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Scientists have welcomed the European Commission's decision to drop new rules that would have outlawed the use of MRI scanners in hospitals and medical research laboratories by next year. The commission's physical agents directive was issued in 2004 to impose limits on peoples' occupational exposure to electromagnetic radiation.
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Planned scan-limit delay welcomed - BBC Health News 22nd October 2007
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Planned scan-limit delay welcomed - BBC Health News 22nd October 2007
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Dina Rabinovitch, who has breast cancer, on how it feels to be terminally ill when you are the mother of young children
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The idea that Menzies Campbell was fair game for abuse because he was in his 60s is a product of pernicious prejudice
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New migrants do indeed put pressure on scarce resources, especially social housing, but the reasons behind this are complex (report, October 16). A shortfall in social housing supply, which is finally being tackled by increased government housing investment, is one underlying cause, but the inadequacy of the private rented sector is another. A recent Human City Institute study of the needs of Birmingham's Somali community shows many have turned to private renting because they are disqualified from social housing, being categorised as intentionally homeless, or having turned down previous housing offers.
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America creeps into the health service - The Guardian 22nd October 2007
Seumas Milne's rant against US health care companies and more generally against the government's policies of encouraging patient choice and competition (Only dogma and corporate capture explain this, October 18) seemed to hark back to some golden age of a "socialised" NHS. In fact historically the state-controlled NHS was inefficient, unresponsive and inequitable, while generating enormous and unacceptable delays in treatment. The government's reforms in England have improved performance according to most of these criteria, and have the potential to do much more.
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British women treat abortion as the easy option, claims angry Archbishop - The Observer 21st October 2007
The British public is in danger of losing its 'moral focus' on abortion and treating the procedure as normal, rather than a last resort, says the Archbishop of Canterbury. With the 40th anniversary of the 1967 Abortion Act less than a week away, Dr Rowan Williams uses an article in today's Observer to claim that people are close to slipping to a new 'default position' on the issue.
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Babies aborted for minor disabilities - The Sunday Times 21st October 2007
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Husband of trust founder attacks plans to close Alzheimer's unit and move out his wife and other patients. A highly regarded care centre for Alzheimer's sufferers - including the mother of the missing estate agent Suzy Lamplugh - is facing closure because the hospital that runs it is considering plans to put the patients into private care.
Only one in six patients who have a bad experience of the NHS complain because most see no point, new research shows. Just 17 per cent of people dissatisfied with the service at a hospital or GP practice bother to make their feelings known, according to Which?, the consumers organisation. Of those who did not complain, 57 per cent did not do so because they thought it would make no difference and 32 per cent because they feared any future care they might need would be affected.
She wants to have children, and would like to find out about any genetic diseases in her family. But her mother was adopted - so where does she start? Three experts help out
This week a government study issued a stark warning for the future: modern life has Britain sleepwalking towards an obesity crisis that could leave half the adult population and a quarter of children dangerously overweight by 2050. Technological innovations and the way we work mean weight gain is now inevitable for most of us as we struggle with the "inherent challenge" of stopping the pounds piling on, the Foresight thinktank found.
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I hope that by the time you read this, Alison Thorpe's 15-year-old daughter Katie will be on her way to being granted the hysterectomy her mother wants her to have. Katie has severe cerebral palsy and a mental age of three months and her mother wants her to avoid the discomfort and confusion menstruation would bring. The case is currently in the hands of NHS lawyers, who will weigh up the benefits to Katie against the potential damage to human and reproductive rights among disabled people.
BBC plan to confront prejudice falters A disappointing volte face this week at the BBC, which withdrew its offer to Kathy Lacy to be news anchor on its afternoon South East Today news bulletin on Wednesday. Lacy was born with neurofibromatosis - a genetic condition which means the sheaths surrounding nerve endings erupt through the skin, causing lumps all over her body. According to the charity Changing Faces, many people with disfigurements often think frontline roles are impossible as a career choice.
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A painful and progressive spinal condition could be halted by medicine that was developed to treat a different disease. Researchers who compared the DNA of people who suffer from a painful and progressive back condition with that of non-sufferers, identified genetic differences which could be targeted with drugs that are already at an advanced stage of development.
