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The number of people being taken to hospital with heart attacks in Scotland has fallen significantly since the smoking ban was introduced, the most detailed study into the impact of the measure has revealed.
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Scottish smoking ban cuts heart attacks - The Telegraph 11th September 2007
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New evidence shows smoking ban has slashed heart attack admissions - Daily Mail 10th September 2007
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New evidence shows smoking ban has slashed heart attack admissions - Daily Mail 10th September 2007
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£43bn has failed to make NHS first class, says Brown adviser - The Guardian 11th September 2007The architect of Gordon Brown's strategy for increasing the NHS's annual budget by £43bn over the past five years will today deliver a stinging criticism of the inadequate return the investment has yielded, the Guardian can reveal.
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Wanless warns over future of NHS - BBC Health News 10th September 2007
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Pesticide residues found in free fruit for schoolchildren - The Guardian 11th September 2007Scientists found traces of pesticides in 70% of samples of free fruit and vegetables destined for schoolchildren, it was revealed yesterday. The annual report of the Pesticide Residues Committee, which advises the government, showed that overall more than a third of food and drink products tested in the UK last year contained chemical traces, and 1.7% - 60 samples of the 3,562 surveyed - had residues above the legally permitted limits.
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A third of our food is tainted with pesticides, says watchdog - Daily Mail 11th September 2007
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Organ research being hindered by red tape, says professor - The Guardian 11th September 2007British scientists involved in pioneering research to grow replacement organs in genetically modified farm animals have moved their work to the US, complaining they were being stifled by red tape. The research, led by Professor Robert Winston, the Imperial College-based fertility expert and Labour peer, stalled after government restrictions barred the work on genetically modified pigs.
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Pigs 'with human hearts' could be a reality within two years - Daily Mail 10th September 2007
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Red tape 'strangling UK science' - BBC Health News 10th September 2007
The government deserves congratulations for its key role in the launch of an international health partnership to strengthen health systems in poor countries (Report, September 6). But it is one thing to line up good plans and money, another to build the capacity to spend the money in sustainable, useful ways.
With measles apparently on the increase, it's a good time to look at the MMR and other vaccines. As the new school year gets under way, there are fears of a nationwide outbreak of measles. In the past 11 weeks, 350 new cases have been reported in the UK.
Women are to be awarded a one-off cash gift in the seventh month of their pregnancy; the payment is designed to be spent on health-giving superfoods, for the benefit of the vitamin-hungry foetus. It can't be means-tested because that would be "too complicated" (I hazard that a government too incompetent to separate poor women who do need £120 from rich women who don't will never manage to get these payments out on time, so you're more likely to receive it around the beginning of month eight).
Once again, studies are suggesting that chemicals used in cosmetics such as talc could increase the risk of cancer. Just how worried should we be, asks Kira Cochrane
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SPECIALIST doctors working in community settings feel isolated and ignored, according to a report from the NHS Alliance. The report suggests that doctors who move out of hospitals and into specialist primary care posts in fields such as paediatrics, diabetes and dermatology feel that they are left in the lurch by primary care trusts (PCTs). Often their problems are seen unfairly as being inconsequential and of their own making.
ANYONE wanting to become a nurse has to be in “good health”, and the requirement is deemed so important that it is enshrined in law. But the Disability Rights Commission (DRC) argues that potential recruits who are anything less than 100 per cent fit are being put off and that the law must be changed.
HAVE ministers chosen to abandon choice, a cornerstone of the Government’s health policy? Health Service Journal (Sept 6) suggests they have, given the apparent foot-dragging over the publication of an expected framework.
To a large extent risk management is applied common sense, and here's our guide to getting it right
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The daughter of a long-term alcoholic wants to get her father back on his feet, without destroying other family relationships and hurting herself along the way, writes Lesley Garner
Bras are failing to help women enjoy exercise and lead a sporting life, a study shows. Research by Dr Joanna Scurr, of the University of Portsmouth, finds that 45 to 60 per cent of women experience breast pain when exercising, regardless of their size.
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Workouts cause women breast pain - BBC Health News 10th September 2007
Over 30 hours after her waters had broken, Rebecca Bond still had not received any pain relief. The first-time mum had been in excruciating pain, with contractions coming more frequently, but the delivery suite was too busy to admit her. Instead, she and her husband Steve, a customer services manager, were just left to it.
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The courts are full of children turned to a life of crime by the Government's softly-softly approach to cannabis, magistrates warn. An official review of Labour's decision to downgrade the drug will be told that it has led to a "significant increase" in serious crimes such as robbery by youngsters of 12 and 13.
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Why I, as a feminist, abhor how the abortion law has been so abused - Daily Mail 10th September 2007A woman's Right To Choose. It's such a compelling phrase, isn't it? It speaks of freedom, equality, justice; of a society where women are entitled to live their lives as they wish, not as others might proscribe.
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GPs will be asked to work in the evening and at weekends as part of a wider plan to improve healthcare in poorer areas. Alan Johnson, the Health Secretary, will tell doctors this week they must become more flexible and 'customer-oriented' to justify an average salary that now tops £100,000.
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Ministers 'to push GPs on hours' - BBC Health News 10th September 2007
Patients with drug allergies are being put at risk because hospital staff fail to follow guidelines, experts warned today. New research showed that less than half of patients with a known allergy to medicines were being fitted with the correct "red alert" wristbands.
