2014年11月11日 星期二

2014-11-12 U.K. Health

  Yorkshire Post   
MPs criticise confusing out-of-hours GP system  Yorkshire Post
CONFUSED patients are clogging up hospital accident and emergency departments because they struggle to understand the complex system of out-of-hours NHS care, according a to a highly critical report. NHS England is criticised for failing to secure value ...

A Quarter Ignorant Of Out-Of-Hours GP Services   Sky News
MPs slam GP out-of-hours oversight   Belfast Telegraph
New GP conflict of interest fears over financial links to out-of-hours companies   The Independent

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  Daily Mail   
Hospital patients 'more likely to see doctors and nurses with clean hands if they ...  Daily Mail
Doctors and nurses wash their hands less often as their shift progresses, increasing the risk they will spread infections among their patients, a study warns. The demands placed on medics and carers by long shifts drained their mental reserves and led to them ...

Visit hospital in the morning to be sure of a doctor with clean hands   Telegraph.co.uk
Hospital workers wash hands less often as shift nears end   Firstpost
Hospital Workers Wash Hands Less Frequently Toward End Of The Shift: Study   Counsel & Heal
News-Medical.net   
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  Telegraph.co.uk   
'Shambolic' Better Care Fund will not save NHS £1bn, watchdog warns  Telegraph.co.uk
A scheme to cut £1 billion from NHS costs by reducing unnecessary hospital visits for pensioners has been called a “shambles” after a spending watchdog said it was unlikely to achieve even a third of that saving. The National Audit Office (NAO) said a ...

Better Care Fund target to cut emergency admissions by 3.5% a 'triumph of hope ...   Pulse
Better care fund planning 'a shambles'   Local Government Chronicle
Projected savings of Better Care Fund overestimated by &pound700m   carehome.co.uk News
Supply Management   
LocalGov   
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  Tech Times   
Which popular diets are actually effective? Researchers comb through Atkins ...  Tech Times
Little difference found in effectiveness of "brand name" diets, researchers find. All provided fairly similar weight loss results, they say. (Photo : NIH). Wondering which of the many "brand" diets is the most effective? It may not really matter which you choose, say ...

One fad diet to rule them all?   WAAY
Fad diets do little to aid weight loss or boost heart health, scientists find   Telegraph.co.uk
Atkins, Weight Watchers, 'no panacea' in long term, doctor says   CBC.ca
Toronto Sun   
The Utah People's Post   
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  Knutsford Guardian   
'Fairytale' slimmer loses 20 stone  Knutsford Guardian
An overweight woman who was told she might not see her 30th birthday has lost 20 stone, and says: "I feel like I'm finally starring in my own fairytale." At just 27, Brianan McEnteggart from Dundalk, County Louth, weighed 32st 11lb, wore a dress size 34 and ...

Louth woman who lost 127kg wins slimming award   RTE.ie

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  BBC News   
Tenerife beheading: Shortcomings in Glan Clwyd hospital care  BBC News
There were "clear shortcomings" in the care a man with paranoid schizophrenia received in hospital months before he beheaded a woman in Tenerife. Deyan Deyanov murdered Jennifer Mills-Westley, from Norwich, seven months after leaving a north Wales ...

Killer of UK gran “inappropriately” diagnosed   Scotsman
Care failings betrayed us, say murder victim Jennifer Mills-Westley's family   The Guardian
Tenerife beheading: Brit gran 'would still be alive' if hospital had spotted killer's ...   Mirror.co.uk
The Independent   
Irish Independent   
Norfolk Eastern Daily Press   
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  Herald Sun   
Marijuana Seen Changing Brain Behavior in Young Users  Bloomberg
Heavy marijuana users had different brain shapes and lower IQs than non-smokers in a newly published study, suggesting a potential danger to young people who abuse the drug. The research in this week's Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ...

Claims cannabis 'rewires the brain' misleading   NHS Choices
Regular cannabis use 'shrinks brain but increases connectivity'   New Zealand Herald
Cannabis use makes brain more 'connected'   Herald.ie
Telegraph.co.uk   
helpmeoutDOC News - A consistent flow of medical news   
Brisbane Times   
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  Daily Mail   
Prostate cancer breakthrough as scientists STARVE tumours of blood supply  Daily Mail
Scientists have developed a promising treatment for prostate cancer by starving tumours of their blood supply. British researchers say the new approach could be tested in patients within two years, potentially giving them the ability to stop cancers growing and ...


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  Irish Independent   
Ebola puts 120000 mothers at risk during childbirth  Irish Independent
Women look at a poster on Ebola prevention at Toulepleu, at the border of Liberia in western Ivory Coast. The rate of women dying in childbirth in West African countries hit by the Ebola epidemic is soaring, with as many as one in seven at risk of death as fear ...

Ebola: 1 in 7 pregnant women risks childbirth death —Experts   Nigerian Tribune
One in seven women risk dying in childbirth in Ebola-hit countries   Fox News
1 In 7 Pregnant Women At Risk For Death In Ebola-Hit Countries: Charities   Huffington Post
International Business Times UK   
Health24.com   
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  Belfast Telegraph   
Praise for 'robust' measures in place as patient feared to have Ebola tests ...  Belfast Telegraph
A patient feared to be the first person in the UK to be carrying Ebola has tested negative for the deadly virus. Related Articles. Potential dangers minimised while specialists assess threat new. Also in this Section. Dalriada patients in legal bid to prevent closure ...

Ebola: 'Negative test result' on Belfast patient   BBC News
Expert predicts '50-50 chance' of Irish Ebola case   Irish Independent
Suspected Ebola patient in Belfast tests negative for virus   Irish Times
The Independent   
Belfast Newsletter   
U.TV   
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