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Halt school run and get in trim, says report - The Guardian 14th August 2007
Cars should be banned from the school run where the distance is walkable to fight obesity in parents and children, the authors of a new report suggest. In 1982, adults drove an average of 55 miles a year each to take their offspring to school, but by 2005 it had risen to 82 miles, the Institute for European Environmental Policy said. Setting car exclusion zones around schools would encourage families to walk short distances instead, benefiting their health and the environment by reducing carbon dioxide emissions.
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Car-free zones around schools 'can beat obesity' - Daily Mail 14th August 2007
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Schools should be 'free of cars' - BBC Health News 13th August 2007
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Car-free zones around schools 'can beat obesity' - Daily Mail 14th August 2007
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Schools should be 'free of cars' - BBC Health News 13th August 2007
British scientists are developing a virus-laden cream that must be prodded up the noses of doctors, nurses, patients and their visitors in the hope of halting the spread of the hospital superbug, MRSA. The cream, which could be available in two years, contains a cocktail of viruses that kill dangerous bacteria in the nasal passages, but are otherwise harmless. Human trials of the cream are expected next year following lab tests which proved the viruses were lethal to 15 strains of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus commonly found in hospitals.
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Scientists return to 'virus' therapy to fight superbugs - The Times 14th August 2007
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Nasal cream that could give MRSA a taste of its own medicine - Daily Mail 13th August 2007
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'Red Army' virus to combat MRSA - BBC Health News 13th August 2007
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'Red Army' virus to combat MRSA - BBC Health News 13th August 2007
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It is an all too familiar modern morality tale: teenager goes too far and gets rushed to hospital suffering from an overdose. But in the case of 17-year-old waitress Jasmine Willis, the hyper-ventilation, uncontrolled sobbing and rocketing temperature that she suffered behind the counter of her dad's sandwich shop had a more mundane cause. She'd guzzled too much espresso coffee.
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Waitress overdoses on caffeine after 14 shots of espresso - The Times 14th August 2007
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Teenage girl rushed to hospital after overdosing on coffee - Daily Mail 14th August 2007
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Girl overdoses on espresso coffee - BBC Health News 13th August 2007
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Waitress overdoses on caffeine after 14 shots of espresso - The Times 14th August 2007
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Teenage girl rushed to hospital after overdosing on coffee - Daily Mail 14th August 2007
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Girl overdoses on espresso coffee - BBC Health News 13th August 2007
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New legislation is set to change the law for granting power of attorney, but what are the implications for managing your estate? asks Harvey Jones
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Will new power of attorney regime really protect the elderly? - The Times 14th August 2007
In your article "A pope who refuses to compromise" (13 August) you quote John Paul II as stating that the Church's teaching on abortion "'is unchanged and unchangeable". In fact the Church's teaching has changed over the years.
Guidance for parents on the optimum rate at which a baby grows is to be measured against a breast-fed infant rather than the faster weight gain of those fed on formula milk, the Government announced yesterday.
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Is breast-feeding always best for mother and baby? - The Telegraph 14th August 2007
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Baby growth chart switch closer - BBC Health News 13th August 2007
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Baby growth chart switch closer - BBC Health News 13th August 2007
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Perhaps the most depressing thing about the news of filth in hospital kitchens is how quickly it will be forgotten: shrugged off on to the ever-growing heap of anecdotes about slovenly hospitals. The Freedom of Information Act, invoked by the Liberal Democrat Norman Lamb, informs us that of 368 NHS and nine private hospitals checked, 173 have mucky kitchens, 57 employ sluttish caterers, and scores don’t know how to store food safely. In Winchester a food handler samples food and licks his fingers; in Ashford, Kent, full-grown cockroaches frolic; in Croydon used syringes are left on meal trays . . . well, let me not spoil your breakfast.
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Alcohol-related illness is eclipsing the health gains made by reduced smoking rates, especially in the poorest areas of England, researchers say. More than 3,000 people a year in England are dying from alcohol abuse, with the North West suffering the most because of social deprivation.
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Despite Professor Rawlins’s stout defence of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) as its chairman (letter, August 13), I think it is time it is renamed to reflect its proper purpose. I suggest Drug-rationing in England (DIE).
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As a dentist, I took the decision 20 years ago to offer my services without clinical restriction, and therefore outside the NHS. I have great sympathy with my colleagues trying to square the NHS circle.
Chelsea last night welcomed the Premier League's new medical guidelines for clubs, introduced following the horrific head injuries suffered by Petr Cech during last year's Premier League clash at Reading.
