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Health inspectors are to mount spot checks on NHS hospitals after finding hundreds of older people being treated without dignity or adequate privacy on wards across England. In a report today on conditions in 23 hospitals, the Healthcare Commission said only five complied with all the government's core standards for dignity in care. Others were found to provide degrading treatment, including making incontinent patients wear nappies and placing older women in mixed-sex bays shielded by skimpy curtains on insecure rails.
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Elderly patients still suffer on mixed-sex wards - The Telegraph 27th September 2007
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The NHS hospitals that deny old folk even the basic decencies - Daily Mail 26th September 2007
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Spot checks threat to NHS trusts - BBC Health News 27th September 2007
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Spot checks threat to NHS trusts - BBC Health News 27th September 2007
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Things they don't show on Casualty - The Guardian 27th September 2007
What a lot of nonsense is being circulated about NHS cleaning - not least about deep cleaning, the latest magic bullet (Brown sets out plans...clean hospitals high on agenda, September 25). Yet many real issues do need addressing. Why cleaners are compelled to wear their soiled (ill-fitting and garish) uniforms home, thus transporting all those lovely bugs on to public transport, into shops etc - and finally into their own homes.
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NHS cleaners 'can do little more' - BBC Health News 26th September 2007
Susannah Kendrick, eight and a half months pregnant, was giving a dinner party. She had just served the lamb curry when she felt a giant contraction, rushed to the bathroom, and was delivered of a baby girl, Trinity, eight minutes later. Yes, minutes, not hours; eight, not 80.
Why are we asking this now? Britain is in the grip of an epidemic of allergic disease, according to the influential House of Lords Science and Technology Committee. The numbers affected have trebled in the last 20 years and a third of the population – 18 million people – will develop an allergy ranging from the trivial to the life-threatening, it said in a report yesterday. The UK incidence is among the highest in the world but Britain is lagging behind the rest of Europe in tackling the problem.
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Herceptin could drastically improve survival rates - The Independent 27th September 2007
The breast cancer drug Herceptin could cut the number of mastectomies and extend lives among the 44,000 breast cancer patients diagnosed in Britain each year. Researchers told the European Cancer Conference in Barcelona yesterday that use of the drug in women with inflammatory breast cancer, a rare and aggressive form of the disease, led to the disappearance of the tumour in more than half of patients when combined with chemotherapy.
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Mother and daughter wait for new hearts - The Times 27th Spetember 2007
Amother and her young daughter are in search of new hearts after doctors found that they both have the same rare condition. Katie Williams, 2, has acute dilated cardiomyopathy, a condition that causes the heart to enlarge and become weaker. It was diagnosed soon after she was born. Her heart now has only one tenth of the strength of a healthy toddler’s.
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Toddler and mother facing death from rare hereditary heart condition - Daily Mail 26th September 2007
Detecting whether a teenager is abusing drugs is difficult. According to the charity Drugscope (drugscope. org.uk), young people are prone to mood swings and behavioural changes anyway, and those using drugs go to big lengths to conceal it. There are a few warning signs: unusual mood swings and secretiveness; loss of interest in friends, social and sporting activities; a drop in school performance; disrupted sleep patterns; and missing money or belongings.
There are disturbing facts arising from your report (“Scotland stands behind America as the world’s second fattest nation”, Sept 26). Not with regard to the heavy figures, but that the most recent data is from 2003; and that the costs to NHS Scotland cannot be produced from later than six years ago.
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Our series continues on how to deal with common problems in family health Does a headache result from tiredness or a hangover, or does it stem from a brain haemorrhage or cerebral tumour? Is it a migraine or tension headache, caused by pressure on the spinal nerves in the neck? Or could it be sinusitis, temporal arteritis or from a less frequent cause such as extreme cold or sex? The reasons for a headache are legion and mostly benign.
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New Pill may end PMT for millions of women - The Telegraph 27th September 2007
A contraceptive that stops periods and prevents pre-menstrual tension could be available next year. The new Pill is designed to be taken every day and could end pain and discomfort for millions of women.
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The revolutionary contraceptive super-pill that ends PMT - Daily Mail 27th September 2007
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Potentially deadly superbugs that can be picked up in gyms and student halls of residence are becoming increasingly resistant to antibiotics, scientists say. MRSA and C. Difficile, the stomach bug, have so far been largely confined to hospital wards. However, the Health Protection Agency has identified about 100 cases of community-acquired MRSA (C-MRSA), including one death.
