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Major restrictions on the use of drugs to combat blindness are to be reviewed by the health watchdog following protests from doctors' and patients' groups. The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) will re-examine the cost-effectiveness of two drugs after pleas from groups including the Royal College of Nursing and the Royal College of Ophthalmologists.
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Protest leads to rethink on sight drugs - The Telegraph 9th August 2007
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Dithering over NHS drugs could leave 10,000 blind - Daily Mail 8th August 2007
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Dithering over NHS drugs could leave 10,000 blind - Daily Mail 8th August 2007
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A rapid rise in potentially avoidable cancers linked to "lifestyle factors" such as alcohol, smoking, obesity and exposure to the sun, has been detected by researchers. A new study, published today by Cancer Research UK, shows that rates of melanoma, the most dangerous form of skin cancer, have risen by more than 40% in the past decade. Cases of mouth, womb, and kidney cancers have also increased rapidly in the past 10 years. Research has shown that around half of all cases of cancer diagnosed in the UK could be prevented by simple changes in lifestyle.
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Cheap flights cause rise in skin cancer - The Independent 9th July 2007
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Deadly cancers on the rise as Britons ignore lifestyle advice - The Times 8th August 2007
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Skin cancer is fastest growing UK disease - The Telegraph 9th August 2007
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The question: Do diet foods make you fatter? - The Guardian 9th August 2007
If diet snacks and drinks fill up your shopping basket, the chances are you already have an eye on your waistline, which is a polite way of repeating Paris Hilton's famous observation that "Diet Coke is just for fat people."
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Diet food 'may fuel obesity risk' - BBC Health News 8th August 2007
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Security checks still have to be completed on 1,700 doctors, raising the prospect that many are being asked to work illegally. Figures released to The Times show that the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) has been asked to check 4,500 doctors’ records since June 16, most of whom will have been junior doctors starting work on August 1. But the bureau has only been able to complete 2,800 of those checks.
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A 28-year-old reader from Cornwall writes to say that last year her holiday with her boyfriend and two children in Sardinia left them more tired and stressed than when she left. How can she avoid it again?
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New tests will mean that you can no longer lie about the amount of sugar you eat
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It started nearly two years ago when my (now ex) boyfriend behaved in that way that men having a midlife crisis tend to. I thought he was the man with whom I was going to have children. I am sure I am not the only career woman in her mid-thirties (I’m 35) who, finding herself unexpectedly single, goes around swearing under her breath that she really could do without that effing clock ticking in the background when she’s trying to get through her e-mails. “I think we should freeze our eggs,” said my best friend Sarah, cupping a lighter to the cigarette in her mouth. “Because after the age of 35 our eggs are not just on the decline, they are on a vertical descent akin to dropping down the north face of the Eiger.”
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As a mother who happens to have breast-fed her children, I was intrigued to read Melanie McDonagh’s article (comment, August 8) about breast-feeding, a subject which unfortunately has become highly politicised. One zealot recently said to me that in years to come giving your baby formula will be akin to giving your baby heroin. The pressures on women after childbirth are immense without the breast-bottle fight. The biggest cause of maternal death after childbirth is suicide; this is rarely talked of in the world of bouncing babies.
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What is a private finance initiative? In theory, it is a way of designing, building and maintaining public services without huge up-front costs - or unnecessary bureaucracy. Instead of spending £20m on a new school, the government gets a private firm to construct and manage it for them. They pay the company an annual fee - perhaps £1m over 25 years - and when the contract expires the building is placed back in public hands. To date, PFI has been used to fund new schools, hospitals, roads and even police stations.
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Binge drinking, reckless sunbathing and overeating are fuelling a massive rise in cancer, experts warn. In a shocking report, they have laid bare the deadly consequences of increasingly hedonistic modern lifestyles.
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Girl dies of brain tumour after doctor tells her 'headaches are caused by stress' - Daily Mail 8th August 2007
A woman who had complained to her GP of severe headaches for almost a year collapsed and died of an undiagnosed brain tumour. Jennifer Bell, 22, had been told she was suffering from stress but after months of illness had finally been referred to a neurologist.
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An anaesthetic given to millions of patients each year may raise the risk of postoperative complications - including heart attacks. Doctors say those patients given nitrous oxide, or laughing gas, were much more likely to suffer severe side-effects in the month following their operation than those sedated with an oxygen-based mixture.
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A couple have won an out-of-court settlement after a hospital admitted the death of their son 'could have been avoided with better care'. Clair and Neil Vanden agreed the five-figure settlement with bosses at Hope Hospital in Salford after their son Blake was stillborn 12 hours after the couple arrived at the hospital.
