2014年8月12日 星期二

2014-08-13 U.K. Health

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Experimental Drugs Are Approved for Use in Fighting Ebola in West Africa  Wall Street Journal
The World Health Organization gave a green light to the use of experimental drugs to combat the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, with demand for—and questions about—untested treatments growing after two infected Americans received some. A panel of ...

Canadian Government Donates Experimental Ebola Vaccine to WHO   Businessweek
Ebola priest dies as panel backs drug   Herald Scotland
Ebola: Disease claims first European victim as Spanish priest infected in Liberia ...   Irish Independent
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  Irish Independent   
New drug may end the curse of the middle age spread  Irish Independent
Scientists believe they have discovered what causes the middle-aged spread, and, more importantly, how to stop it. Share. Go To. Comments. Researchers found that signals in the brain which tell us to stop eating when full become less efficient with age.
Scientists target cells that help control appetite to tackle middle-aged spread   Herald Scotland
A drug could soon destroy middle-age spread: Pill could stop cells that control ...   Daily Mail
Blame declining brain power for middle-aged spread   The Australian
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  Daily Mail   
Diabetes prescriptions soar to 45m  Daily Mail
The number of drugs dished out to treat diabetes has soared as the condition continues to take its toll on people across the nation, new figures show. In little under a decade, the number of prescriptions for the treatment of diabetes has risen by 66.5%, ...

NHS spending £2.2ma day on prescriptions to treat diabetes   Express.co.uk
NHS spending £100k an hour on drugs for diabetics   Mirror.co.uk
Diabetes drugs account for 10% of NHS drugs budget   The Independent
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  Daily Mail   
Mental services 'overhaul' sought  Daily Mail
Services for children with mental health problems need a "complete overhaul" so youngsters and their families are not forced to deal with a complex system at such a difficult time in their lives, council leaders have said. The current "fragmented" system means ...

Council leaders call for overhaul of children's mental health services   The Guardian

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  Telegraph.co.uk   
Controversial medical trial will see heart patients given useless placebo instead ...  The Independent
Cardiac arrest patients will be given an injection of a useless placebo, instead of the normal adrenalin shot under a medical trial to be conducted this autumn. During the trial, paramedics will be given randomised treatment packs and will not know whether ...

Paramedics to give dummy drug for heart attacks: Controversial trial will see ...   Daily Mail
Paramedics to give heart attack victims placebo   The Times (subscription)

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Children's care 'ineffective' at special measures trust hospital  ITV News
Children's services at a hospital managed by an NHS trust facing spacial measures have been deemed "not effective" by inspectors. The indictment of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Hospital in Margate is among the findings of the Care Quality ...

Regulator recommends Kent trust be put in 'special measures'   Nursing Times
Canterbury hospital "inadequate" as special measures recommended by CQC   Canterbury Times
'Special measures' call over trust   shropshirestar.com

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  Telegraph.co.uk   
Cigarette-style warnings should feature on booze bottles, says MP group  Stoke Sentinel
CIGARETTE-STYLE warnings should feature on bottles of booze to increase awareness about the health risks involved with excess drinking, says a group of MPs. The idea was put forward as one of a series of measures from the All-Party Parliamentary ...

The junk science of booze labelling   Spiked
Beer cans and wine bottles should have health warning, says top Bolton doctor   The Bolton News
Call for health warnings on bottles of alcohol   Irish Independent
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  Essex Chronicle   
Surgery apologises after patients 'banned from complaining about it on social ...  Essex Chronicle
A GP's surgery has apologised after putting up a sign that appeared to ban its patients from using social media to complain about it. St Lawrence Medical Practice in Bocking End, Braintree, put up a typed notice warning those who did so breached a “zero ...

GP surgery tries to ban critical comments   Telegraph.co.uk
GP social media ban goes viral. Surprise surprise   Whitsunday Times
Braintree GP surgery tells patients not to make social media comments   BBC News

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  BBC News   
Northern Ireland team takes 53 medals at Bolton games  BBC News
The Northern Ireland transplant team has returned with 53 medals from the British Transplant Games in Bolton. The team of 36 adults and 12 children took home the coveted Rosebowl for the best overall performance. In total, they won 17 gold, 20 silver and ...

INSPIRATIONS: Encouraging people to discuss organ donations   Midhurst and Petworth Observer
On target: Archer shoots bronze at British Transplant Games... despite suffering ...   Mancunian Matters
MORE than 2500 people have Signed Up To Save Lives.   The Bolton News

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  Daily Mail   
'Ban children from heading ball': Leading neuro-surgeon says impact of brain ...  Daily Mail
But a top neuro-surgeon has now said youngsters should be banned from heading the ball because it is too dangerous. Dr Michael Grey, a motor neuro-science expert at the University of Birmingham, says the impact of the brain against the skull causes ...

Heading a football is too dangerous for children: neuroscientist   Telegraph.co.uk

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