2014年9月2日 星期二

2014-09-03 U.K. Health

  BBC News   
Build homes for elderly on NHS land, says MP  BBC News
Surplus NHS land should be used to build dedicated housing for older people, a former care minister says. Lib Dem MP Paul Burstow - who led a review of residential care for the think tank Demos - said retirement villages and adapted flats were needed as ...

Elderly spend weeks too long in hospitals due to lack of housing, Age UK warns   The Independent
Call to build care homes on surplus land   Local Government Chronicle
£11m cost of elderly patient delays   expressandstar.com

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  Reuters   
US Health Agency Advises Colleges to Tighten Ebola Precautions on Campuses  New York Times
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has advised American colleges and universities, and any students or staff arriving from nations hit by the Ebola virus, to take precautions against spreading the disease that go beyond what most schools have ...

West Africa struggles to contain Ebola as warnings and deaths mount   Reuters
Ebola blamed for rise in food prices   Herald Scotland
Ebola outbreak 'hits food prices'   Belfast Telegraph
The Seattle Times   
CBC.ca   
Wired   
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  The Times (subscription)   
Cancer drugs funding policy 'makes no sense'  The Times (subscription)
The way the NHS pays for cancer drugs makes no sense, its chief treatments adviser has said. Sir Andrew Dillon, chief executive of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, said that “all other diseases and conditions are getting less” because of ...

NICE vs CDF 'makes no sense' says chief executive Dillon   PharmaTimes
Cancer Drugs Fund makes no sense, says head of drugs rationing body Nice   Telegraph.co.uk
U.K. announces restrictions on cancer medicines   DigitalJournal.com
Worcester News   
Oxford Mail   
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  Irish Independent   
'Double mastectomies don't give better survival rates'  Irish Independent
Women with breast cancer who have a double mastectomy have no greater chance of surviving the disease, a new study has shown. Share. Go To. Comments. Despite a rise in the number of women opting to have both breasts removed to prevent cancer ...

Double mastectomy 'doesn't boost chance of surviving cancer'   Daily Mail
Double mastectomy on the rise, but doesn't boost breast cancer survival rate   CTV News
Double Mastectomy: How Necessary Is the Procedure?   NBC Southern California
Doctors Lounge   
SFGate   
Press Herald   
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  ITV News   
Hospital: We agreed to refer Ashya for proton therapy  ITV News
The NHS Trust that treated Ashya King has claimed it had agreed to refer the five-year-old for proton radiotherapy, as requested by his family, before he was taken from hospital. Ashya King was taken from Southampton General Hospital last week. Credit: ...

DAILY MAIL COMMENT: A clumsy way to treat an anguished family   Daily Mail
Ashya King friend Ethan Dallas creates Indiegogo crowd-funding project   Team Locals
Ashya King's Parents May Sue Hospital   Headlines & Global News
Sky News   
Telegraph.co.uk   
stv.tv   
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  Daily Mail   
Cereals may cut the risk of diabetes  Herald Scotland
A HEALTHY breakfast of high-fibre cereal may protect children against the risk of type 2 diabetes, research has shown. A HEALTHY breakfast of high-fibre cereal may protect children against the risk of type 2 diabetes, research has shown. Scientists studied ...

Youngsters who don't eat morning meal more likely to be insulin dependent   Daily Mail
Study hints at breakfast's importance in diabetes prevention   New Zealand Doctor Online
Breakfast lowers risk of diabetes   The Times (subscription)
Counsel & Heal   
Yahoo News UK   
Medical Xpress   
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  BBC News   
Badger vaccination scheme under way outside bovine TB high risk areas  BBC News
A scheme to vaccinate badgers against bovine tuberculosis in a bid to tackle the disease in cattle has been launched by the government. It is hoped the vaccinations will halt the spread of TB from hotspot areas in the South West and West Midlands.
Culling badgers 'not the answer' as vaccination scheme launched   Farming UK
Badger vaccination scheme launched for Cheshire   Northwich Guardian
Edge Area badger vaccination scheme launched   Farmers Guardian

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  The Guardian   
Medical professionals most likely to cause car crashes  Contract hire and leasing news
Doctors and surgeons, are ironically, the worst drivers for causing crashes according to new research by Moneysupermarket.com. Analysis of at-fault car insurance claims shows that surgeons and GPs are nearly 100 times more likely to make one of these ...

Surgeons and GPs more likely to cause car accidents than other workers   The Guardian
Most crash-prone drivers? Surgeons!   Independent Online
Steer clear of surgeons and GPs to avoid a prang: Health professionals found to ...   Daily Mail

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  Practice Business   
Thousands wrongly struck off GP registers  Practice Business
Doctors said patients are increasingly being denied vital check-ups, cancer screening and suffering delays obtaining medication because of botched attempts by authorities to update records and reduce practice funding. According to the report in The ...

35000 patients wrongly struck off GP registers   Nursing Standard
12000 MORE patients are cut from GP lists in cost-saving drive by NHS ...   Daily Mail
Overzealous ghost-hunting is damaging patient care - it must stop   Pulse
The Times (subscription)   
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4D Pharma shares jump as biomedicine trials get go-ahead  Financial Times
Shares in 4D Pharma, the biotech venture backed by investor heavyweights Neil Woodford and Lansdowne Partners, rose 10 per cent on Tuesday on news that two of its treatments for irritable bowel syndrome and paediatric Crohn's disease are to start ...

4d Pharma PLC Surges On Research Update   Motley Fool UK
4D pharma progresses with IBS and Crohn's treatments   Coutts
4d pharma to start two clinical trials next year   Stock Market Wire
London South East   
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