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Taking the NHS to court is not the solution to our shameful record on stillbirths. Women must focus on collective action
A new fund to reduce barriers for British doctors who want to work in poor countries was promised by Andrew Mitchell, the shadow international development secretary. He told the conference that the current training programme for doctors had reduced the ability of trainee medics to work abroad. A £5m fund would fund placements for UK health workers but would be designed to support "strong, enduring links" with other countries.
The manufacturer of the Innocent range of fruit smoothies is criticised by the UK's advertising watchdog today for an advertisement which claims the drinks detoxify the body.
Changes to the benefits system could help 100,000 lone parents into employment at a relatively low cost, it has been claimed. Research for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) found that allowing single parents to keep more of their benefits when they work less than 16 hours a week could boost the number who go back into employment.
Cigarette sales across England dropped by 11.6 per cent in the month following the 1 July ban on smoking in public places, according to a study published yesterday. The significant fall reflects sales from shops, bars, clubs, pubs and restaurants, according to the market analysts Nielsen, who collected the data.
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Cigarette sales 'slump after ban' - BBC Health News 2nd October 2007
The term “computer glitch” (“MRSA blunder due to computer glitch”, Oct 2) can misrepresent the truth of many such projects. The move to electronic records is part of a major business change, one part of which is a new computer system. Success is down to the quality of the planning applied to the process and business changes, not bugs or glitches. In this case it is clear that no parallel running or fail-safes were in place to support the transition. This is down to people, not computers.
The battle for the top job at the world’s second-largest drug company will reach a climax this month when the board of GlaxoSmithKline meets to decide on a successor to JP Garnier, the chief executive.
What joy it is to be old in Brown's Britain! To be one of the Gotys – Getting Older, Thinking Younger. To be more "inspired than retired"; to be backpacking and bungee jumping your way through your carefree fifties and sixties, while emailing your mates and dipping in and out of chatrooms.
Treasury officials are putting the finishing touches to the Government's Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR) which is expected to be published on Monday. The review, revealing spending plans for the next three years, has been brought forward, sparking renewed speculation about an election. Health and education look set to be the big winners with the Home Office and the arts losing.
Care homes should be barred from hiding drugs in the food and drink of elderly residents, campaigners said yesterday. The call follows concern that nursing staff are dishing out sedatives to the frail and elderly without their knowledge or consent.
At nineteen, the age when most young men are getting ready to go out into the world to build a career, a relationship and possibly start a family, Stuart Wickison is facing up to his imminent death. "I know that I will die some time soon, and that before I die I will be very ill - possibly paralysed and in pain," says Stuart.
Surrounded by familiarity, cleanliness and comfort - and free from the worry of superbugs, staff shortages and lack of beds. On the face of it, there is much to recommend home births. Indeed, every year around 16,000 women are seduced by the idea and choose to deliver their babies at home - among them the singer Charlotte Church, whose daughter Ruby Megan was born at home last month.
A new drug developed to destroy tumour cells in three child cancers has shown promising results according to doctors. Experiments suggest it can kill tumour cells from bone tumours called osteosarcoma and Ewing's sarcoma that affect young people and neuroblastoma, a rare cancer of the nerve cells that develops mainly in the under-fives.
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'Promising drug' for child cancer - BBC Health News 3rd October 2007
My granddaughter is 25, and in March this year was diagnosed with glandular fever. She has been in a sorry state since then - she has lost her usual sparkle, has headaches, joint aches and feels generally listless and low. It is so upsetting to see her like this. Can you help?
An implant that records every single heartbeat for up to two years could help doctors discover the reason for frequent fainting. The device, called the Sleuth, gathers evidence on how the heart is performing and transmits it to a computer.
Millionaire Jonathan Peacock died from DVT after a flight. His widow wants others to avoid the same fate. The video footage may have been a little shaky, but there was no mistaking the sentiment.
The world is a dismal looking place for anyone with macular degeneration. They can't distinguish between people's faces, can't drive, can't read or even watch TV — words and images are just a blur.
Patients with brain tumours are to be offered fast-track day surgery for the first time. The operation lasts just a few hours and they are allowed home the same day. Instead of using a general anaesthetic, doctors inject a painkiller into the scalp so patients can stay awake throughout the operation.
