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Soaring levels of obesity in the western world are expected to trigger a major new infertility crisis among women, doctors warn today. The Lancet reports that the obesity epidemic will leave more couples struggling to conceive as women suffer more fertility-related problems.
Consumers are being misled about the salt content of some ready meals and other processed foods, according to a survey published yesterday. The report accuses manufacturers of deliberately understating portion sizes on food labels, in an apparent effort to make the amount of salt in their products seem as low as possible. In one case a packet of chicken nuggets gave the salt content for a portion weighing 15g, the equivalent of just one nugget. Servings of baked beans varied across brands from half to one third of a 420g can.
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Salt guides 'misleading' - The Times 24th August 2007
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Food firms accused over labels peppered with lies about salt - Daily Mail 24th August 2007
Health scares are almost a religion for the media - but this summer we are in danger of overdosing
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Over-50s told to take proper dose of calcium to avoid bone damage - The Guardian 24th August 2007
Doctors are recommending that people over 50 take supplements of calcium to reduce the risk of bone damage if they fall, as a study in the Lancet medical journal today suggests that daily pills can prevent one in four fractures in the over-50s.
Sheffield University's research proves that long ambulance journeys can increase the risk of death for many patients (NHS overhaul, August 21). As a result of the move towards bigger trauma units and A&E departments in fewer hospitals, Britain is becoming more reliant on its network of air ambulances. We take great pride in our close working relationship with ambulance services, NHS trusts and individual doctors and paramedics. In many cases, it is the critical care administered by an air ambulance doctor at the scene of an incident and then the speed at which our helicopter can reach the most appropriate hospital (not necessarily the nearest) that makes the difference between life and death.
Just when you thought it was safe to forget the rain and make a break for the beach amid a possible, fleeting breakthrough in the weather this weekend, a report on sea-side pollution released today might make you think again. Confirmation that this year's August Bank Holiday marks the climax of a shower-soaked, dreary summer comes in a report by the Marine Conservation Society (MCS) showing a distinct increase in pollution on Britain's beaches.
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One in 8 beaches polluted by flood sewage - The Times 24th August 2007
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Britain's beaches water quality suffers after wet summer - The Telegraph 24th August 2007
Patients who suffer strokes receive worse treatment in Britain than anywhere else in Western Europe. More die and more are left disabled, a leading expert says in this week’s British Medical Journal, even though Britain spends as much as, if not more than, other countries on stroke care.
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Stroke patients 'dying from poor treatment' - The Telegraph 24th August 2007
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Stroke care 'is failing patients' - BBC Health News 23rd August 2007
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Stroke patients 'dying from poor treatment' - The Telegraph 24th August 2007
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Stroke care 'is failing patients' - BBC Health News 23rd August 2007
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The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), which is criticised regularly for being too conservative when it comes to approving new prescription drugs, is in fact too generous with its assessments, a group of economists has suggested. The group argues that, by recommending drugs that save few lives, NICE is diverting money from other, better-value treatments.
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Guinness is good, but E numbers are bad? Our correspondent sorts the food facts from the old wives tales
It would be difficult to contemplate that any reader could fail to be moved by Paul Cable’s article describing his father's last days (“Dad deserved dignity, not this”, times2, August 20). One wonders what awful lack would transform a person who has entered the caring professions into someone who appears not to care. The truth must surely be that they do care. They are not only trained to take the correct professional steps but they must carry with that their own humanity and the compassion that should be part of that condition.
The health service will go through significant turmoil over the next 24 months as a result of the reconfiguration that this Government wants to impose, in order to save money. What concerns me is that every time the Conservative Party wishes to raise such an important issue, local health bosses back down from supporting us. Local bosses may, in certain circumstances, be right to correct concerns over hospital closures. However this ignores plans for reconfigurations, cuts to services and beds and other steps being put into place to reduce huge financial deficits.
As Nicola Delemere struggled through the pain of contractions, she was gripped with greater fears than the average expectant mother. She and her husband were 30,000ft in the air on a plane to Crete, she was 25 weeks into her pregnancy - and there were no doctors on board.
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Doctors have voiced serious concerns over the explosion in the number of drugs prescribed by nurses since a policy change gave them new powers last year. New rules were introduced in May 2006 that allowed nurses to give out antibiotics, anti-depressants and diabetes drugs.
