2014年8月26日 星期二

2014-08-27 U.K. Health

  MiamiHerald.com   
E-cigarettes should be regulated and sales restricted, WHO says  Los Angeles Times
Electronic cigarettes should be regulated globally, and the devices should not be used in indoor public places or sold to minors, the World Health Organization said Tuesday. Its report warns that it might take decades before there is conclusive evidence of ...

World Health Organization Urges Stronger Regulation of Electronic Cigarettes   New York Times
Health experts demand curb on the sale of e-cigarettes   Herald Scotland
New laws will ban the sale of e-cigarettes to those under 18   Irish Independent
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  BBC News   
Overseas nurses and midwives 'face shorter assessments'  BBC News
Nurses and midwives who complete their training in hospitals outside Europe will now face shorter tests to check they are fit to work in the UK. The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) says its plans include a computer-based exam and tests in simulated ...

New assessments for non-European nurses to be introduced   The Guardian
Number of EU nurses in UK hospitals doubles in four years: Fears of patients ...   Daily Mail
Non-EU nurses can work after multiple-choice test   The Times (subscription)
The Courier   
Mirror.co.uk   
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  Irish Independent   
Weight-loss surgery 'can boost brain power'  Irish Independent
Bariatric surgery involves either reducing the size of the stomach or shortening the distance food travels through the digestive tract. Photo: Tina Stallard/Getty Images. Weight-loss surgery designed to combat over-eating and obesity can benefit the brain as ...

Bariatric procedure on toddler raises issues   Montreal Gazette
WASTE WATCH: Weight Loss Waste?   WZTV
Weight-loss surgery can boost brain power and 'cut the risk of developing ...   Daily Mail
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Telegraph.co.uk   
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  The Guardian   
British Ebola patient Will Pooley taking experimental drug ZMapp  The Guardian
Will Pooley, the first British person to contract the Ebola virus, has been given an experimental drug as part of his treatment in London, it has been revealedon Tuesday. Pooley, a 29-year-old nurse from Eyke in Suffolk, was flown back to the UK by the RAF on ...

'Resilient' Ebola victim is sitting up and talking   Irish Independent
British Ebola sufferer gets new drug   Sydney Morning Herald
Ebola outbreak: 'Resilient and remarkable' British victim administered ...   The Independent
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  IBNLive   
In a first, living organ created from lab-grown cells  Business Standard
In a significant breakthrough, British scientists have grown a fully functional organ from transplanted laboratory-created cells in a living animal that can lead to new treatments for people with a weakened immune system. They have created a thymus - an organ ...

First functional organ to be grown inside an animal   Irish Times

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  The Guardian   
The corncockle kerfuffle, or why Countryfile isn't trying to kill you  The Guardian
The BBC has been criticised after a scheme it promoted on Countryfile distributed packets of wild flower seeds containing a poisonous plant. But the truth is more complicated, and far less alarming. Share · Tweet this. Email. Corncockle: rare, pretty and ...

Project promoted by BBC spreads poisonous wild flowers across Britain   Telegraph.co.uk
Girl Guides spark health scare after planting deadly flowers - for BBC's Countryfile   Mirror.co.uk
Girl Guides plant deadly flowers for BBC's Countryfile, trigger heath scare   Delhi Daily News
Daily Mail   
THE AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S WEEKLY   
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  BBC News   
Health boards missing A&E targets  The Times (subscription)
Only one of Scotland's 14 health boards is consistently meeting accident and emergency waiting time targets, new figures have revealed. National standards state that at least 98 per cent of people in A&E should be admitted, transferred for treatment or ...

Around one in five patients say they have suffered harm in Scottish hospitals   Scottish Daily Record
A&E patients waiting less time for treatment   Scotsman
Scottish NHS fails to meet government targets   BBC News
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  Birmingham Mail   
Care Quality Commission — toughening up on enforcement?  The Lawyer
David Prior, chairman of the Care Quality Commission (CQC) was recently quoted in The Telegraph as having said that the CQC has too often 'backed off' from making attempts to close unsafe homes and 'tended not to fight back' when it was legally ...

Mansfield care home has its registration cancelled following investigation   Mansfield Chad
Burton care home given a clean bill of health   Burton Mail

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  Eat Out Magazine   
Food allergen regs to cost catering, hospitality £200m warns BHA  Eat Out Magazine
As food businesses gear up for new EU Food Information Regulations, the British Hospitality Association has estimated the cost of implementation for the catering and hospitality industry could be up to £200m a year. By December 13th every restaurant, hotel, ...


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Fears Doctors Are Failing Mental Health Patients  Pirate FM
A Healthwatch Cornwall study shows a quarter are not happy with the way they are dealt with. That includes being listened to, getting enough information and getting the right help. Young people tend to fare worst. Researchers are calling for more advice in ...

Politicians have been fumbling the issue of parking fees for years; it doesn't ...   Health Service Journal
Burton's Queen's Hospital under pressure to provide free parking for 'priority ...   Burton Mail

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