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In Boots, Tesco, Superdrug and branches of Lloyds pharmacy you see them, marketed like sweets with brand names that leave no ambiguity about their purpose: Smartfish, eye q chews, Healthspan Brain Boosters, Boots Smart Omega 3 Fish Oil, Valupak Smart Omega 3 in Honey. Every year, we in Britain spend £116 million on fish-oil supplements (twice the amount we spend on over-the-counter hay-fever treatments) in the belief that the omega-3 fats they contain boost our children's intelligence - yet, to date, not a single study has shown that omega 3 improves brain function in the general population.
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It is a life-threatening disease - but now a medical breakthrough offers hope that Britain's 250,000 type 1 sufferers could be freed from the tyranny of injections and dangerous blackouts.
Last week, a young NHS psychiatrist, who blogs under the pseudonym Shiny Happy Person, described how she 'was just taking five minutes out, enjoying the sunshine in the surprisingly pleasant grounds of my new hospital, when the flowerbed spoke to me'. She went on to reassure her readers: 'No, I'm not neuroleptic-deficient. Other people heard it too. One moment, all was quiet and the next a disembodied voice was bellowing from somewhere in the vicinity of the begonias. Strictly speaking, it wasn't actually addressing me and I know this because it said, "This is a no-smoking area. Please put your cigarette out. A member of staff has been informed." I gave up smoking six weeks ago. But, really, how Orwellian is that?
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Grower of phallic veg, these days Julian Clary prefers fresh greens to cheap pork. Dr John Briffa applauds him
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Andrew Purvis investigates the £116 million omega-3 industry - The Observer 19th August 2007In Boots, Tesco, Superdrug and branches of Lloyds pharmacy you see them, marketed like sweets with brand names that leave no ambiguity about their purpose: Smartfish, eye q chews, Healthspan Brain Boosters, Boots Smart Omega 3 Fish Oil, Valupak Smart Omega 3 in Honey. Every year, we in Britain spend £116 million on fish-oil supplements (twice the amount we spend on over-the-counter hay-fever treatments) in the belief that the omega-3 fats they contain boost our children's intelligence - yet, to date, not a single study has shown that omega 3 improves brain function in the general population.
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Food for thought. What Britain's top brains eat - The Observer 19th August 2007
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Lynne Leyshon is the driving force behind the maternity service everyone wants to copy - and yet, while controlling a budget of £38m and 300 staff, she still manages to deliver the odd baby, writes Joanna Moorhead
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Patientline, the hospital bedside telephone and television supplier, will not make enough cash selling its kit to NHS trusts to pull itself out of its financial black hole, Nick Winks, its chief executive, admitted yesterday. A debt for equity swap was now the "most obvious" solution to refinancing its £80m debts, he said.
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Nobody seems to know what depression is any more, least of all doctors. Last year, in Britain alone, 31m prescriptions were handed out for antidepressants, a 6% rise on 2004, suggesting that we're either collectively bending under the strain of modern life or doctors are far too freely handing out prescriptions. A new report published in the British Medical Journal, by Professor Gordon Parker, a psychiatrist at the University of New South Wales, argues it's the latter, that doctors are diagnosing depression at too low a threshold and, in doing so, putting an unnecessary and immense strain on the health system.
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Tougher definition for depression 'poses suicide risk' - The Independent 18th August 2007
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Depression is 'over-diagnosed - BBC Health News 17th August 2007
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Depression is 'over-diagnosed - BBC Health News 17th August 2007
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Family doctors have been warned that unless they agree to open at evenings and on Saturdays, private companies will be contracted to take over their practices. A letter sent to local NHS organisations has ordered them to improve surgeries’ responsiveness to the public, along with people’s access to and choice of GP services. This includes the option of seeking alternative providers, including private companies, instead of GPs.
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How family doctors cut hours and still doubled their money - The Times 20th August 2007
How family doctors cut hours and still doubled their money - The Times 20th August 2007
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Under Tony Blair, the threat of the private sector was used to try to change the behaviour of hospitals and consultants. Independent Sector Treatment Centres (ISTCs), run by private companies and staffed by doctors mostly from overseas, were given contracts for carrying out elective operations such as knee and hip replacements and cataract operations. Although the centres have conducted only a small minority of such operations and many have worked well below capacity, their effects have been very significant, ministers argue.