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Teenage slimming champion loses half his former body weight - Daily Mail 8th August 2007
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Teenage slimming champion loses half his former body weight - Daily Mail 8th August 2007
An 18-year-old who lost nearly 14 stone in just over a year has been named Young Slimmer of the Year today by a weight loss organisation. Daniel Sadler from Barry, South Glamorgan, lost 13st 1lb in a year and a half, beating other 15 to 21-year-old hopefuls from around the country to be crowned by competition organisers Slimming World.
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Girls entering puberty by the age of six - but are drugs the answer? - Daily Mail 8th August 2007
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Girls entering puberty by the age of six - but are drugs the answer? - Daily Mail 8th August 2007
Some girls now enter puberty as early as six - with toxic chemicals widely held to blame. But are new drugs to hold back the years really the right answer?: Puberty is an unsettling stage in anyone's life, but if it happens at an age when you are still playing with dolls, it can be very worrying indeed. That is exactly what happened to Lucia Reed. She was just seven when her periods started, an event which distanced Lucia from her classmates and led to unexplained medical examinations which terrified her.
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Julia Wilson had everything ready for the birth of her daughter, Madeleine, in March: nappies, baby clothes and cot, plus a plastic sheet to cover her bed. The one thing she didn't have was a midwife or doctor. But Julia wasn't worried or anxious - she'd actually planned to have her baby this way.
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What does continuous rollercoaster riding do to the body? - BBC Health News 8th August 2007
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What does continuous rollercoaster riding do to the body? - BBC Health News 8th August 2007
A man is on his 13th day riding a rollercoaster. What physical effect might this have? Nine days, or 221 hours, may sound like a long time to spend strapped in a seat experiencing breakneck speeds.
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Pro-anorexia websites offering tips on extreme dieting are nothing new, but their growth on social networking sites is a disturbing new twist and brings them within reach of a wider audience. As a conversation opener, it's as blatant as it is troubling.
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A national scheme giving primary school children in England a free piece of fruit each day has improved their diet, a study of 5,000 pupils has found. The number of children who ate fruit every day rose from 46% to 65% as a result of the initiative, researchers at Nottingham University discovered.
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Coping well with stress can cut the risk of a stroke by almost a quarter, research shows. A University of Cambridge team based their conclusion on a seven-year study of more than 20,000 people.
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Tighter rules which could force thousands of highly skilled immigrant workers out of the UK are unlawful and must be scrapped, MPs and peers say. The joint Commons and Lords Human Rights Committee said changes last year to the Highly Skilled Migrants Programme breached human rights.
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Nearly 2,000 people with learning disabilities are to be moved into their own homes from the NHS institutions where they have lived for years. Some £175m is being made available to rehouse inhabitants - who have spent at least a decade on the so-called "campuses" - within the community.
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The number of serious complaints made against GPs over out-of-hours care has soared in recent years, figures show. The two leading family doctor insurance companies, which cover nine in 10 of GPs in England, dealt with nearly 300 complaints in 2006.
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Macho men 'not seen as good bet' - BBC Health News 7th August 2007
Women do not see macho men as a sound bet for a long-term partnership, preferring those with more feminine features, a study suggests. Men with masculine features like large noses and small eyes were seen as less warm, less faithful and worse parents than more feminine counterparts.
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Project to boost brain knowledge - BBC Health News 7th August 2007
A £40m study to improve scientist's understanding of how the brain works has been launched. It is hoped the five-year project by experts from six Scottish universities will boost study of conditions such as stroke, schizophrenia and Alzheimer's.
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He looks like a man under stress: as one of the most senior officials in charge of air quality, Yu Xiaoxuan knows that Beijing's environmental problems are the biggest publicly stated concern of the International Olympic Committee. In the days before our interview, the pollution index hit its worst point this summer. At noon, the skies were dark with exhaust fumes, dust from building sites and factory emissions. The 200mg of particulate matter in every cubic metre of air was four times worse than the level considered safe in Europe and twice as bad as Beijing's own standard. The higher the level, the greater the risk of lung disease and the worse the impact on athletic performances.
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Beijing smog could delay Olympic events - The Telegraph 9th August 2007
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There is no room for sexual morality in an honest coversation about Aids - The Guardian 9th August 2007
Campaigns concentrating on those at high risk of infection can promote denial, shame and a false sense of security
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Mothers of the world unite to prove that breast is best for babies’ health - The Times 8th August 2007
Cypriot women shrugged off social mores to take part in a public breast-feeding event yesterday as part of an international attempt to set a world record and to raise awareness of the health benefits to babies. Fifty-four mothers took part in the one-minute synchronised mass feeding in the Cypriot capital.
