2014年8月15日 星期五

2014-08-16 U.K. Health

  ABC News   
Ebola outbreak compared to wartime by Doctors Without Borders  CBC.ca
The Ebola epidemic is like a front line that is constantly advancing, the head of Doctors Without Borders said Friday. Joanne Liu, international president of Doctors Without Borders, spoke to reporters in Geneva after spending 10 days on the ground in Sierra ...

Ebola outbreak: Evidence suggests deadly epidemic is 'vastly' underestimated ...   ABC Online
Ebola outbreak will take 'at least six months' to bring under control   Mirror.co.uk
Beds in Ebola treatment centres in West Africa are filling up faster than they can ...   Irish Independent
Sydney Morning Herald   
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  Telegraph.co.uk   
Three victims of salmonella outbreak die in hospital  Telegraph.co.uk
Three hospital patients who were part of a salmonella outbreak have died, health officials have said. But salmonella was not cited as a contributing factor on the death certificates of two patients and the coroner's report on the third patient has not yet been ...

Three die after contracting salmonella in same city as probe is launched into ...   Daily Mail
UK Salmonella outbreak being investigated   Express.co.uk
Salmonella outbreak patients die   Yahoo News UK

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  Science World Report   
When it comes to sex, teaching consent isn't enough  Arizona Daily Star
LONDON — We often talk about educating young people about consent, but what does this mean? Does it simply boil down to teaching young men not to rape? If this is the case, it's a depressingly low bar. Instead of talking about consent, we should be ...

Unhealthy culture around anal sex encouraging coercion and pain   HealthCanal.com
Anal sex study reveals climate of 'coercion' in which persuasion has been ...   The Independent

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  Telegraph.co.uk   
Volunteer to beat cancer sooner  Telegraph.co.uk
Finsbury Park is a sea of pink, as 2,500 women in spectacularly salmon-coloured tutus, tops, T-shirts, dresses and nylon wigs warm up, ahead of the Race for Life. They've come here to run, jog or walk their way round the five-kilometre course. Some will do it ...


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  The Independent   
Cannabis-based drug to be offered to NHS Wales patients with multiple sclerosis  The Independent
The NHS in Wales is to become the first UK health service to make a cannabis-based drug available to Multiple Sclerosis (MS) patients on prescription, health officials have confirmed. Sativex is an oral spray composed of two chemical extracts - delta-9 ...

Cannabis-based multiple sclerosis drug approved in Wales but could be blocked ...   Telegraph.co.uk
Cannabis-based medicine for multiple sclerosis patients will be available on the ...   Daily Mail
Wales becomes first UK nation to approve a cannabis-based drug for Multiple ...   WalesOnline
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  Wall Street Journal   
English Drug Panel Backs Hepatitis Drug at a Discount  Wall Street Journal
Gilead Sciences' $1,000-per-pill hepatitis C treatment has drawn criticism from insurers and politicians in the U.S., but the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has recommended its use in England. Associated Press/Gilead Sciences.
Gilead says panel rejects Roche's claims on hepatitis C drug   Reuters
UK Drug Panel Backs Gilead's Hepatitis Drug at a Discount   NASDAQ
Gilead shoves off Roche's claim on Sovaldi hep C drug   Tech Times
Diabetes Insider   
Reuters UK   
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  Daily Mail   
Macmillan finds cancer survival 'postcode lottery'  NHS Choices
This, and similar headlines, are based on cancer survival figures compiled by Macmillan Cancer Support. The cancer charity's report suggests that the proportion of people who die within a year of a cancer diagnosis is two-thirds higher in poor-performing ...

Cancer death rates in Thanet among highest in England   thanetgazette.co.uk
Postcode lottery 'is killing 6000 cancer patients every year'   Daily Mail
Farnham and North East Hampshire are best areas for cancer survival   Eagle Radio
Telegraph.co.uk   
East London and West Essex Guardian Series   
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  Daily Mail   
Girl stops breathing after 'selfish' jet passenger ignores nut warning  9news.com.au
British 4-year-old Fae Platten, who suffered an anaphylactic shock on a flight. (Cascade News). ninemsn. A little girl with severe allergies stopped breathing and fell unconscious during an international flight after a selfish passenger opened a packet of nuts ...

Ryanair bans passenger after girl suffers nut allergy reaction   Telegraph.co.uk
Essex: Drama at 30000 feet when nut allergy child, four, becomes ill   East Anglian Daily Times
Four-year-old girl suffers anaphylactic shock at 30000 feet   MSN UK
Mirror.co.uk   
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  BBC News   
Musgrove Park Hospital faces eye op legal claims  BBC News
A Somerset hospital is facing a series of compensation claims from patients who say eye surgery performed by a private provider damaged their sight. Cataract eye surgery was carried out by Vanguard Healthcare at Musgrove Park Hospital in Taunton in May.
Inquiry launched after patients treated by private company contracted to do NHS ...   Western Morning News
Vanguard Healthcare contract cancelled amid controversy   HealthInvestor
Bosses ordered a private firm to remove cataracts and half the patients treated ...   Daily Mail
Nursing Standard   
The Independent   
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  Yahoo News UK   
Caution urged over CT scan radiation doses  NHS Choices
BBC News reports on a sharp rise in the number of CT scans being performed, exposing people to the potential health risks of radiation. However, as The Daily Telegraph says, it is not possible to calculate the cancer risk due to exposure to CT scans because ...

More children having CT scans   WebMD.Boots.com
Rise in CT scans leads to health concerns   Netdoctor
Rise in CT scans   Healthcare Today
Telegraph.co.uk   
OnMedica   
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