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Britons are increasingly at risk of being sold unsafe drugs over the internet because of the growth in unlicensed online pharmacies, a report suggests. Almost a fifth of all online pharmacies are based in Britain, and only a tiny fraction are certified by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, the pharmacies’ regulator.
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Drug website safety fears raised - BBC Health News 19th August 2007
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Drug website safety fears raised - BBC Health News 19th August 2007
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The UK is being plagued by mosquitoes thanks to the rain and warm weather this summer. But fears that malaria will reach Britain as the climate changes overlook the history of the disease in this country during very different climates.
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I have just found out that I am pregnant and am terrified. I’ve recently beaten an eating disorder and didn’t think I could get pregnant, so it’s a big shock. My husband of two years is over the moon and I’m worried about telling him how I’m feeling. I know I should be happy about it; I’m extremely happy in my marriage, but every time I think about the pregnancy I just feel like breaking down.
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Two supermarkets at the centre of an outbreak of the deadly E. coli O157 bacterium were told repeatedly to improve food hygiene standards (David Lister writes). Officials have confirmed that environmental health officers had drawn attention to more than 20 issues at the two Morrisons branches in Paisley during the past three years.
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A British company is recruiting farmers to cultivate opium to meet the growing demand for diamorphine in hospitals across the country. The news comes as troops contine to struggle to contain the opium industry in Afghanistan. Figures due to be released by the United Nations next month are expected to show that the poppy crop has reached a record level. They are expected to show an increase in cultivated area to 166,000 hectares (410,000 acres).
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Calls last week for changes in the treatment of the elderly struck a chord with our correspondent, whose father died in hospital after weeks of neglect
FAMILY doctors are being paid for access to their National Health Service patients by a private health company which is then charging patients £145 to screen them for serious illnesses. More than 50,000 patients have been charged for screening at 250 surgeries for stroke, diabetes and heart disease.
More and more women are having trouble in the bedroom – and we’re not talking sex. Our correspondent explains how to make sure you get a good night’s kip
My GP says cough medicines don’t work. Does he know something that pharmacists don’t?
I am 33 and generally fit. However, last winter, I had a cold that developed into a bad cough and chest congestion; weeks later I was diagnosed with pleurisy. Now my cough is bad again and my chest feels tight. I would like to improve the health of my lungs and stop coughing. I am looking for a natural approach including aromatherapy so as to avoid antibiotics.
FAMILY doctors are being paid for access to their National Health Service patients by a private health company which is then charging patients £145 to screen them for serious illnesses. More than 50,000 patients have been charged for screening at 250 surgeries for stroke, diabetes and heart disease.
More and more women are having trouble in the bedroom – and we’re not talking sex. Our correspondent explains how to make sure you get a good night’s kip
My GP says cough medicines don’t work. Does he know something that pharmacists don’t?
I am 33 and generally fit. However, last winter, I had a cold that developed into a bad cough and chest congestion; weeks later I was diagnosed with pleurisy. Now my cough is bad again and my chest feels tight. I would like to improve the health of my lungs and stop coughing. I am looking for a natural approach including aromatherapy so as to avoid antibiotics.
I'm a middle-class mum (one caesarean, one child) who found breast-feeding difficult, as well as quite revolting ('Stop breast-beating, sisters' India Knight, August 12). I struggled with anxiety (my own) and disapproval (other people’s). The breast-feeding lobby makes bottle-feeding mothers (who are in the majority) feel awful at a time when we are struggling anyway. Good for Jordan for her customary bluntness, and thank you for voicing what a lot of us are thinking.
Elizabeth Colman helps an accountant to balance the books as she quits work for a nutrition degree It is a move that many professionals contemplate but few are brave enough to attempt. In the midst of a good career as an accountant, Laura King, 36, has decided to quit to become a full-time student.