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Autism charity attracts titans of the art world - The Independent 22nd October 2007
When the organisers of an autism charity in the West Country decided to hold a fundraising auction to modernise two ageing buildings, they hoped to persuade a few local artists to donate work. But to the astonishment of managers at Spectrum, which provides care services for those with autistic disorders, they began receiving artistic contributions from some of Britain's most eminent artists, with Hollywood celebrities coming on board after word-of-mouth news spread to Los Angeles.
Each year, Britons are dying in their thousands because of the side effects of prescription and over-the-counter medicines. Reported deaths are up 155 per cent in a decade – and experts are seeking new safeguards.
The devastating effects of skunk cannabis on the nation's mental health are revealed here for the first time, showing where the drug has hit hardest around the country. Some areas have suffered a tenfold increase in people mentally ill from using the drug. Nationally, skunk smokers are ending up ill in hospital in record numbers, with admissions soaring 73 per cent. The number of adults recorded as suffering mental illness as a result of cannabis use has risen sharply from 430 in 1996 to 743 in 2006. The government data shows how the damaging effects of the drug have swept across England. Hospital hotspots for cannabis abuse include Manchester, London, Cheshire and Merseyside.
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Mental illness rate soars among users of skunk cannabis - Daily Mail 21st October 2007
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The Department of Health knew the findings of a damning report into a deadly outbreak of Clostridium difficile more than five months ago, the Conservatives claimed yesterday. Andrew Lansley, the Shadow Health Secretary, has written to his opposite number, Alan Johnson, and demanded to know why he did not act sooner against Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust.
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Filling hospitals to meet targets on waiting time ‘increases superbug risk’ - The Times 22nd October 2007
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Government ignored deadly hospital bug report - The Telegraph 22nd October 2007
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Government ignored deadly hospital bug report - The Telegraph 22nd October 2007
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It is not hard to understand why Alan Johnson, the Health Secretary, has decided that parents of every five-year-old found to be obese at primary school should be notified formally by letter. Britain may or may not be “in the grip of an obesity epidemic”, as the alarmists would have it, but Britons are certainly getting fatter. Obesity among children aged 2 to 10, in particular, has risen by nearly seven per cent in the past decade. Eighty per cent of obese ten to 14-year-olds go on to be overweight as adults. Adult obesity carries greatly heightened risks of stroke, diabetes and heart disease. The cost of NHS treatment for such conditions is borne by every taxpayer, and campaigners have spent the past week taunting the Government for letting its target date for cutting childhood obesity slip by ten years.
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Parents of fat children to be given a warning - The Times 22nd October 2007
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Parents of fat children to be given a warning - The Times 22nd October 2007
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Malaria is one of the world’s biggest killers, but JP Garnier, GlaxoSmithKline’s chief executive, believes that help is at hand
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It is probably not the best way to reassure patients, but a health centre brushed aside criticism yesterday after handing out appointment cards sponsored by a local undertaker. St Margaret’s Health Centre in Auchterarder, Perthshire, was accused of insensitivity after issuing cards to patients that include an advert for the town’s funeral director.
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AstraZeneca has begun to outsource production of some of its bestselling medicines to low-cost manufacturers in the Far East. As part of a restructuring drive designed to cut $900 million (£440 million) of the drugs group’s costs by 2010, the drugs giant is to begin purchasing Lactam, a key chemical ingredient used to make Seroquel, its blockbuster schizophrenia drug, from contract manufacturers in China.
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Body art: do it at your peril - The Times 22nd October 2007
Tattoos and piercings have become increasingly popular, but health experts have urged people to avoid them to stop the rise in blood-borne diseases, infections and other illnesses
ALCOHOL-RELATED diseases are killing almost twice as many women as at the beginning of the 1990s, official figures to be published tomorrow will show. In the 35-54 age group, about 14 women per 100,000 die from conditions such as liver failure and cirrhosis, well above the European average.
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Last Sunday I was trying to browse the web in a hotel room in Beijing. Try as I might, I could not find the BBC news site. It reminded me that China, a country that I admire hugely, is still on a long march towards open expression and debate. I am now in Singapore and have learnt from erroneous reports that James Watson, Nobel laureate, co-discoverer of the structure of DNA and one of the most influential scientists of the 20th century, had advocated discrimination against blacks in an interview in this newspaper.