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Hospitals 'unaware' of allergies - BBC Health News 10th September 2007
It is a branch of science that has long since fallen out of favour. But now the once-popular idea that you can read a person's character from their face could be making a medical comeback. In Victorian times, the science of phrenology - in which the bumps on the head were 'read' to predict personalities - was taken seriously.
A top size-zero model has been banned from British catwalks because she is too thin. Charlotte Carter is an American size-zero who has worked for fashion designers throughout Europe at her current size.
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The girls paying a high price in the battle to be Superwomen - Daily Mail 10th September 2007A generation of girls trying too hard to become "Superwomen" are facing emotional problems ranging from low self esteem to anorexia, a survey has found. Girls as young as 13 feel under increasing pressure to excel in everything from exams to looks and relationships.
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I thought my pregnancy was cancer, says world's oldest mother - Daily Mail 10th September 2007The world's oldest natural mother, who gave birth on her 59th birthday, said she had no idea she was pregnant - and feared she had cancer. Dawn Brooke, who gave birth on her 59th birthday, said she was stunned to find out she was expecting a child so late in life.
Hundreds of thousands of women at high risk of broken hips are not getting preventive drugs, says a new study. GPs are failing to treat one in two patients who have been officially diagnosed with thinning bones, despite the life-threatening consequences of suffering a major fracture.
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Stillborn baby 'left in plastic bag next to parents for hours' - Daily Mail 10th September 2007A grieving mother was left with her stillborn baby next to her in a plastic bag for six hours in a hospital. Mother-of-four Lisa Bundock, 33, was 19 weeks pregnant when she suffered a miscarriage at home in Brighton, East Sussex, on August 29.
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Diabetes patients could soon be able to take a pill to control their condition instead of repeated injections, researchers have claimed. Experts at the Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen have found insulin can be covered by a coating which means it could eventually be taken orally.
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Frailer heart patients could benefit from an advance in keyhole surgery which has been carried out for the first time in the UK. Surgeons at King's College London were able to insert a replacement valve directly into the heart, avoiding the dangers of lengthy open heart surgery.
A new, more effective way to deliver treatment to skin cancer patients has been developed by NI researchers. The system produces a high-speed liquid jet with sufficient intensity to pierce the skin without the need for needles.
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A "moral panic" over binge drinking is nothing new and there may be no "quick fix solutions," claims an academic. Peter Borsay of Aberystwyth University said there were similar claims today and in the early 1700s that problem drinking showed a broken society.
There are 20,000 patients waiting for kidney transplants, but only 1,800 organs available annually. Currently a staggering 3,000 dialysis patients die on or before even reaching the transplant list.
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Elderly care funding 'causes misery' - BBC Health News 8th September 2007Next year will see more pensioners in the UK than children and ever more people will be facing up to huge bills for the cost of continuing care of the elderly. For individuals, the magic number in England is £21,000. If you have assets of more than that to your name, you are liable to pay for your own funding.
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Vitamin D pills can reduce the death rate by 7 per cent, a new analysis has shown. By pooling the results of 18 studies involving more than 57,000 people, two researchers have concluded that there is a statistically significant reduction in death rates over a period of just under six years.
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Experts are debating whether terminally ill patients should have the right to try out new drugs that have not completed safety checks. The US is currently considering allowing such a move.
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TV STAR Ricky Tomlinson is to have open heart surgery after doctors found a problem during a routine operation. The Royle Family actor went to Broadgreen cardiothoracic centre on Friday to have a procedure to open up blocked arteries.
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New home for mental health care - Liverpool Echo 10th September 2007
‘The new eight-bed unit will provide accommodation for male service users needing intensive support’ MERSEYSIDE’S first casualty department for mental health patients has moved a step closer. Health bosses have applied for planning permission for the £2.3m psychiatric intensive care unit which would treat seriously disturbed men who need to be forcibly detained.
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A CUMBRIAN mother whose baby son died just hours after contracting meningitis is backing a national campaign to raise awareness. Suzanne Elliott, of Helvellyn Street, Keswick, lost 16-month-old Liam to the virus in December last year.
A CHORLEY ambulance could not respond to an emergency call after vandals hurled a heavy cobblestone through its windscreen. Ambulance bosses slammed the culprits warning they could have put lives at risk.
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Home visit project to tackle fires - Lancashire Telegraph 10th September 2007
SOCIAL workers, nurses and health visitors are joining the fire prevention battle as part of a new scheme. They will be able to recommended homes for free fire safety checks after being given training by Lancashire fire and rescue service.
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Research into back pain wins £165,000 funding - The Bolton News 10th September 2007
SCIENTISTS in Manchester are hopeful they can transform the treatment of lower back pain using stem cells taken from bone marrow to repair worn discs in the spine. Hundreds of people in Bolton suffer from severe lower back pain caused by the wearing away or degeneration of intervertebral discs, and currently there is no effective treatment, other than replacing the disc, fusing the spine or painkiller.
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Christie's Hospital appoint new director - Altrincham Messenger 10th September 2007
PUBLIC finance specialist Lee Childs has been appointed as a non-executive director of the Christie Hospital. Lee, who was born and brought up in Sale, has three decades of experience in auditing and advising public sector organisations.
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