An ancient Indian health system helped one woman to fight fatigue David Mattin Lauren Wilkinson used to find that every day was a battle with fatigue. While she was in her early thirties, pursuing a highflying City career, a constant, nagging tiredness crept up on her. She reached a crunchpoint in 2003. “I’d lost all my energy,” she recalls. “I was sleeping 15 hours a night at weekends and was too tired to see friends. ”
After reading Libby Purves’s article (“Send in the storm-trooper nurses”, August 14), I had to give a wry smile. Three years ago the Government, by Act of Parliament, introduced patient and public involvement forums. These, staffed by volunteers, many of whom were ex-senior nurses and other NHS employees, enjoyed the right of unannouced visits to health service premises for inspection of any services being offered to patients and visitors. In my forum’s case, any serious deficiency could be reported to, and dealt with immediately by the appropriate directorate. If action did not ensue, a letter would be sent to the CEO requiring a reply within a specified period. A route direct to the Secretary of State was available.
Baby’s birth and death in lavatory of hospital with no trained staff - The Times 18th August 2007
A mother was left clutching her dying baby after giving birth on a lavatory at a new hospital because there were no trained staff. Catherine Brown, 30, endured the birth of her premature baby with only her mother for help as hospital staff said that they could not assist her because they were unqualified.
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Mother forced to give birth alone in toilet of 'flagship' NHS hospital - Daily Mail 18th August 2007
Parties, sex, late nights. . . just how much freedom should you give your teenagers? Here, answers for anxious parents
New research says a boiled egg and moderate exercise is key to a healthy old age Muscle is going through an image change. Previously thought of as a stretchy slab of inert flesh that declines with age, especially once we hit 50, research is emerging that suggests that the simple step of regular muscle execise, followed by a protein snack, could keep our muscles going long into old age. This not only means a better physique, but also a life less likely to be sabotaged by falls in later years.
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Elizabeth Colman helps an accountant to balance the books as she quits work for a nutrition degree It is a move that many professionals contemplate but few are brave enough to attempt. In the midst of a good career as an accountant, Laura King, 36, has decided to quit to become a full-time student.
An ancient Indian health system helped one woman to fight fatigue David Mattin Lauren Wilkinson used to find that every day was a battle with fatigue. While she was in her early thirties, pursuing a highflying City career, a constant, nagging tiredness crept up on her. She reached a crunchpoint in 2003. “I’d lost all my energy,” she recalls. “I was sleeping 15 hours a night at weekends and was too tired to see friends. ”
After reading Libby Purves’s article (“Send in the storm-trooper nurses”, August 14), I had to give a wry smile. Three years ago the Government, by Act of Parliament, introduced patient and public involvement forums. These, staffed by volunteers, many of whom were ex-senior nurses and other NHS employees, enjoyed the right of unannouced visits to health service premises for inspection of any services being offered to patients and visitors. In my forum’s case, any serious deficiency could be reported to, and dealt with immediately by the appropriate directorate. If action did not ensue, a letter would be sent to the CEO requiring a reply within a specified period. A route direct to the Secretary of State was available.
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Baby’s birth and death in lavatory of hospital with no trained staff - The Times 18th August 2007
A mother was left clutching her dying baby after giving birth on a lavatory at a new hospital because there were no trained staff. Catherine Brown, 30, endured the birth of her premature baby with only her mother for help as hospital staff said that they could not assist her because they were unqualified.
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Mother forced to give birth alone in toilet of 'flagship' NHS hospital - Daily Mail 18th August 2007
Parties, sex, late nights. . . just how much freedom should you give your teenagers? Here, answers for anxious parents
New research says a boiled egg and moderate exercise is key to a healthy old age Muscle is going through an image change. Previously thought of as a stretchy slab of inert flesh that declines with age, especially once we hit 50, research is emerging that suggests that the simple step of regular muscle execise, followed by a protein snack, could keep our muscles going long into old age. This not only means a better physique, but also a life less likely to be sabotaged by falls in later years.
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Thousands of pensioners are being left housebound and becoming increasingly disabled because of a lack of basic care to help them look after their feet, it was claimed today. According to a report by Age Concern, many elderly people risk hurting themselves in falls because of the lack of footcare services.
