2014年10月27日 星期一

2014-10-28 U.K. Health

  BBC News   
Ebola outbreak: US advises against quarantine  BBC News
US health officials will actively monitor health workers who have treated Ebola patients in West Africa, under new rules. Updated guidelines issued on Monday will require most medics to be checked for symptoms for 21 days but will not require quarantine or ...

Ebola outbreak: CDC's new guidelines call for voluntary home quarantine   CBC.ca
CDC says returning Ebola medical workers should not be quarantined   Reuters
US modifies Ebola guidelines after quarantine uproar   Times of India
Financial Times   
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  Daily Mail   
Statins and aspirin may be more effective if taken at NIGHT  Daily Mail
Many popular pills – including some cholesterol-busting statins – would be better taken at night than in the morning, scientists believe. They say widely-used tablets such as low-dose aspirin would be more effective if timed with the body's natural rhythms.
Timing affects medication   NEWS.com.au
First atlas of body clock gene expression informs timing of drug delivery   Phys.Org
Medicate at right time or it might not work, scientists say   Northern Rivers Echo

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  BBC News   
Public mental health spending in England too low, says Mind  BBC News
Local authorities in England spend an "unacceptably low" amount of money on public mental health, according to the charity Mind. A report by the charity says on average just 1.4% of public health budgets is spent on mental health. Public Health England ...

Councils spend less than 1.5% on mental health, charity finds   The Guardian
Pledge to provide more cash for city mental health services   Leicester Mercury
Warning over mental health spending   Northamptonshire Telegraph

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  Toronto Star   
UPDATE 1-Australia issues blanket visa ban on Ebola-hit countries  Reuters
(Adds quotes, details throughout). By Matt Siegel. SYDNEY Oct 28 (Reuters) - Australia has issued a blanket ban on visas from West African nations affected by the Ebola outbreak to prevent the disease reaching the country, Immigration Minister Scott ...

Australia stops processing visas from Ebola-hit countries   Irish Independent
Is it worth screening for Ebola at airports?   BBC News
Travel bans issued by various countries in reaction to Ebola   Daily News & Analysis
Daily Mail   
Businessweek   
Montreal Gazette   
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  New York Daily News   
Cocoa as a memory helper?  Investor's Business Daily
Columbia Univ. researchers have found that dietary cocoa flavonols boosted the memory and brain scans of a small group of study participants aged 50-69. Subjects who began with the memory of a 60-year-old were performing with the memory of a 30- or ...

Cocoa May Help With Memory Loss, a New Study Finds   TIME
Study finds cocoa could help reverse memory loss in old age   Tech Times
Cocoa clue to reversing memory loss   GMA News
Nature World News   
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  Telegraph.co.uk   
Placebo cough treatment benefits children and their parents, study suggests  Telegraph.co.uk
Parents of children with a cough believe their symptoms improve even when giving them a dummy treatment, a study has found, leading experts to suggest doctors should consider prescribing a placebo. Doctors often tell parents that common coughs will get ...

Agave syrup, placebo both better than nothing for little kids' coughs   Reuters UK
Agave nectar, placebo both perceived better than doing nothing for cough in kids   Science Codex
Placebo Treatment May Quiet Kids' Cough   HealthDay

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  Telegraph.co.uk   
Cancer girl in global bone marrow appeal dies  Telegraph.co.uk
A toddler whose worldwide donor appeal as she battled a rare form of cancer led to 35,000 people joining the bone marrow register in the UK has died "peacefully”, her family have said. Margot Martini was just 14-months-old when she was diagnosed with ...

Toddler Margot Martini dies aged 14 months   Daily Mail
Leukaemia appeal toddler Margot Martini dies at home   BBC News
Brave toddler Margot Martini dies 'peacefully and surrounded by loved ones ...   Mirror.co.uk
Express.co.uk   
Birmingham Mail   
expressandstar.com   
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  Daily Mail   
Brave cancer boy Ashya takes first steps on road to recovery after parents' fight ...  Daily Mail
This is the incredible moment brave brain tumour patient Ashya King took his first steps on the road to recovery after his parents' long battle for pioneering therapy. Five-year-old Ashya managed to raise his arm and give a wave as he was helped by his mother ...

See Ashya King WALK for the first time since being struck down by a brain tumour   Mirror.co.uk
Ashya King to return to Spain after proton therapy   Telegraph.co.uk
British cancer boy Ashya leaves Prague for Spain   Yahoo News UK
Express.co.uk   
GlobalPost   
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  Irish Independent   
Eye test may hold the key to detecting Alzheimer's  Irish Independent
A team at the University of Dundee's school of computing have developed the software. Picture posed. Thinkstock Images. Researchers are investigating whether a simple eye test could be used to identify the early stages of Alzheimer's disease. Share.
New software to investigate Alzheimer's detection   E&T magazine
Eye test that predicts Alzheimer's years before its symptoms appear   Times of India
Simple eye test could speed-up Alzheimer's diagnosis   Nursing Times
BBC News   
Daily Mail   
Herald Scotland   
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  Metro   
Mother Charlotte Fitzmaurice wins right to terminate daughter's life  Metro
A mother has made legal history after she won a High Court case to end the life of her severely disabled 12-year-old daughter. Nancy Fitzmaurice was born blind and suffering from hydrocephalus, meningitis and septicemia, which left her unable to talk, walk, ...

Mother gets legal death right for her daughter   Deccan Chronicle
Mother tells of heartbreak of letting her disabled child die   Daily Mail
Why I begged judge to end my sick daughter's life: 'Nancy is no longer my girl ...   Mirror.co.uk
NEWS.com.au   
ITV News   
Parentdish   
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