The moment a child takes their first faltering steps is a special one for any parent. But for Everton and England footballer Phil Neville and his wife Julie, it was particularly poignant. Three years ago, their daughter Isabella was born ten weeks prematurely, weighing 3lb 3oz. Doctors gave her just 24 hours to live. Isabella survived, but at 18 months she was diagnosed with cerebral palsy - a disability caused by damage to the brain before or during birth. Doctors told the couple she would probably never walk.
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Even low levels of weekly exercise could help reduce blood pressure and improve fitness, scientists say. Experts say walking for half an hour, five days a week, is the minimum required to achieve health benefits.
A County Down man who broke his neck after falling from scaffolding is on the road to recovery after a 16-day wait for surgery. Sean Paul Doran, 34, from Ardglass, needed an operation to insert metal rods in his neck.
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A 19-year-old woman who has chronic kidney disease has given birth to a healthy baby girl. Lucy Sambrook, of Shrewsbury, had dialysis treatment six days each week before giving birth to daughter Vicky seven weeks premature.
Surgeons have hit out at a Merseyside radio station for offering breast augmentation as a competition prize. A total of 40 women entered Juice FM's phone-in contest to win the enhancement operation valued at about £4,000.
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A series on BBC One follows real life patients in A&E and operating theatres with specially shot material and unique computer generated imagery to show the fight for survival from the inside. On 11 April last year Geoffrey George, 63, was out buying lunch for his family when he started getting chest pains.
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The mayor of a picture postcard town in the foothills of the Italian Alps has become so alarmed by the thickening of residents' waistlines he is offering them cash prizes to lose weight.
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Did you know? - The Times 14th August 2007
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First human trial of DNA-based vaccine cheers MS researchers - The Guardian 14th August 2007
The first human trial of a DNA-based vaccine to combat multiple sclerosis has been declared a success by doctors in America after tests on patients revealed signs that their condition had improved. However, the trial is only the first small step in developing an effective treatment against the debilitating degenerative disease, which affects about 85,000 people in the UK.
People with even small pot bellies have a higher risk of developing heart disease later in life than those with slimmer waists, doctors warned yesterday. Adding a few inches to the waistline was enough to double or triple the rate at which dangerous deposits built up in arteries around the heart. The deposits are an early sign that the arteries are beginning to harden, causing atherosclerosis.
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Tummy test signals heart risks ahead - The Times 14th August 2007
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Woman dies from bird flu in tourist hotspot Bali - Daily Mail 13th August 2007
An Indonesian woman has died from bird flu in Bali, the first human death from the virus on the resort island hugely popular with foreign tourists. A health ministry official said the 29-year-old woman came from west Bali. She died on Sunday in hospital after suffering from high fever. Her five-year-old daughter also died recently after playing with chickens but it was unclear if the girl died of bird flu.
A vaccine designed to tackle multiple sclerois has passed initial safety tests, say Canadian scientists. It is hoped that the BHT-3009 jab might reduce the damaging immune system attacks which cause the disease.
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It's tough at the sharp end of medicine - BBC Health News 13th August 2007
Medical ethicist Daniel Sokol gives a personal account of his first-hand experiences of medicine in India. A month ago, old Rajendran's leg was amputated without his knowledge.
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AN INVESTIGATION has been launched into claims that a carer left an elderly woman without medical attention when she fell. Rosella Kelly, 77, from Thornton, near Crosby, is now in hospital being treated for severe bruising after initial fears she had broken her hip.
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Doctor criticises boob job prize - BBC Health News 13th August 2007
Surgeons have hit out at a Merseyside radio station for offering breast augmentation as a competition prize. A total of 40 women entered Juice FM's phone-in contest to win the enhancement operation valued at about £4,000.
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Rehab units to close - Lancashire Telegraph 13th August 2007
THREE rehabilitation units are to close and patients moved to a community hospital as part of a controversial reorganisation by health bosses. Wards C1 and C3 at the Royal Blackburn Hospital, dealing with general rehab and stroke rehab cases, and the Rakehead Rehabilitation Centre at Burnley General Hospital, will shut on Friday.
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A NURSE is so allergic to peanuts her head swelled up when a passenger opened a bag of them on a plane. Sarah Thomas felt her face and lips start to puff up when a man in the same row of seats started eating the snack on a flight to Spain.
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Report highlights mental health service success - The Bolton News 13th August 2007
MENTAL health services in Bolton are some of the best in the region, according to a report by the Government's health watchdog. The Bolton, Salford and Trafford Mental Health Trust - has been rated as "good", the second-highest rating achievable.
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