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Foot-care failure 'causes misery' - BBC Health News 19th August 2007
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Foot-care failure 'causes misery' - BBC Health News 19th August 2007
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Anorexia may be inherited and linked to autism - The Telegraph 20th August 2007Anorexia could be caused by a genetic brain disorder shared by sufferers of autism and Asperger's syndrome, according to a leading psychiatrist. Rather than being solely a result of young girls feeling pressured to become thin, Prof Janet Treasure thinks the illness may be triggered by inherited problems with mental processing which can often be spotted in childhood behaviour.
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The debate has raged over the last week about the bad behaviour of young people, fuelled by alcohol and whether responsible adults should intervene. The terrible murder in Warrington initiated the debate but it has connected to a deeper concern of communities and professionals. I would like to argue that there is a problem about the supply of alcohol to young people. We can address it by analysis and well thought through measures which restrict the sale of alcohol by off licences.
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'Blame the grog shops' - The Telegraph 20th August 2007
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Schoolchildren drink bottle of wine a week - The Telegraph 20th August 2007
'Blame the grog shops' - The Telegraph 20th August 2007
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Schoolchildren drink bottle of wine a week - The Telegraph 20th August 2007
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Trust me, I'm a junior doctor - The Telegraph 20th August 2007
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One child in five drinks 'heavily' - The Independent on Sunday 19th August 2007
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One child in five drinks 'heavily' - The Independent on Sunday 19th August 2007
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The Government has massively underestimated the risk of a bird flu pandemic sweeping across Britain, experts have warned. Contingency plans drawn up by the NHS are based on a 3 per cent chance in any given year that the virus will mutate into a form that infects humans. However, an international review at a summit of avian flu experts put the risk of a pandemic during the next year as between 5 and 20 per cent.
I have been alarmed by the attacks on social workers in your campaign for family courts to be more transparent (Comment & Letters, August 12). I agree that a more open interrogation of our work is necessary, but if we are to be tried by the media for our decisions then the multi-agency approach also has to come under scrutiny with health visitors, doctors, police, psychiatrists and probation officers having their work put under the spotlight too.
The Government has massively underestimated the risk of a bird flu pandemic sweeping across Britain, experts have warned. Contingency plans drawn up by the NHS are based on a 3 per cent chance in any given year that the virus will mutate into a form that infects humans. However, an international review at a summit of avian flu experts put the risk of a pandemic during the next year as between 5 and 20 per cent.
I have been alarmed by the attacks on social workers in your campaign for family courts to be more transparent (Comment & Letters, August 12). I agree that a more open interrogation of our work is necessary, but if we are to be tried by the media for our decisions then the multi-agency approach also has to come under scrutiny with health visitors, doctors, police, psychiatrists and probation officers having their work put under the spotlight too.
Many years ago I suffered from sciatica, which left me with a few numb toes. I have tried various treatments and exercises but the numbness is spreading, affecting my balance. The areas tingle when touched or massaged. Doctors ignore it. I am 70 – is it too late to put it right?
The vulnerability of the elderly is judged according to four levels of need: low, moderate, substantial and critical. Within the four bands laid down by the Department of Health there are sub-divisions designed to reflect people's needs more accurately.
The vulnerability of the elderly is judged according to four levels of need: low, moderate, substantial and critical. Within the four bands laid down by the Department of Health there are sub-divisions designed to reflect people's needs more accurately.
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Pensioner threatened with care home eviction - The Telegraph 18th August 2007
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Grandfather must leave care home - BBC Health News 17th August 2007
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Grandfather must leave care home - BBC Health News 17th August 2007
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Emma Hill is on the scent of the latest massage oils and treatments As the name suggests, aromatherapy is all about smell. When a fragrance travels up the nose, it triggers a response in the limbic system, the part of the brain linked with memory and emotion.
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Women undergoing IVF treatment will soon be able to boost their chance of becoming pregnant through a computer programme that calculates the precise amount of drugs they need. At least nine out of ten women are thought to get the wrong dose of drugs used to stimulate the ovaries into producing eggs, with most receiving too much.
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Exposing children to cannabis will be "punished" with nothing more than a ticking-off under the latest Government edict. Police have been told smoking even the most dangerous types of the drug in front of a youngster should not prevent the offender escaping with only a controversial "formal warning".
