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Gordon Brown faces a growing revolt over embryo research as former cabinet minister Stephen Byers last night joined calls for a free vote. The former Trade and Industry Secretary said the public would 'look on in disbelief' if politicians were whipped into supporting controversial issues such as the creation of human-animal hybrid embryos.
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Brown stands firm as Cardinal urges free vote on 'monstrous' Bill to allow human-animal embryos - The Independent on Sunday 23rd March 2008
'Iron fist' Gordon Brown faces revolt - The Sunday Times 23rd March 2008
Pressure mounts over embryo bill - BBC Health News 22nd March 2008
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Brown stands firm as Cardinal urges free vote on 'monstrous' Bill to allow human-animal embryos - The Independent on Sunday 23rd March 2008
'Iron fist' Gordon Brown faces revolt - The Sunday Times 23rd March 2008
Pressure mounts over embryo bill - BBC Health News 22nd March 2008
One in five of all children's deaths is 'preventable', according to a paediatrician appointed by the government to conduct research into child morbidity. Around 5,000 children die every year in the UK and, based on his analysis of official data, Dr Peter Sidebotham estimates between 500 and 1,000 could be prevented. Sidebotham, associate professor in child health at Warwick University, said addressing factors that can contribute to deaths including the role of parents, health officials and social workers, could have a big impact.
Most adults says they are scared of socialising without alcohol, study finds Most people in Britain do not believe they could lead their lives enjoyably or successfully without alcohol - but don't consider this to be a problem either, according to new research. The fear of a life without alcohol is so endemic that most adults say they are scared by the idea of socialising, relaxing, taking part in any celebration or trying to have a good night's sleep without drinking.
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Patients with an asbestos-related form of cancer who had been hoping for compensation now fear they will run out of time under new government rules on payouts. Around 2,000 people a year in Britain die from mesothelioma, a cancer which attacks the thin membrane coating the lungs and abdomen. The disease is triggered by exposure to asbestos fibres in building materials and most commonly affects workers involved in construction, as well as shipyard and metal workers.
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Did you hear about the doctor, the train and the soup plate? This is not the beginning of a joke - although it bloody should be. A certain Dr Russell Walshaw, 66, was up before the General Medical Council last week to discuss a police caution he received in May last year. The caution was for assault. The assault involved dropping a soup plate near a railway steward.
Prices of public-private building projects such as hospitals are also being forced up by banks' reluctance to lend. Taxpayers face higher bills for new hospitals, schools and roads built under the controversial private finance initiative (PFI). Banks' reluctance to lend money is forcing up borrowing costs despite the best efforts of central bankers to reduce interest rates. As a result, the price of the UK's much needed infrastructure improvement is escalating sharply.
As the cost of dental and cosmetic treatments rises, patients are taking package trips to a Polish city escaping its industrial past
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J K Rowling: 'I was near to suicide as a struggling mum' - The Independent on Sunday 23rd March 2008
Harry Potter author J K Rowling has revealed she was close to suicide during her time as a struggling young single mother. The writer for children has since seen her books translated into 65 different languages and has gathered a personal fortune estimated at £545m. But during her twenties Rowling was a single mother trying to cope following her separation from her first husband, a Portuguese journalist.
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I contemplated suicide, says Harry Potter creator, JK Rowling - The Sunday Times 23rd March 2008
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I contemplated suicide, says Harry Potter creator, JK Rowling - The Sunday Times 23rd March 2008
Celebrities from Beyoncé to Victoria Beckham still swear by them, but for the mass of the British population it seems that the fad diet has lost its allure. Despite soaring obesity rates, research shows that people are turning their backs on so-called miracle diets that promise much but deliver little more than bad breath and short-lived relief in the tight trouser department.
Fifty years after the drug was launched in Britain, its victims are still fighting for compensation from its German makers Gary Skyner and Freddie Astbury had waited a long time for the meeting. The man they had arranged to see, Chris Matijasevic, was the managing director of the UK subsidiary of Grünenthal, a German company that is little known in this country to those outside the pharmaceutical industry.
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MRSA and C difficile superbug deaths at 10,000 a year - The Sunday Times 23rd March 2008
The number of patients in British hospitals dying from superbug infections has reached more than 10,000 every year, according to an expert. The new figure is about 20% higher than the official toll of 8,000 a year. Mark Enright, professor of molecular epidemiology at Imperial College London, said that the real number of those succumbing to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and Clostridium difficile (C difficile) in the UK is higher than the government’s records show.
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Surge in breast enlargement operations as teens copy celebrities - The Sunday Times 23rd March 2008
The number of British teenagers having breast enlargement operations has increased by more than 150% in the past year. Doctors believe girls undergoing the procedure are aping celebrities who have surgically enhanced their figures. Statistics from three of Britain’s largest cosmetic surgery chains show almost 600 teenagers had the surgery last year.
Women who drink alcohol during pregnancy may be putting their babies at risk of developing autism, according to new research. The consultant psychiatrist who alerted the medical profession to the finding that drinking while pregnant can give babies a condition called foetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) has now found that the consumption of alcohol by expecting mothers can also cause autism.
More than a million people will suffer from dementia within 20 years, Government forecasts show. The number of patients diagnosed with diseases such as Alzheimer's will rise by 70 per cent to more than 1.2 million by 2028.