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Is there any truth in the claim that black people are less intelligent than whites? - The Times 20th October 2007
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Lab suspends DNA pioneer Watson - BBC Health News 19th October 2007
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Rather than pay for the cost of dental treatment out of your own pocket, it may make sense to take out adequate cover - but be sure to read the fine print on your policy, writes Ali Hussain
David Gambell was sorting through his post in June this year when he found a letter addressed to his mother, who had died 25 years earlier. It contained a questionnaire from a local care home. Thinking it was junk mail, he nearly threw it away when he noticed in the top right-hand corner in tiny writing the name “Jean Gambell”.
What's the alternative? Complementary medicine and alternative health solutions to your problems. My wife went to our GP recently about a burning sensation in her stomach. she has had tests to check for an ulcer, but, as yet, no light has been shed on why she feels this discomfort. What can she take to ease the pain?
MY daughter, a junior doctor (in the London area), says that nurses now seem to feel their role is equivalent to that of doctors (Now wash your hands, Focus and Minette Marrin, Comment, last week). Some of them have specialised but this should not mean that they fail to carry out basic tasks such as bed-making, which my daughter has to do on occasion. Why do we persist in regarding nurses as being halfway to sainthood? Some are marvellous, others fall far short.
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The recommended maximum intake was set 20 years ago by doctors who simply plucked a limit out of the air. A collective shudder of dismay rattled wine glasses on middle-class dining tables this week when a report labelled some of Britain’s most affluent towns as sozzled dens of “hazardous drinking” iniquity.
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Grit your teeth. Because I’m going to remind you of that recent gruesome story about someone pulling out his own gnashers. Apparently, he had problems getting NHS dental care, so took matters – or, at least, one particular molar – into his own hands. We GPs should probably take some responsibility for this because, for years, we’ve been berating patients for turning up at our surgeries with toothache. Just because we’re free, accessible and can spell “amoxicillin” doesn’t mean that we’re able or willing to play dentists.
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Getting the best from your child’s doctor As parents, we know our children best. We know what they’re like when they are well, and trust our instincts to tell us when they are ill. Every child will suffer minor illnesses or accidents at some time, and a few will suffer from chronic or long-term conditions. You’ll be able to manage most minor ailments at home but there will be times when you need to seek professional advice.
From choosing a pram to dressing the bump, if you’re having a baby you need all the help you can get. I have spent roughly all my life planning my wedding. First I imagined fairy princess extravaganzas, later my taste was for exotic betrothals in Rajasthan. While the vision has changed regularly, the only constant has been a lack of groom. Finally, aged 34, my prince has come, but a swollen belly from pregnancy puts wedding plans on hold.
Junk medicine: human embryo research Embryonic stem (ES) cells are one of the most exciting frontiers of medical research. As the master cells taken from human embryos can form any of the 200-odd tissue types in the human body, they are potentially a wonderful resource for treating disease. In conditions that occur when a particular kind of cell is damaged or defective, such as Parkinson’s disease, diabetes and spinal paralysis, it should one day be possible to use ES cells to grow replacements for transplant. Much work still has to be done, and the promise lies firmly in the future, but it is easy to understand why researchers and patient groups are so enthusiastic.
How do you respond to bright lights, soft clothes, loud music and spicy food? Juliet Rix investigates the psychology of sight, sound and smell
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I heard with despair and déjà vu of another ten-minute rule bill in Parliament to make cycling without a helmet a crime: the third such attempt in recent years, this time by Peter Bone MP. This one, like the previous two, is being orchestrated by the Bicycle Helmet Initiative Trust (BHIT), a body in receipt of considerable public funds.
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The public services ''apartheid" between England and Scotland has widened again as Scottish ministers pledged to abolish all prescription charges north of the border. While millions of patients in England will still be expected to pay for vital medication, prescriptions in Scotland will be available free of charge within four years.
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A Scottish nationalism fed on English taxes - The Telegraph 22nd October 2007
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Scots to axe prescriptions - leaving England to pick up the bill - Daily Mail 22nd October 2007
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The health service paid out more than £38?million in redundancy and retirement packages to managers during the NHS cash crisis, The Daily Telegraph has learnt. The average settlement for 124 board level managers was £308,000 in 2006-07. The packages were being handed out as cuts were being made to services. Campaigners are angry that many of those made redundant will have simply walked back into another job.
