2014年11月19日 星期三

2014-11-20 U.K. Health

  BBC News   
GPs urged to double cancer referrals in NHS guidelines  BBC News
GPs in England are being encouraged by the NHS advisory body to nearly double the number of patients referred for hospital cancer tests. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) said delays in spotting symptoms could be costing ...

GPs can't be expected to know every cancer symptom, Government says   The Independent
Doctors to get more help to spot cancer early   The Guardian
GPs urged to test patients with coughs for cancer over early dismissal fears   Daily Mail
Pulse   
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  The Times (subscription)   
Consultants given clean bill of health  The Times (subscription)
Only a handful of consultants have been named as performing poorly on an NHS website comparing the death rates of 5,000 surgeons in England. The small number led critics to question whether surgeons might be being labelled “OK” when their ...

Formal launch for NHS comparison site   PharmaTimes
Open surgery: Allowing patients to see death rates will improve the NHS   The Independent
Surgeon performance data 'misses the mark'   BBC News
Daily Mail   
Leicester Mercury   
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  Telegraph.co.uk   
Redcar GP surgery would 'welcome' watchdog inspection  Gazette Live
Doctors at a Redcar GP surgery highlighted by health watchdogs say they would “welcome an inspection with open arms”. The Coatham Surgery was one of three on Teesside said by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) to be falling below care standards.
Watchdog to advise on how to spy on care home staff   Telegraph.co.uk
Care Quality Commission report: How good is your GP?   The Independent
Leading Worcestershire GP hits out at reports ranking doctor's surgeries   Tewkesbury ADMAG
carehome.co.uk News   
Isle of Wight Sun   
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  Times of India   
Cuban doctor in Sierra Leone tests positive for Ebola  Times of India
HAVANA: A Cuban doctor treating Ebola patients in Sierra Leone has tested positive for the disease and was being sent to Geneva for treatment, officials said, the first Cuban known to have contracted the potentially deadly haemorrhagic fever. The doctor ...

Cuban doctor contracts Ebola in S.Leone   Daily Mail
Cuban doctor with Ebola is stable, fever reduced - official   Reuters
Cuban doctor sick with Ebola to be flown to Geneva for treatment   Charlotte Observer
USA TODAY   
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  Telegraph.co.uk   
How living to live to 90 is becoming the norm  Telegraph.co.uk
For generations, the prospect of living until “three score years and 10” was considered a long and healthy lifespan. But the latest official life expectancy projections for England and Wales show that in a growing number of areas it is already the norm for people ...

Wirral men live four years less than women   Wirral Globe
What age will you die? Interactive map reveals how people in the Home ...   Daily Mail
Life expectancy for the young and over-65s rises sharply in the capital   Evening Standard
Swindon Advertiser   
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  Daily Mail   
Welsh hospital surgeon took 'calculated risk' giving kidneys from alcoholic to two ...  Daily Mail
A surgeon told today how he alone made the decision to use infected kidneys from a rough-sleeping alcoholic with meningitis for transplants which killed two fathers. Consultant Argiris Asderakis decided on his own judgement to accept the deadly kidneys ...

Kidney transplant death surgeon says he 'wishes he could turn the clock back'   Mirror.co.uk
Surgeon: Why i used alcoholic's kidneys   Express.co.uk
Two Die After Being Given Worm-Infected Kidneys   Sky News
The Times (subscription)   
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  Fox News   
Woman Who Died in Brooklyn Tests Negative for Ebola  New York Times
A woman who died, apparently of a heart attack, at a Brooklyn hair salon and who had recently been in one of the countries most affected by the Ebola outbreak tested negative for the virus, New York City health officials said on Wednesday. Continue reading ...

IMF, World Bank policies may share blame in Ebola crisis   The Daily Star
Cost of Ebola for West Africa far lower than once feared   Fortune
Ebola test on body of NY woman who had traveled to Guinea comes back negative   Daily Journal
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Where There's No Smoke, There's the Word of the Year  New York Times (blog)
“Vape” has been named Oxford Dictionaries' international word of the year for 2014, triumphing over a field that also included “bae” (a term of endearment originating in African-American English), “indyref” (a Twitter-friendly term for the Scottish independence ...


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  Daily Times   
British GP highlights weight control message of new prostate cancer findings  New Zealand Doctor Online
Overweight and obesity have emerged as risks for advanced prostate cancer, and a UK GP suggests weight could be a topic of discussion with at-risk men. Research findings released overnight “point us towards recognising overweight or obesity as a risk ...

Report links obesity to advanced prostate cancer   NHS Choices
Active surveillance of prostate cancer leads to improved quality of life   Oncology Nurse Advisor
Men who 'monitor' their prostate cancers have high quality of life   Reuters

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  International Business Times UK   
Open Letter to the FDA: Stop Discriminating Against Gay Men  Huffington Post
I was reminded of this discriminatory and illogical policy after a recent conversation about student advocacy on Twitter. In 2005, at the end of my junior year of high school, several friends and I mounted a campaign to change this rule. I wrote letters to and ...

One in eight sexually active gay men in London has HIV, figures reveal   Evening Standard
One in Eight Gay Men in London Have HIV   International Business Times UK

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