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Since its introduction a decade ago, Viagra has transformed the sexual landscape for men - and women - of a certain age. Olga Craig reports It has spawned an industry of "nudge, nudge" jokes and is the basis for a forthcoming Hollywood comedy. It has saved thousands of relationships, restored the fragile egos of millions of men and has put a smile on the lips of an awful lot of women.
One in 23 teenage girls in parts of Britain has had an abortion, according to figures released by ministers. South London and pockets of the North of England are shown to be teenage abortion "hotspots" by a regional breakdown showing the number of terminations in each primary care trust area.
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8,000 killed in ten years by drugs intended to cure them - Daily Mail 22nd March 2008
More than 8,000 people have died in the past decade as a result of taking medicines intended to help them, figures have revealed. Almost 42,000 other patients have been hospitalised after suffering harmful side-effects or serious allergic reactions to prescription drugs and other medication.
For several months Huw Jones has been helping to monitor his own heart condition from the comfort of his living room. As soon as Huw, a 43-year old, from East Yorkshire, gets up he weighs himself, monitors his blood pressure and heart rate and then sits back and switches on his TV.
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International Health News
New evidence shows that heavy users suffer isolation, fatigue and withdrawal symptoms Tense? Angry? Can't get online? Internet addiction is now a serious public health issue that should be officially recognised as a clinical disorder, according to a leading psychiatrist. Excessive gaming, viewing online pornography, emailing and text messaging have been identified as causes of a compulsive-impulsive disorder by Dr Jerald Block, author of an editorial for the respected American Journal of Psychiatry. Block argues that the disorder is now so common that it merits inclusion in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, the profession's primary resource to categorise and diagnose mental illnesses. He says internet addiction has four main components
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'Killer' marrow transplant hope - BBC Health News 23rd March 2008
Some leukaemia patients who do not respond to conventional treatments may benefit from bone marrow transplants selected to target the cancer directly. The technique, pioneered in Italy, uses transplants from family members who are not a perfect match.
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The United Nations is to hold its first debate on road safety amid warnings that the problem is a 'public health crisis' on the scale of Aids, malaria and tuberculosis. Next week's meeting will follow research by the World Heath Organisation which forecast that between 2000 and 2015 road accidents would cause 20 million deaths, 200 million serious injuries and leave more than one billion people killed, injured, bereaved or left to care for a victim.
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Aid workers fight baby boom to prevent poverty in Katine - The Observer 23rd March 2008
Aid workers fight baby boom to prevent poverty in Katine - The Observer 23rd March 2008
Veronica Akol is a typical Ugandan mother. She is 37 and has seven children with no plans to stop. 'I will continue having children, maybe until my womb finishes producing them,' she says, blowing dust from the head of the latest addition to her family, six-month-old Anna. Akol recently attended a training session by the African Medical and Research Foundation (Amref) for village health team members at Atirir trading centre in Katine sub-county, where The Observer and the Guardian are co-funding a three-year development project.
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'Killer' marrow transplant hope - BBC Health News 23rd March 2008
Some leukaemia patients who do not respond to conventional treatments may benefit from bone marrow transplants selected to target the cancer directly. The technique, pioneered in Italy, uses transplants from family members who are not a perfect match.
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Cheshire and Merseyside Health News
THOUSANDS of people are backing a campaign to save two Liverpool care homes from closure. Leighton Dene, in Fazakerley, and Boaler Street rehabilitation unit, in Kensington, are set to shut within months. They are used by hundreds of elderly patients, many with debilitating illnesses such as Alzheimer’s or dementia.
HOSPITAL patients are being given a pick-me-up with relatives’ and friends’ e-mails delivered to the bedside. A new service for Arrowe Park and Clatterbridge on the Wirral allows website visitors to e-mail a greeting or get-well message, which is printed and delivered to in-patients by volunteers.
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Cumbria and Lancashire Health News
THE hospital library service across North Cumbria has been rated one of the best in the North West. The library service, which provides new learning for all areas of the health sector, was rated ‘excellent’ in 25 out of 30 categories following a recent external inspection.
HOMELESS people in Carlisle will benefit from a multi-million pound investment to build a new shelter in the city centre. Plans for a women and families accommodation took another step forward after the Government announc-ed £1.9m of funding for the scheme.
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Work begins on new dental education site - Carlisle News & Star 22nd March 2008
BUILDING work has started on a new dental education centre at the Cumberland Infirmary in Carlisle. It is the first of its kind in north Cumbria and is part of a project to train a new generation of dentists. The project involves the universities of Central Lancashire, Liverpool, Cumbria and Lancaster.
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Greater Manchester Health News
CHILDREN are to be taught how to ride a bike safely after the Government awarded £40,000 to Bolton Council. The cash will be used to coach 1,000 youngsters across the borough to level two standard of the national Bikeability scheme. Council chiefs lodged a bid for cash when the Local Authority Cycle Training Grants were announced earlier this year.
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Maternity unit was closed to new admissions - The Bolton News 22nd March 2008
THE MATERNITY unit at the Royal Bolton Hospital was forced to close twice last year because the delivery suite was full. Bosses were forced to close the doors of the Princess Anne maternity ward to new admissions for three hours, once in July and once in September. They were the first closures at the unit since it opened 20 years ago.
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