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A family friend who pulled the body of a 10-year-old boy from a pond has said he believes the youngster might have been saved if police community support officers had acted quicker. The death of Jordon Lyons sparked a furious debate over the role of PCSOs after claims that two officers stood by when he drowned. After the tragedy, Jordon's grieving mother, Tracy Ganderton, labelled the PCSOs "plastic bobbies" and made a public call for them be scrapped.
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Staff at a hospital named as one of the worst in England were criticised for mocking their failings on the video website YouTube. The five-and-a-half-minute clip shows medical staff singing a version of S Club 7's hit Reach, renamed Breach in reference to their failure to hit key Government targets.
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Doctors Diary - The Telegraph 22nd October 2007
If you are an insulin-dependent diabetic, can't find a dentist or suffer from a dry mouth at night, James Le Fanu may help There are few simpler and more dramatic instances of medicine's life-saving potential than the discovery of insulin. When 13-year-old Frederick Thomson was admitted to Toronto General Hospital in June 1921, his doctor described him as "a pathetic, emaciated figure lying quietly in his bed. All of us knew he was doomed." Two months later, he was discharged as a "sturdy young man".
A survey last week revealed that 78 per cent of people in the UK cannot find an NHS dentist to carry out essential dental work. Many of these people cannot afford to have the work done privately. Some resort to DIY dentristy, others pay thousands of pounds to go private, and there are those who are forced to travel abroad for affordable treatment.
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Lack of NHS dentists forces patients abroad - The Sunday Telegraph 21st October 2007
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Dr James Lefanu is right to criticise overmanned NHS management and to say that it was the reforms of Kenneth Clarke in the mid-1980s that are the key to our present expensive disaster (Comment, October 14). In 1988, the psychiatric hospital in which I was senior nurse manager was selected to close within five years (after a redevelopment a few months earlier) and was taken out of the new management structure.
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Two thirds are looking online for medical information and drugs, while over a third haven't seen their GP all year Over two-thirds of men over 30 see their GP less than once a year, a new survey has revealed. 38 per cent said they go to their doctor less frequently than once a year, though in the over-55s the figure was a little lower, with over half of the 1307 respondents attending at least once every six months.
Children bored this half-term? Tell them to take a hike, advises Nicholas Roe # Family channel Second only to sex, walking is the most popular physical activity in Britain, luring an extraordinary 38 million people a month to explore the joys of socks and boots. It's healthy, easy to do and wallet-cheeringly cheap. And, for many, it's not just a handy form of exercise, it's an adventure, necessity, literal rite of passage and cultural statement. If you're British, you walk. But where? And how? Here, we pinpoint 10 of the finest routes, from family rambles that even whining kids will enjoy, to serious slogs for fitness freaks with a taste for blisters.
Nina Grunfeld's four steps to being yourself. 2: Remove the wall around you When I spoke to my 91-year-old mother about the importance of being oneself, she immediately knew what I meant. "I don't feel I've ever really been me," she said. ''There's always been a wall around me." The good news is that my mother feels she knows who she is (many of us don't), but the bad part is that she doesn't want to show her inner self to anyone.
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For those keen to lose weight, cutting out chocolate would seem to be common sense. But banishing all thoughts of chocolate could actually end up making you fatter. Psychologists have discovered that those who try to stop thinking about chocolate eat nearly 50 per cent more than than those who have a more liberal approach to their craving.
The wife of ex-footballer Colin Hendry is back in hospital after developing problems linked to the botched cosmetic surgery which almost killed her. Mother-of-four Denise Hendry, 41, spent six weeks in a coma after a 'routine' liposuction operation at a private clinic five years ago.
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The Pill made me blind: Doctors failed to spot rare condition that wrecked woman's sight - Daily Mail 21st October 2007
A young woman told yesterday how she went blind from taking the Pill. Gina Matheson's severe reaction to the oral contraceptive at first gave her thumping headaches and blurred vision.
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The Government was last night accused of covering up a damning report showing how hospitals with high bed-occupancy rates are to blame for the rise in killer superbugs on wards. Health Secretary Alan Johnson has confirmed that a survey revealing how the risk of infections such as MRSA is far greater in overcrowded hospitals has been gathering dust in his department for at least three years.