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One day brain tumour op on offer - BBC Health News 2nd October 2007
Should you be having a flu jab this winter? According to the Department of Health, the jab is a life-saver. Every year it is given to around 15 million Britons — usually the elderly, chronically sick and those working in healthcare — at an annual cost of £115 million to the NHS.
Spinal surgery carries the risk of nerve damage, even paralysis. Mark Gould, 46, an engineer, underwent a new non-invasive technique for lower back pain. Here Mark, who lives with his wife in Cardiff, tells Angela Brooks about his operation and his surgeon explains the procedure.
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Bath products to help ease the skin inflammation caused by allergic eczema may not be worth the amount of money the NHS spends on them, a study says. There is no clinical evidence these emollients work, nor any consensus of medical opinion, researchers writing in Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin contend.
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A vaccine for a common virus is being used to stimulate the body's immune system to attack cancer cells. Initial tests show the vaccine - for the Epstein Barr virus (EBV) - has produced promising effects.
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Sue Davis is not happy. She is reading her phone bill and looking at cost of the calls to her local GP. "You would expect your doctor's surgery around the corner to be a local call," she said.
The smoking ban has led to healthier workplaces in the hospitality industry, according to Cancer Research UK. In the first report into the impact of the English ban, which was introduced in July, scientists discovered firm evidence of its benefits.
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The rising rate of Caesarean deliveries is putting more women and babies at risk when they have a second child. Those mothers who try to have their second child naturally are 50 times more likely to suffer a ruptured womb during childbirth if they have previously had a Caesarean, research suggests.
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Caesarean 'raises womb-tear risk' - BBC Health News 2nd October 2007
British American Tobacco (BAT) is pressing European regulators to lift the existing ban on snus, the smokeless tobacco, arguing that the use of snus helps to reduce tobacco-related harm. Snus has been banned throughout the European Union since 1992. It is authorised only in Sweden, where it is so much part of the national culture that the country negotiated an exemption from the ban when it joined the union.
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Playing with toy building blocks 'helps children start to talk' - Daily Mail 1st October 2007
The key to helping your baby learn to talk could be as simple as a set of building blocks. Toddlers who played with the brightly-coloured plastic blocks began to speak more quickly than others, a study found.
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A LORRY driver who fell asleep at the wheel of a 35- tonne vehicle which ploughed into a web designer’s car, killing him, after falling asleep at the wheel has walked free from court. Liverpool Crown Court heard yesterday (Mon) that Colin Wrighton suffers from sleep apnoea but was unaware he had the medical condition until after the accident.
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Hospice forced to close due to lack of funding - Liverpool Daily Post 2nd October 2007
AN ORMSKIRK hospice which has provided care for the terminally-ill for the last 25 years yesterday announced it is preparing to close down in two months’ time. St Joseph’s Hospice, also known as Jospice, based at Hettinga House in Dark Lane, has been struggling to survive for around two years.
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CUMBRIA is set to benefit from a £1 million investment in mental health services over the next four years after bosses yesterday secured official foundation trust status.
A WEST Cumbrian couple have won their battle to get NHS funding for a £1,600-a-month life-prolonging cancer drug. Workington pensioner Harry White, 73, was diagnosed with an incurable form of lung cancer last May.
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Farms health check offer - Lancashire Telegraph 2nd October 2007
FARMERS and agricultural workers from East Lancashire are being given the opportunity of getting a quick 'once-over' health check by a team of district nurses this week. It's all part of East Lancashire Primary Care Trust's commitment to Rural Health Week, which focuses on raising the profile of rural health issues.
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HEALTH chiefs called a meeting with union leaders to try to halt a long-running strike - then announced plans to discipline the nurse at the centre of the industrial action.
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Tooth scam dentist jailed - Manchester Evening News 2nd October 2007
A DENTIST has been jailed after fiddling the NHS out of £140,000 - by claiming for gold crowns he never fitted. Olowashe Olojugba, who has practices in Hulme and Wigan, made bogus claims from public funds for treatment to hundreds of patients which had not been carried out.
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