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Excessive underarm sweating can be cured by a minimally invasive surgical technique, German doctors say. Under a local anaesthetic, sweat glands are sucked out of the underarm using methods pioneered by liposuction.
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Fish can fight malaria mosquitoes - BBC Health News 8th August 2007
Kenyan researchers have hailed a humble fish as the latest weapon in the battle to curb the spread of malaria. Nile tilapia, a fish more usually seen on Kenyan dinner tables, was introduced to several abandoned fishponds in the west of the country.
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A CHESHIRE health boss who defrauded the NHS of £340,000 and pretended the money was from top secret SAS business, has walked free from court. "Walter Mitty" character Michael Buckley (pictured), 38, diverted cash into his bank account while working for Cheshire Health Agency and then fled to Thailand.
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THE Liverpool Women’s Hospital has appointed its first patient concierge to enforce its strict no smoking policy. Ex-soldier John Kehoe’s role as “front of house” man involves meeting and greeting patients, pointing them in the right direction, or escorting them where they want to go.
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Hospital concerned at smoking increase - Crewe Chronicle 8th July 2007
SMOKING at Leighton Hospital has increased since the national ban was introduced. Hospital bosses say there is a notable rise in the number of people smoking in the grounds of the hospital since the July 1 ban, and appealed to patients, visitors and staff to smoke when clear from the site.
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Healthy investment in centre programme - Ellesmere Port Pioneer 9th July 2007
ELLESMERE Port's Links Healthy Living Centre is to receive £250,000 from the Big Lottery Fund to improve the lifestyles of hundreds of disadvantaged people in the town. The grant is part of a £7m well-being programme supporting 27 Healthy Living Initiatives across the North West between 2007 and 2012.
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Alzheimer’s sufferers await ruling - Knutsford Guardian 8th August 2007
ALZHEIMER'S sufferers will discover on Friday whether they should be given access to a drug that can delay the onset of the disease. Mrs Justice Linda Dobbs will rule in a case that has huge implications for the thousands with Alzheimer's and their carers.
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A WORKINGTON woman died after her diabetes spiralled out of control. An inquest at West Allerdale Magistrates’ Court heard that Isobel Ackerley, 41, had failed to take her medication and listen to doctors about controlling her condition.
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Council leader slams fracture clinic threat - Lancashire Telegraph 8th July 2007
BURNLEY Council leader Gordon Birtwistle has hit out at news that the town's hospital could lose its fracture clinic. As revealed in the Lancashire Telegraph earlier this month, the changes to hospital services will begin to take effect in November with Burnley General Hospital's accident and emergency department shutting under the Meeting Patients Needs programme with all critical casualty cases transferring to the Royal Blackburn Hospital.
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A CHESHIRE health boss who defrauded the NHS of £340,000 and pretended the money was from top secret SAS business, has walked free from court. "Walter Mitty" character Michael Buckley (pictured), 38, diverted cash into his bank account while working for Cheshire Health Agency and then fled to Thailand.
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YOUNG girls in Bolton are to be vaccinated against the virus that can lead to cervical cancer. The £300 jab will be introduced as early as autumn next year with every 12-year-old girl being offered immunisations against human papilloma virus (HPV).
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Family is working to find son’s cure - The Bolton News 8th July 2007
A LITTLE boy's battle against a deadly blood disorder has inspired his parents to launch their own business and help raise cash to fund research into the condition. Nathan Howarth, aged nine, suffers from the rare blood disorder Fanconi's Anaemia and at one stage his parents were told he might only have a year to live unless he was given a stem cell transplant.
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Spending plan for hospital is announced - The Bolton News 8th July 2007
HOSPITAL bosses plan to invest almost £9 million in improving buildings and equipment. The money, which will be spent before April next year, will improve children's services, car parking and the storage of X-rays at the Royal Bolton Hospital.
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Giveaway to help keep food bugs at bay - The Bolton News 8th July 2007
PENSIONERS can claim free fridge and freezer thermometers from Age Concern in Bolton. The number of salmonella cases rose by 23 per cent in the North-west last year and the risk of infection from the food-borne bacteria almost doubles during the summer, when warm weather helps it multiply and spread.
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Fairfield Hospital’s new diabetes kit will be a big boost for sufferers - The Bury Times 8th July 2007
DIABETES patients in Bury are being treated with a new kit being piloted at Fairfield General Hospital. The kit shows staff how to diagnose when a patient is having a hypoglycaemic episode - known as a hypo - which occurs when someone has an abnormally low level of sugar in their blood.
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