Emma Noble heard her small son choke. She turned to his high-chair to help him swallow his troublesome mouthful and realised he was trying to call for her. "He was saying, 'Muh, Muh,' but the word wouldn't come," she recalls. "I asked him, 'Harry, are you saying Mummy?' and he tried again. 'Muh, Muh,' was all he could manage.
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Eye problems are going undiagnosed in many children because of poor screening services and a low uptake of free NHS tests, experts have warned. A report from the Association of Optometrists says research suggests 5% of children aged six and 10% of 12 year olds have an uncorrected eye problem.
Scientists say they have developed a safe method to administer the toxic gas carbon monoxide (CO) in a way that could help organ transplant patients. Although too much of the gas is deadly, minute doses help widen blood vessels and cut inflammation, which could boost the survival chances of donor organs.
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As five boys begin two year sentences in a detention centre for manslaughter, calls are being made for the age of criminal responsibility in England and Wales to be raised. The boys were aged between 10 and 12 when they hurled stones at Ernest Norton as he played cricket with his son in south-east London, causing him to collapse and die.
New nerves grown from stem cells taken from a patient's fat could be available by 2011, researchers have said. They could potentially be used to repair peripheral nerves left severed by surgery or accidents. Manchester University scientists plan to place the new nerve tissue inside a biodegradable plastic tube, which can be used to rejoin the two broken ends.
Doctors have called for compulsory labelling of alcohol in a bid to help tackle binge drinking. British Medical Association Scotland leaders want more consistent information on the alcohol content and the number of units on drink labels.
A gene therapy trial for the fatal disorder Duchene muscular dystrophy (DMD) is about to begin in London. In a world first, a small group of patients will be injected with an experimental drug which it is hoped will extend their lives.
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When Paula Webley crossed the winning line first at her child's sports day her elation soon turned to embarrassment. She found that the exertion of the sprint had caused her to wet herself and the front of her jeans was soaking wet.
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The village and its hinterland is one of the poorest places on the planet. A few wells and boreholes are the only source of water and most of those are contaminated. Most people rise early to tend their own small plots of vegetables before trying to earn the typical daily wage of just 50p. But they offer warmth, friendliness, and hospitality.
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Sunbathing, considered risky by skin cancer experts, may actually reduce the risk of breast and other cancers, new research has found. Some women who had higher sun exposure had their risk of advanced breast cancer reduced by almost half, according to the scientific study.
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If you were a cancer patient, wouldn’t you rather be told, “Be positive or optimistic or hopeful, it may make you feel better”, than “positive emotions won’t make a difference”? In our research, we found that the positive emotions and moods associated with “mirthful laughter”, which is not bitter or sarcastic, has an effect on stress. Moods change as a result of laughter, helping people feel better. Further research found that you could lower the amounts of the stress hormones in the body with mirthful laughter.
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Enjoy the power of positive thinking, but it won’t help to beat your cancer - The Times 22nd October 2007
Junk medicine: human embryo research Embryonic stem (ES) cells are one of the most exciting frontiers of medical research. As the master cells taken from human embryos can form any of the 200-odd tissue types in the human body, they are potentially a wonderful resource for treating disease. In conditions that occur when a particular kind of cell is damaged or defective, such as Parkinson’s disease, diabetes and spinal paralysis, it should one day be possible to use ES cells to grow replacements for transplant. Much work still has to be done, and the promise lies firmly in the future, but it is easy to understand why researchers and patient groups are so enthusiastic.
It was not the pay that made Prashant Singh join a call centre in the Delhi satellite town of Noida. It was certainly not the working hours – 6pm to 3am – or the abuse from American callers. “I did it for the girls,” he told The Times as he surveyed the crowd at a popular Delhi nightclub. “When I was living at home, it was hard to date girls. Now it’s easy – I’ve had three girlfriends in the last year.”
Should treatments be tailored to race? Simon Crompton reports on a controversial new trend – curing by colour
Suzi Dixon meets two ladies who have tried US hit cosmetic dentistry brand Lumineers Cosmetic dentistry is no longer confined to the Hollywood hills. Men and women from Boston to Bolton are transforming their smiles with whitening, invisible braces and veneers. There are many different treatments to choose from, and results can last up to 20 years, without the need for drilling or removal of the sensitive tooth structure (thank goodnesss).
