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NHS chiefs have launched an investigation after donated eye tissue intended for a patient was left at a National Express coach station. The inquiry centres on UK Transplant, an NHS department which arranges deliveries of donated organs and body tissue to hospitals.
British women are more likely than Americans to have cosmetic surgery to please their partners, according to research published yesterday. The Aberdeen University study found UK women were often motivated to go under the knife to appear more attractive to their other half. In the US women were more likely to have the surgery for themselves.
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Snide remarks from partners can drive a woman to plastic surgery - Daily Mail 29th August 2007
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Britons 'have ops for partners' - BBC Health News 28th August 2007
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Keeping mum: the taboo topics worrying pregnant women - The Guardian 30th August 2007
Most expectant mothers suffer stress during pregnancy, potentially putting at risk their baby's development in the womb, according to a survey. A poll of more than 1,100 pregnant women by the baby charity Tommy's revealed that almost 90% endured stress prompted by an array of causes. Worries range from money to food, work pressures and relationships.
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Pregnancy stress causing eating disorders - The Telegraph 30th August 2007
Graphic images of the health consequences of smoking are to be shown on cigarette packets from September next year, the health secretary, Alan Johnson, said yesterday. For other tobacco products the deadline is September 2009.
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The Big Question: Do ever more gruesome warnings really put people off smoking? - The Independent 30th August 2007
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Cigarette packets to bear graphic pictures of lung damage as deterrent - The Times 30th August 2007
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Cigarette packets to display smoking diseases - The Telegraph 30th August 2007
An independent inquiry has been launched into child protection on Jersey after criticism of practices including a system in a secure unit where children as young as 11 were locked up in solitary confinement for 24 hours or more. It follows allegations raised by Simon Bellwood, a former centre manager, and Stuart Syvret, the island's minister for health and social services.
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Island rocked by child home abuse claims - The Times 30th August 2007
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Immigrants put public services under pressure, says Cameron - The Independent 30th August 2007
David Cameron has reignited the debate about immigration to Britain by declaring that the level has been "too high" since Labour came to power. The Tory leader risked fresh criticism that he is "lurching to the right" to bolster his own position by saying that immigrants are putting "huge pressure" on public services.
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Immigration is putting pressure on our services, warns Cameron - The Times 30th August 2007
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Some eye tests lead to inaccurate prescriptions that could cause health problems, says a consumer report. Seven out of 36 prescriptions given to Which? researchers were wrong and could cause headaches and blurred vision. And 17 of 39 eye checks were either poor or very poor in quality, the survey found.
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Millions being prescribed the wrong glasses - The Telegraph 30th August 2007
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Opticians put patients health at risk with shoddy eye testing, investigation reveals - Daily Mail 29th August 2007
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Study exposes 'flawed' eye tests - BBC Health News 29th August 2007
It is the cause of nocturnal misery and bedroom strife for millions of Britons and can even rival the volume of an express train. Snoring sits high on divorce petitions’ list of “unreasonable behaviour”. But where nasal strips, laser surgery and not-so-gentle shoving have failed, thousands of heavy snorers could soon be supplied with breathing masks on the NHS to give them – and their partners – a good night’s rest.
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A campaign to raise awareness of vaccines begins today. Cases of typhoid have increased by 69 per cent in the past five years and a milder form of the disease, paratyphoid, by 78 per cent. Many people do not realise that vaccines exist against these diseases, while wrongly believing that similar protection exists for malaria and HIV/Aids
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Parents need to trust their own instincts to get the balance right, says our parenting expert Dr Tanya Byron in her new book
People need to be more aware of the symptoms of a condition that can kill
A Surrey mother of two young sons aged 10 and 7 is worried about the number of ice-creams her children eat each week. She tries to limit them to one, but relatives destroy her good intentions. What should she do?
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Nigel Hawkes’s analysis (“Disaster averted, but with long-term damage”, Aug 28) of the chaos caused when 30,000 junior doctors started new jobs is entirely accurate – clinics and operations had to be cancelled, but ultimately the medical profession ensured that patient safety was not put at risk. This is a tribute to the professionalism of junior doctors who got on with treating their new patients, often in jobs they had found only at the last minute, and to consultants who cancelled holidays to provide continuity for patients.
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Doctor ‘abused police’ after drinking two pints at football match - The Times 30th August 2007
A high-profile doctor swore at police officers and branded them “poor peasants” after being arrested while attending a football match, a hearing was told yesterday. Simone Lester, a former senior executive with NHS Direct, was detained after officers had asked her to move away from the players’ area at Arsenal’s Emirates stadium in February. The doctor, who admitted having drunk two pints of beer, was accused of shouting at officers: “I’m a f*****g doctor. I want your f*****g names and numbers. I am not moving until you give me your f*****g names and numbers.”
Large packs of common cold and flu remedies will be banned because a chemical in them can be used to make the illegal street drug crystal meth, or methamphetamine, it was announced today. Packet sizes will be limited to 12 tablets, typically three days worth. Pharmacies will only be allowed to sell one per person.