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A British housewife became the world's oldest natural mother after giving birth at the age of 59, it was claimed yesterday. Dawn Brooke had a healthy boy without any fertility treatment only 12 months before she became eligible for her old age pension, her family said.
Schoolchildren have been asked to strap on 'beer goggles' that mimic the effects of alcohol in an effort to cut drink-driving deaths. The goggles have distorted lenses similar to frosted glass, making wearers feel nauseous and disorientated.
A young father was left in a coma after being savagely beaten by a gang of teenagers for refusing to buy alcohol for their underage friends.
If you've always longed to burn your bra but couldn't face the physical consequences, the solution could be on the way. Doctors have created an 'internal bra' which claims to do away with the need for the lingerie version.
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Schoolchildren have been asked to strap on 'beer goggles' that mimic the effects of alcohol in an effort to cut drink-driving deaths. The goggles have distorted lenses similar to frosted glass, making wearers feel nauseous and disorientated.
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Father left in coma for tackling underage drinkers - Daily Mail 17th August 2007 A young father was left in a coma after being savagely beaten by a gang of teenagers for refusing to buy alcohol for their underage friends.
If you've always longed to burn your bra but couldn't face the physical consequences, the solution could be on the way. Doctors have created an 'internal bra' which claims to do away with the need for the lingerie version.
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David Cameron is launching a campaign to fight government plans to downgrade district general hospitals in the NHS. The Conservative leader has identified 29 hospitals which he claims are under threat from service cuts.
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The Royal College of Nursing is giving its members in England until mid-September to decide if they want to accept the government's final pay deal. Some 95% of nurses had voted to go ahead with a ballot on industrial action over the original pay award.
In a series on celebrities and their health, the BBC News website talks to Peter Kilfoyle Labour MP for Walton, Liverpool, about his heart attack last summer.
Liz Weller and partner Russell Hall recently celebrated the christening of their baby Charlie. It was a happy time for the family with Charlie looking gorgeous in his white sailor suit and christening robe.
More proof is needed that electronic personal health records are safe and effective, some doctors have said. Ministers are pushing ahead with plans to put personal medical records on a national electronic database, which patients can themselves access online.
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An NHS trust which refused to supply the drug Velcade to a terminal cancer sufferer has now granted the treatment after reassessing his case.
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As South Africa's health minister, Manto Tshabalala-Msimang has been vilified as an accomplice to genocide for failing to provide treatment for the millions of people with HIV. She has been the subject of international ridicule for promoting garlic and vitamins as an alternative to Aids drugs. And she has survived it all.
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Crisis for President as ‘Dr Beetroot’ is accused of theft and alcoholism - The Times 20th August 2007
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Natural pigments that give certain fruit and vegetables a rich red, purple or blue colour act as powerful anti-cancer agents, according to a study by American scientists. The compounds, found in foods such as aubergines, red cabbage, elderberries and bilberries, restricted the growth of cancer cells and in some cases killed them off entirely, leaving healthy cells unharmed.
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Compounds that colour fruit and veg could slow down spread of cancer - Daily Mail 20th August 2007
Compounds that colour fruit and veg could slow down spread of cancer - Daily Mail 20th August 2007
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£100m UK aid, but Malawi's nurses are still overworked and underpaid - The Observer 19th August 2007
Mary Luliyazi is falling asleep at her desk in the post-natal ward of Lilongwe's Bwaila Hospital. She sat down to find her pay slip, but even a moment's rest is fatal on the third of three consecutive 24-hour shifts in intensive care. 'I do feel very tired,' says Mary. 'I don't have to do the extra shifts, but you feel you should. There are not enough nurses. And I need the money.'
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IN FEBRUARY last year a four-year-old boy from Minneapolis, Minnesota, was admitted to hospital with an ailment that baffled the doctors. He was agitated, desperately sick and severely dehydrated. The next day as doctors methodically tested for the possible cause of Jarnell Brown’s illness, the child suffered a cardiac arrest. Two days later he was dead.