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Flesh-eating strain of MRSA spreads to schools and gyms - Daily Mail 26th September 2007
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An NHS maternity unit has been forced to close after cockroaches were seen in the wards. Mothers have been put in temporary beds while the unit is fumigated and deep-cleaned. Health bosses had to call in pestcontrol experts at Rochdale Royal Infirmary.
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An NHS dentist sent his resignation to Gordon Brown to protest at the Government's 'conveyorbelt' care, claiming his impossible workload has forced him to quit. Michael Nellist told the Prime Minister he could no longer 'drill and fill' to meet meaningless targets that did not help patients.
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Two out of three Britons know very little about Alzheimer's disease and dementia, a YouGov poll has found. The survey of 2,000 adults found 62 per cent assume that memory loss is a natural part of ageing and therefore would not encourage a relative to seek medical advice. More than a quarter would not seek advise because they did not wish to worry their family.
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Untrained salon staff are carrying out teeth whitening on clients, according to consumer magazine Which? The General Dental Council (GDC) said it was illegal for non-dentists to carry out the procedure.
Dental training in north-west England is being enhanced, with new facilities in the universities of Liverpool and Central Lancashire (UCLan). Liverpool is opening a £1.1m operative skills suite which has 46 "phantom heads" on which students can work.
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Suspects get drink advice in cell - BBC Health News 26th September 2007
Alcohol support workers have been allowed to interview suspects in police cells in a bid to combat binge drinking and alcohol-related crime. In a scheme said to be one of the first of its kind, more than 1,000 suspects in Plymouth have taken part.
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Women who jog or play racket sports and ball games early in pregnancy risk losing their baby, according to a study of more than 90,000 pregnant women in Denmark. The researchers found that women who exercised more and engaged in the most vigorous activities were at most risk. More gentle exercise such as swimming did not raise the chances of a miscarriage.
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Exercise linked to early miscarriages - The Telegraph 27th September 2007
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Heavy exercise miscarriage link - BBC Health News 26th September 2007
Cuba's economic crisis in the 1990s inadvertently boosted people's health by obliging them to eat less and exercise more, according to research. As a result deaths from heart disease and diabetes plunged, giving a silver lining to what was otherwise a miserable era.
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Three drinks a day increases risk of breast cancer by a third - The Independent 27th September 2007
Women who have more than three drinks a day of wine, beer or spirits increase their risk of breast cancer by 30 per cent. It is not the type of alcohol that counts but the amount, US researchers will tell the European Cancer Conference in Barcelona today. The increased risk associated with a daily consumption of three or more drinks is similar to that from smoking a pack of cigarettes or taking HRT, they said.
Reaching for the paracetamol alongside your morning coffee may be bad for your health, researchers say. A study indicated that a combination of large quantities of the pain-killer and caffeine appeared to increase the risk of liver damage. Scientists found that caffeine tripled the amount of a toxic by-product created when paracetamol was broken down.
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Mixing coffee and paracetamol 'could cause liver damage' - Daily Mail 26th September 2007
A Siberian woman who gave birth to her 12th child was stunned to find that little Nadia weighed in at 17lb (7.75 kg). The child, who was delivered by caesarean section earlier this month, joined eight sisters and three brothers. "We were all simply in shock," said Nadia's mother, Tatyana Barabanova, 43, from Russia's Altai region.
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Legalised "physician-assisted death" has not been used to kill people who may be "a burden to society", US research suggests. Some argue that allowing doctors to help people die could lead to the most vulnerable members of society being coerced into ending their lives.
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Scientists have developed a new way to treat liver failure by dampening the immune response using stem cells taken from the bone marrow. So far the technique has only been tested in animals, but if it works in humans it could help save lives.
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Deep-voiced men 'have more kids' - BBC Health News 26th September 2007
Men with deep voices tend to have more children than those who speak at a higher pitch, scientists say. Their finding is based on a group of hunter-gatherers in Tanzania known as the Hadza, who can be studied without bias because they use no birth control.