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Nurses have been ordered to weigh patients to ensure they are eating properly, it was disclosed last night. In a return to old fashioned nursing methods, they will weigh all patients when they enter hospital. Medics believe this will enable them to identify whether patients are underweight or overweight and give them a better idea of how they are responding to treatment.
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Nurses will weigh all patients in bid to tackle eating disorders - Daily Mail 29th August 2007
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Nurses will weigh all patients in bid to tackle eating disorders - Daily Mail 29th August 2007
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Almost half of GPs plan to vote for the Conservatives in the next election, according to a poll published yesterday. The survey of 301 GPs found that 48 per cent intended to vote for the Tories, up from 35 per cent in 2005.
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GP's back the Tories despite Labour's whopping pay rises - Daily Mail 30th August 2007
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Maternity units are putting the health of mothers and babies at risk by not doing enough to promote breastfeeding, a report warned yesterday. Four in ten units have failed to implement minimum standards brought in a year ago, the United Nations children's fund, Unicef, found.
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A mother was forced to give birth in a car park after being turned away from her local hospital due to a shortage of midwives. Sally West had to be driven 25 miles by ambulance to another hospital and gave birth in the vehicle moments before she could make it inside.
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One in five teenagers has driven while under the influence of alcohol while one in 14 has driven after taking drugs, a survey suggests. And nearly a third of the 3,118 17 to 18-year-olds asked had been in a car when the driver was drunk or on drugs.
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Scientists say they have linked a faulty copy of a gene with the development of breast cancer. Researchers in London and Italy studying biopsies found that Tip60 did not work as actively in breast cancer tissue as it did in normal tissue.
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Patients with the most common type of diabetes could be offered abdominal surgery, after a clinical trial found it may permanently cure the condition. Gastric bypass surgery is performed as a last resort to help severely obese people lose weight, but doctors have noticed that up to 98% of patients who also had late-onset diabetes appeared to be cured within weeks of surgery.
A report from the American Journal of Dermatology is sure to furrow the brows of those who have always questioned the whole “Die young and leave a beautiful corpse” ethos – which means most sane people, actually.
Fresh fears over the health hazards linked to using mobile phones have been raised after scientists found that handset radiation could trigger cell division. A study found that exposure to mobile phone signals for just five minutes stimulated human cells to split in two - a process that occurs naturally when tissue grows or rejuvenates, but that is also central to the development of cancer.
Smoking can permanently alter the activity of genes and have irreversible effects on DNA that may be linked to cancer, research has shown. The findings may help to explain why some former smokers contract lung cancer long after they have quit.
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Lung cancer 'risk' for ex-smokers - BBC Health News 29th August 2007
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Hypnosis 'eases cancer op pain' - BBC Health News 29th August 2007
Breast cancer patients need less anaesthetic during operations if they have been relaxed by hypnosis beforehand, US research suggests. Patients in the study of 200 women by the Mount Sinai School of Medicine also reported less pain afterwards.
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THE tooth fairy could be out of a job as more parents are sending their children's milk teeth to a new laboratory in Daresbury with the hope that one day they may be lifesavers. A new method of extracting stem cells is being developed at the laboratory where dentist David James has bought the patent to the revolutionary technique.
A LEUKAEMIA sufferer, who underwent a life-saving bone marrow transplant, has died after the disease returned. Simon Pretty, 46, passed away a month after doctors told him there was nothing more they could do.
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Trust plans to scrap vital NHS service - Knutsford Guardian 29th August 2007
A SERVICE that provides vital equipment for the elderly, disabled and dying is to be scrapped and its 11 members of staff made redundant. The central and eastern Cheshire community equipment service - run by the primary care trust - will stop operating in March.
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SHOCKING new figures have revealed that one in four teens in the area get behind the wheel after drinking or taking drugs. And almost half of teenage passengers admit to having got in a car when they know the driver has been under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
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Burnley General set to lose two medical wards - Lancashire Telegraph 29th August 2007
BURNLEY General Hospital has suffered a fresh blow after health chiefs revealed two medical wards are being transferred to Blackburn. NHS chiefs have confirmed that Wards 12 and 14, part of the phase five development at Burnley General, will make way for a planned new paediatric and maternity unit at the Casterton Avenue Hospital.
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HEALTH bosses have refused to tell seriously ill psychiatric patients when they will be brought back from units in Darlington and Bury. It is understood bosses of Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust do not want patients to return to the city until health workers call off their strike action.
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Patients forced to move - Manchester Evening News 29th August 2007
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Patients forced to move - Manchester Evening News 29th August 2007
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NHS software supplier iSOFT looks set to fall into Australian hands after German suitor CompuGroup said it would not raise its £160m offer for the business. The news prompted iSOFT's board to switch their support to the 69p per share cash offer from IBA Health.
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IT'S absolutely right that the Royal Bolton Hospital is to become a new baby super-centre. This move will create new jobs and attract millions of pounds in investment as the hospital becomes one of only three regional centres of excellence.
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Smokers struggle in dating game - The Bolton News 29th August 2007
SMOKERS could struggle to get a date in Bolton, a survey has revealed. One in four people would only go out with a non-smoker according to research carried out by NHS Smokefree.
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