2014年9月10日 星期三

2014-09-11 U.K. Health

  BBC News   
Sports concussion 'breathalyser' proposed  BBC News
Experts who want tighter regulation of concussion in sport are trialling new medical tests that could provide rapid, pitchside diagnosis. The "return to play decision" after a head injury is a serious problem that has caused tragedy and controversy. Among the ...

Breath test that can diagnose concussion: Technology could be introduced at ...   Daily Mail
Scientists are developing a pitch-side breathalyser...   Belfast Telegraph
Pitch-side breath test for concussions could halt tragedies on the pitch   The Independent
The Times (subscription)   
The Westmorland Gazette   
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  BBC News   
Dementia patients 'face unfair care tax'  BBC News
Dementia patients in the UK face a "care tax" because they are left to sort out much of the care they need themselves, experts say. The Alzheimer's Society found that on average, the equivalent of £32,242 a year was spent on care per patient. But the ...

Patients must be told if they have dementia: They have a human right to know ...   Daily Mail
Jeremy Hunt: NHS must stop giving dementia patients short straw   Telegraph.co.uk
Families hit with 'dementia tax' after care funding shortfall   Manchester Evening News
Home Care   
Pulse   
Mirror.co.uk   
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  Irish Independent   
Health expert says walking daily has 'wonder drug' benefits  Herald Scotland
WALKING for half an hour a day is equivalent to taking a "magic pill" that combats ageing and prevents premature death, an expert has said. WALKING for half an hour a day is equivalent to taking a \"magic pill\" that combats ageing and prevents premature ...

'Magic pill' a key step in fight against early death   Irish Independent
Daily walk is 'like a magic pill' to slow ageing   Telegraph.co.uk
Half-hour walk a day 'is like taking a magic pill'   Yorkshire Post
Express.co.uk   
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  The Guardian   
Healthcare funds distribution unfair, audit finds  The Guardian
Some areas are struggling because of an unfair distribution of funds, claim auditors. Photograph: David Sillitoe for the Guardian. Some local healthcare services in England have been underfunded because of an unfair Whitehall system to allocate £79bn in ...

GP partnership model to disappear within a decade   Practice Business
CCGs' duties for children with disabilities   OnMedica
GP partnership model dead within 10 years, says NHS England GP   GP online

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  Herald Scotland   
NHS fears as A&E cover 'fragile'  Herald Scotland
HOSPITAL emergency services that became the focus a public campaign are now facing such staffing shortages that plans have been drawn up to divert patients elsewhere. HOSPITAL emergency services that became the focus a public campaign are now ...

Hunt 'open to' charging A&E drunks   Yahoo News UK
Save Lewisham Hospital doctor to fight Jeremy Hunt in election   This is Local London

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  Irish Independent   
Sleeping pill use linked to Alzheimer's  Irish Independent
Tens of thousands of Irish patients could be at a higher risk of developing Alzheimer's disease as a result of using commonly prescribed sleeping tablets and anxiety drugs. Share. Go To. Comments. A new study published in the 'British Medical Journal' has ...

Drugs used for anxiety, sleep are linked to Alzheimer's disease in older people   Los Angeles Times
Alzheimer's risk raised with use of anxiety, sleeping pills: study   CBC.ca
Prescription sleeping pills linked to Alzheimer's risk   NHS Choices
WebMD   
Fox News   
Telegraph.co.uk   
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  BBC News   
UK proton beam centres to open in 2018  BBC News
Proton beam therapy to treat children with brain cancer will be available in the UK by 2018, NHS experts say. The confirmation follows controversy about Ashya King, a five-year-old with a brain tumour, whose parents took him to the Czech Republic for the ...

UK doctors threatened to send Ashya away until 16, says father   Herald Scotland
Proton beam treatment 'cures no more kids than conventional radiotherapy'   The Guardian
Ashya King's parents consider suing British police and hospital over their arrest ...   Mirror.co.uk
Telegraph.co.uk   
Yahoo News UK   
Belfast Telegraph   
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  The Guardian   
Over a dozen patients 'woke up during surgery'  Irish Examiner
More than a dozen Irish patients have woken up or been conscious but unable to move during surgery in the past year because anaesthetic drugs failed to work. The incidents — which have led to post-traumatic stress and a small number of lawsuits — will be ...

Hundreds report waking up during surgery   NHS Choices
Woman who woke up during surgery: 'I wasn't believed'   BBC News
Almost one person EACH DAY claim they woke up DURING surgery   Express.co.uk
Daily Mail   
WebMD.Boots.com   
Mirror.co.uk   
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  Daily Mail   
Kate Middleton's pregnancy sickness is torture says mother drove her to the ...  Daily Mail
As my stepfather put the shepherd's pie on the table, the pride on his face was palpable. 'I've been working on this recipe for decades,' he announced. 'And I've finally perfected it.' My reaction was not what he'd hoped for. After just one forkful, I groaned, ...

Princess Kate's Hometown of Bucklebury Celebrates Pregnancy News   People Magazine
Clare O'Callaghan: Dealing with acute morning sickness   Nottingham Post
I felt a cold chill as my eyes opened, focusing...   Mynextfone

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  Reuters   
Nebraska Ebola patient showing more progress : hospital  GlobalPost
(Reuters) - A U.S. doctor infected with the Ebola virus in West Africa has continued to show progress at the Nebraska Medical Center where he was taken last week, the hospital said on Wednesday. Dr. Rick Sacra, 51, who was working as a medical ...

Nebraska Medical Center says Ebola patient improving, releases photo   KMTV
Dr. Sacra Showing Progress in Ebola Fight   WOWT
Ebola Patient in Nebraska Is Improving, Doctors Say   Philly.com

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