China's Communist leaders have overhauled the healthcare system, intending to make it more affordable for the poor. But are the reforms exacerbating China's problems? I visited a small village in Hubei province - a cluster of old and new houses set in paddy and wheat fields.
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Creating life in the laboratory - BBC Health News 19th October 2007
The race to create life version 2.0 is under way. And rumours abound that closest to the finish line in constructing a lifeform in the laboratory is US genome-entrepreneur Craig Venter's research team.
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RICKY TOMLINSON, left, is recovering in hospital after undergoing a quadruple heart bypass operation yesterday. Liverpool’s specialist heart and chest hospital, The Cardiothoracic Centre (CTC), based within the grounds of Broadgreen Hospital, confirmed that the Merseyside actor and comedian was recovering after the procedure.
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Fears grow over secret plans for Mersey incinerators - Liverpool Daily Post 20th October 2007
A SECRET plan for two rubbish incinerators has been drawn up by the Merseyside Waste Disposal Authority. The preferred options are understood to be a site next to wood recycling firm Sonae UK on Moss Lane on Kirkby industrial estate, and at Gillmoss Transfer Station on Stonebridge Lane, Liverpool.
SOUTHPORT and Ormskirk NHS Trust will appeal against the results of its annual Healthcheck. The Healthcare Commission’s national audit of all NHS organisations branded the Trust’s quality of service as ‘fair’; a drop from last year.
CATH Regan has vowed to step up her campaign to bring back emergency childcare services to Southport after being named Conservative candidate for Birkdale. The Ainsdale-based mother has learnt she will be the Tory party’s representative in next year’s local elections and immediately pinpointed healthcare as her top priority.
WIRRAL health officials are urging people to take up their invitation to have the flu jab. Every year more than a million people in England put their health at risk by not taking up the free vaccination.
SIX cots for premature babies have been donated to Warrington Hospital's neonatal ward. A £2,000 grant from HealthSure, a Manchester company, was given to north west charity MedEquip4Kids.
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We found our sister after 60 years, robbed of a life - The Sunday Times 21st October 2007
David Gambell was sorting through his post in June this year when he found a letter addressed to his mother, who had died 25 years earlier. It contained a questionnaire from a local care home. Thinking it was junk mail, he nearly threw it away when he noticed in the top right-hand corner in tiny writing the name “Jean Gambell”.
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MORE than 1,000 people turned up at Maryport’s Civic Hall for their flu jabs this week. The total number of vaccinations given was 1,151, an increase of seven per cent on last year, according to Maryport Health Services practice manager Sarah Cousins.
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Burnley men 'drinking themselves to death' - Lancashire Telegraph 19th October 2007
MEN in Burnley are drinking themselves to an early death, shock figures have revealed. An in-depth assessment of the drinking culture among people living in East Lancashire has found that Burnley men were reducing their lives by an average of 15 months through excessive drinking.
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AT a time when our National Health Service is under attack on all quarters from unscrupulous vested interests, may I come to its defence. I wish to convey my heartfelt thanks to the orthopaedic surgeons, nursing staff and physiotherapists at the Royal Bolton Hospital. Due to their dedication and skills over many years, I, like many others, have been able to continue to earn a living.
ALTRINCHAM and Sale West MP Graham Brady has backed efforts to raise awareness of rheumatoid arthritis. Speaking at an event organised by the National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society to mark World Arthritis day on October 12th, Mr Brady said: "It is important that we gain a better understanding of the challenges faced by the half million people in the UK with this disease."
ROADS in Altrincham have reopened following an ammonia leak at Altrincham General Hospital this morning. Police and the fire service were called to the hospital after a leak of refrigerant gas from a fridge in a side room on the second floor.
TIMPERLEY twins Wendy Streth and Julie Blower have qualified together as assistant practitioners at Wythenshawe Hospital. They were part of a group of students who successfully completed a foundation degree in health and social care.
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New nerves grown from fat cells - BBC Health News 19th October 2007
New nerves grown from stem cells taken from a patient's fat could be available by 2011, researchers have said. They could potentially be used to repair peripheral nerves left severed by surgery or accidents. Manchester University scientists plan to place the new nerve tissue inside a biodegradable plastic tube, which can be used to rejoin the two broken ends.
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