story of his daughter, Becky, who died aged 11 in 2004. Becky had her first seizure in the middle of the night, aged nine. By 7.30 the next morning the family was at the local GP's, and by mid-morning at the paediatrics unit at Basingstoke hospital.
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Gordon Brown could be on a collision course with doctors over his big priority in the NHS - improving access to GPs. The British Medical Association has accused the government of trying to unpick the contract which allowed them to give up responsibility for out of hours care.
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A research centre which medical experts hope will lead to better prevention of diabetes and obesity has opened. The Medical Research Council opened the Epidemiology Unit at North Cambridgeshire Hospital, in Wisbech, to assess volunteers in a lifestyle study.
Doctors have urged Gordon Brown to push ahead with establishing an independent board for the NHS. The incoming prime minister is said to be keen to give the health service more day-to-day autonomy.
All farm animals should be tested for a form of the superbug MRSA, an organic group has urged the government. The Soil Association says the bug is widespread in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, from where some of the meat eaten in the UK is imported.
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Pilot begins of one-hour HIV test - BBC Health News 25th June 2007
A new HIV test which can provide results in one hour instead of the usual one week is being piloted in Milton Keynes. Milton Keynes PCT said the week-long wait can be stressful and puts some people off going for a test.
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Norway is exporting its elderly and infirm to the Costa Blanca in the hope that the Mediterranean climate will help them live longer - and that lower costs will save the state money. In a new twist on care for the elderly, thousands of Norwegians are relaxing in the Spanish sun and taking health cures at a growing number of geriatric and rehabilitation centres run by Norwegian municipalities and staffed almost entirely by Norwegians in the Alicante region.
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Common anti-depressants may increase the risk of osteoporosis in the elderly, new research suggests. Two separate American studies found that people who used Prozac and Seroxat developed thinner bones than those who did not take them.
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Long hours 'can hasten an early menopause' - Daily Mail 25th June 2007
Working long hours in a stressful job can hasten the onset of the menopause by at least a year, doctors have warned. Women who regularly work more than 48 hours a week tend to go through the menopause earlier than those who put in shorter hours, research shows.
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Kevin Core begins a week-long series of Daily Post reports on the smoking ban in enclosed public spaces, which is now just six days away THE eight directors of public health in Merseyside and Cheshire last night spoke of the unique opportunity smokers have to quit the habit on Sunday.
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Leighton Hospital care is 'out of this world' - Crewe Guardian 25th June 2007
AFTER reading Jane Whalley's letter to the Guardian on the May 16 I also felt I had to write in. During my pregnancy endless people asked me where I was going to have my baby. When I responded at Leighton Hospital I was shocked to see people pull their faces. This along with the reputation of the hospital and the recent documentary about Maternity units across the country made me feel quite anxious about giving birth. I spent a long 7 days on Ward 22 with a poorly baby and found the staff to be amazing! From the Doctor who delivered my baby to the domestic staff, everyone made my baby and myself feel special. The standard of hygiene was also impeccable.
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A PRESSURE group aiming to raise awareness of levels of fluoride in the west Cumbria water supply has launched its own website. Cumbrians against Fluoridation has been campaigning for the last seven years against what it claims is the use of an untested, unresearched chemical in the area’s drinking water.
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The husband of a Carlisle woman who died of bowel cancer aged just 28 has described the amazing efforts of hospice staff to ease her final weeks. Mother-of-two Kerry Simpson died in March after defying doctors’ predictions about her life expectancy.
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PATIENTS and staff at the West Cumberland Hospital in Whitehaven are to benefit from £29,000 worth of medical equipment donated by a group of local fundraisers. The Sellafield Charity Snowball Committee presented the hospital with a range of state-of-the-art machines that will benefit more than 25,000 patients a year.
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Nurses' remedy for child accidents - The Blackpool Citizen 25th June 2007
Hospital staff in Blackpool have been throwing their weight behind a campaign to help prevent child injuries. It comes as bosses at Blackpool Victoria Hospital reveal about 700 children aged five and under are brought into the accident and emergency department every month as a result of an accident or injury.
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Bolton has one of the worst health records in the country, according to Government figures. They show residents in the borough have low levels of life-expectancy, combined with high levels of heart disease, drug use and alcohol abuse.
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Gordon Brown was crowned Labour leader - and promised to "meet the challenge of change" as he seeks to renew his party and the country. The Chancellor -- who will take over at number 10 on Wednesday - singled out the NHS as his top priority but also promised action on education, housing, child poverty and the constitution.
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The number of pensioners being physically abused in their own homes has increased by more than a quarter in just a year. There were 148 reports of elderly people being physically abused by family members, close friends or care workers between April, 2006, and April, 2007 - an increase of 30.
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Thousands of construction workers in Bolton are at risk from contracting respiratory diseases through dust inhalation, new research has revealed. The results from a survey by Speedy Hire in Bolton show that 58 per cent of workers questioned admitted not using protective equipment against dust inhalation despite official figures showing that work related dust kills 8,000 people every year.
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BOLTON has a chronic shortage of family doctors leading health chiefs to call on GPs to band together to create a new surgery. The town has the equivalent of 151 full time GPs, 14 short of the target figure of 165. A further 14 GPs are aged over 60 and are therefore close to retirement, adding to the pressure on health chiefs.
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D-Day looms for the future of Fairfield Hospital's maternity services and its special care baby unit. The Independent Reconfiguration Panel (IRP) made its final evidence-gathering visit to Greater Manchester last Friday prior to presenting its recommendations to the Secretary of State for Health.
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The elderly - a disposable commodity - Altrincham Messenger 25th June 2007
HOW many more residential homes for the elderly in Trafford are to be closed? Day care facilities in Altrincham, Timperley and Hale have closed. Sheltered accommodation once available on Wellgreen Lane is now developed into luxury apartments, Oaklands Court now under demolition, day care facilities at Pownall Road non-existent, the rehabilitation that was once available at Altrincham General Hospital is now no more and further threats to Atkinson Court are evident.
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