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PCT gears up for a healthier 2008 - Liverpool Echo 26th September 2007
LIVERPOOL health officials have four priorities for the next year. They want to tackle MRSA, recruit more dentists and improve end-of-life care. Liverpool Primary Care Trust chief executive Derek Campbell said huge strides had been made thanks to a massive injection of money.
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I SAT down in the doctor’s room in a psychiatric hospital in Chester. An old-fashioned Grundy TK 20 tape machine was sitting on his desk. He started to interview me about sex acts between gay men, taping my answers.
A fresh appeal was today made for the mother of an abandoned baby to come forward as the newborn was fostered. Tiny Zack was left wrapped in a binbag in a garden nearly a week ago, when he was only an hour old.
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Baby Zack goes to foster parents - Liverpool Echo 26th September 2007
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Student ready to protest over health care service - Ellesmere Port Pioneer 26th September 2007
A WOMAN left in a coma after claiming a doctor failed to diagnose her appendicitis is preparing to make a public protest. Christy Millar, of Great Sutton, will demonstrate outside the HQ of Liverpool Primary Care Trust (PCT) about its refusal to hold an inquiry into her case.
DOCTORS at one Knutsford surgery are expected to move even if officials scrap plans to build a one-stop medical centre. Dr Tim Mallon said Annandale Surgery's current building was becoming too small for the demands of a modern GP's practice.
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A FORMER drug addict who turned his life around and now acts as a counsellor for people trying to kick the habit has been nominated for a top Government award. Gary Byrne has been shortlisted for the Home Office's tackling drugs changing lives awards, which honour unsung heroes who have gone above and beyond in their efforts to help other people off drugs. Wirral's drug and alcohol action team supports the awards.
VULNERABLE people will be "shunted out" of their care homes in a major social services reshuffle to sweep the borough. Under bombshell proposals, three Wirral homes will close as the cash-strapped department gets set to cut permanent care services, to make way for in-house' facilities.
Dental training in north-west England is being enhanced, with new facilities in the universities of Liverpool and Central Lancashire (UCLan). Liverpool is opening a £1.1m operative skills suite which has 46 "phantom heads" on which students can work.
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We’re missing out on vital heart care - Liverpool Echo 25th September 2007
ONE out of three heart patients in the region will not be given vital rehabilitation, figures have revealed. Medics say patients who are put on cardiac rehabilitation programmes – which encourage people to stop smoking and to adopt a good diet and exercise – have more chance of staying alive and out of hospital.
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THE government must place greater emphasis on issues facing older people as life expectancy continues to rise, a Cumbrian MP has said. Copeland MP Jamie Reed is set to lobby ministers when parliament reconvenes next month for the creation of a minister for older people.
NHS workers in Cumbria are to be issued with panic alarms to help reduce instances of violence from their patients. The devices will automatically trigger help by alerting trained staff in a national call centre to the fact that an assault is going on – together with its location, Health Secretary Alan Johnson told Labour’s conference last night.
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Dentistry training set to expand - BBC Health News 26th September 2007
Dental training in north-west England is being enhanced, with new facilities in the universities of Liverpool and Central Lancashire (UCLan). Liverpool is opening a £1.1m operative skills suite which has 46 "phantom heads" on which students can work.
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A MUSLIM dentist was today found guilty of discriminating against a female patient after he told her she could not receive treatment from him unless she wore "appropriate Islamic dress".
Amother and her young daughter are in search of new hearts after doctors found that they both have the same rare condition. Katie Williams, 2, has acute dilated cardiomyopathy, a condition that causes the heart to enlarge and become weaker. It was diagnosed soon after she was born. Her heart now has only one tenth of the strength of a healthy toddler’s.
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Toddler and mother facing death from rare hereditary heart condition - Daily Mail 26th September 2007
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Hospital maternity unit closed after cockroach infestation - Daily Mail 26th September 2007
An NHS maternity unit has been forced to close after cockroaches were seen in the wards. Mothers have been put in temporary beds while the unit is fumigated and deep-cleaned. Health bosses had to call in pestcontrol experts at Rochdale Royal Infirmary.
FORMER Manchester United star Norman Whiteside has spoken of the pioneering heart treatment which cured his heart condition using radio waves. After being diagnosed with an irregular heart beat the ex-midfielder was referred to a specialist heart clinic at Wythenshawe Hospital .
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