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The rise of the ladette culture means young women who work in offices are now twice as likely to die from alcohol misuse as the general population. They are apeing the macho office environment and are dying from conditions such as liver disease, cirrhosis and alcohol poisoning, according to shocking new figures.
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Bar staff 'highest alcohol risk' - BBC Health News 23rd August 2007
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Bar staff 'highest alcohol risk' - BBC Health News 23rd August 2007
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Almost 30,000 cases of breast and colon cancer a year could be prevented by Britons spending more time in the sun to boost vitamin D levels, say researchers. A new study claims vitamin D "deficiency" may be to blame for 600,000 cancer cases worldwide each year, particularly in northern European countries where sun exposure levels are relatively low.
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The world will face a new deadly threat on the scale of Aids, Sars and Ebola within a decade, the world's leading authority on health said yesterday, as it warned that diseases were spreading more quickly than at any time in history.
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WHO warns of global epidemic risk - BBC Health News 23rd August 2007
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Four times Indonesia has agreed to share samples of the bird flu virus with the World Health Organisation and four times Jakarta has reneged on the deal. The WHO's protracted battle with Indonesia over the H5N1 virus, the strain needed to develop a vaccine, underlines the difficulties of combating global health crises without international cooperation.
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Credit to Gordon Brown for showing leadership on the issue of global health (Brown and Merkel take in Wembley showdown, August, 23). The proposed International Health Partnership could lead to better coordination of donor aid, which would help overcome some of the challenges faced by developing country governments in planning and delivering health services. But coordination alone will not enable developing countries to stem the unnecessary tide of maternal and child death and communicable disease that cause so much personal devastation and hinder economic growth.
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Passion in old age is seen by many as unwelcome, or just unedifying. But as the Mail reported yesterday new research suggests that many pensioners enjoy a vigorous love life well into their eighth decade. A study of 3,000 men and women aged 57 to 85 revealed that 73 per cent of people aged 57 to 64, and over half of those aged 65 to 74, have active love lives.
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MEDICATION lost in a busy Wirral shopping area could prove fatal in the wrong hands, police have warned. The 560mls of metha-done in two bottles and 35 2mg diazepam tablets, were lost at Moreton Cross.
HEALTH chiefs today said a cash shortage meant they could not replace all Merseyside’s outdated ambulances. Bosses said they could only afford to splash out on a quarter of the new vehicles needed as they battle to balance the books.
WHISTON Hospital has scored top marks in a clean-liness and hygiene inspection. St Helens and Knowsley Hospitals NHS Trust achieved excellent ratings for both its hospitals.
ORMSKIRK Hospital’s sexual health clinic is to be temporarily moved to Southport. The Genito-urinary Medicine or GUM, currently at Acacia House, will be relocated to Southport & Formby DGH from September 3 due to staffing issues.
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Elderly facing crisis - Midweek Visiter 22nd August 2007
OLDER people in the North West are struggling with everyday household activities like bathing, using the stairs and tending the garden, new research has revealed. Older people’s charity Help the Aged is warning that unless more is done to help homeowners on low incomes, the UK could be heading towards a potential housing crisis for future generations of older people.
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A WHITEHAVEN mother-of-four has been nominated as midwife of the year. Bev Crosby, of Moresby, is a community midwife and has been for 25 years.
THE oldest hospice in East Lancashire is about to be given a new lease of life which should provide significant benefits for patients and their families. Unlike most similar organisations, East Lancashire Hospice, based in Park Lee Road, Blackburn, comes under the NHS.
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Hospital radio's 40 years - Blackpool Citizen 23rd August 2007
Blackpool Victoria Hospital's radio station celebrates 40 years on the air this weekend with lots going on to mark the anniversary.
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Pictures taken from the family album of a 36-year-old Bolton man show the dramatic signs of fatal alcohol abuse. The photo on the left on the front page of today's The Bolton News shows father-of-one David Finch as a fresh faced 21-year-old with his life ahead of him.
NEARLY £450,000 has been ploughed into equipment aimed at helping elderly people to stay independent. The Telecare service aims to make older people feel safe by providing monitors in their homes that detect when they have fallen.
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Former mayor wins breastfeeding case - Altrincham Messenger 23rd August 2007
TRAFFORD'S former mayor Pauleen Lane was awarded £7,000 damages today in a case over breastfeeding her son. Council leader Susan Williams reacted with fury to the judgement.
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