Brisk response to exercise report - The Guardian 18th August 2007
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We welcome debate about how much exercise is required for a healthy life (The era of gentle exercise is over, August 17) but the Ramblers' Association recommends that people still set at least 30 minutes of brisk exercise, such as walking, five times a week as their goal. With almost 70% of the population not reaching this minimum, we have developed a 12-week Get Walking course for the inactive, especially in areas with the greatest health gap. People respond well to the 30 minutes, five times a week goal, and many quickly achieve it. Walking is free and can be easily built into people's busy everyday lives. It doesn't require specialist equipment or costly gym membership and neither does it exclude the very old or the very young. With obesity rising, we need to offer realistic goals to tackle it.
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Why that gentle stroll isn't enough to keep you healthy - Daily Mail 17th August 2007
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Exercise 'must be tough to work' - BBC Health News 17th August 2007
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Exercise 'must be tough to work' - BBC Health News 17th August 2007
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The humanitarian disaster in Iraq is being compounded by a mass exodus of their medical staff fleeing chronic violence and lawlessness. A report by Oxfam International shows the lack of doctors and nurses is fracturing a health system on the brink of collapse.
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Mothers breast-feeding their infants are to be warned of the possible dangers of taking medicines that contain codeine after a baby died from a morphine overdose. Guidance to doctors on the safe use of codeine is to be revised after an investigation into the death of the 13-day-old baby in the United States.
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High levels of air pollution in Beijing could damage the health of many spectators at next year's Olympic Games, a leading World Health Organisation expert has said. Dr Michal Krzyzanowski said that air quality was so bad in the Chinese capital that those with a history of heart problems and those suffering from asthma should be aware that they could be harmed.
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US scientists may have discovered why long nerve cells do not break when you move or stretch your limbs. Experiments in worms showed that when a protein called beta spectrin is missing, nerve cells are brittle and break, leading to paralysis.
Pilots in Botswana have reacted angrily to new regulations that mean they could face the sack if they have HIV.
We are all being told to lay off too much booze, but a Ukrainian health spa is prescribing patients a course of cocktails.
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A NURSING assistant appeared in court accused of stealing from a decorated war hero as he lay dying in his hospital bed. Veronica Harold, 47, of Heskin Road, Kirkby, is charged with theft.
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A SIGHT-LOSS campaigner from Kew has told how a new help desk will support people coping with being diagnosed with macular degeneration. Pat Holden, leader of Southport Macular Disease Society, is one of nine trained volunteers who staff the weekly advice point, ‘Eye 2 Eye’, at Southport Library in Lord Street.
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THE North West Regional Spinal Injuries Centre at Southport & Formby District General Hospital has just opened an additional four low dependency beds. These will help ease the pressure on the centre and enable it to carry out operations and procedures for patients who might have either had a longer wait or had to go elsewhere.
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THE chief executive of the Countess of Chester Hospital says any areas identified in a survey as needing improvement will be acted upon. Peter Herring was responding after an inpatient survey carried out by the Picker Institute, on behalf of the Healthcare Commission, showed the Countess had an average set of results with room for progress.
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Cheshire Chief Constable Peter Fahy has criticised parents who use alcohol to get their children out from under their feet. CHIEF Constable Peter Fahy made national headlines this week after speaking out in the wake of the death of Warrington man Garry Newlove, allegedly at the hands of teenagers.
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THE full extent of binge drinking amongst East Lancashire's youngsters has been revealed - after 60 per cent of 15 and 16-year-olds admitted abusing alcohol. Health chiefs said the figures should prompt parents to educate youngsters about the dangers of drink in the wake of the death of a spate of alcohol related assaults across the country.
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FAIRFIELD Hospital has been named the best performing stroke unit in the North West and ranked third' in the country. The National Sentinel Stroke Audit is carried out every two years by the Royal College of Physicians and supported by the Healthcare Commission.
CHESHIRE'S chief constable has implied that boozing youngsters should be taken into care if parents refuse to take responsibility for their drinking. Peter Fahy (pictured) was speaking after father-of-three Garry Newlove was allegedly attacked by youths outside his Warrington home.
HEALTH workers have voted to strike over the suspension of a union official. Almost 90 per cent of staff who took part in the ballot voted to walkout of Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust over the treatment of senior psychiatric nurse Karen Reissmann.
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THE top medic at Manchester's struggling mental health trust has resigned, prompting questions over its future. Dr Frank Margison is quitting as medical director of Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust.
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