2014年11月26日 星期三

2014-11-27 U.K. Health


Mirror.co.uk
   
TWO MILLION obese Brits to get free gastric band operations on the NHS   
Mirror.co.uk
The country's strained National Health Service could be faced with a hefty £12billion bill following the latest bid to tackle the nation's out of control obesity crisis. As a result of dramatic new rulings to be announced, up to two million people will be offered free ...

Up to 2m could get NHS weight-loss surgery to save 'billions of pounds'   The Independent
NICE: Weight loss ops 'good for obesity-linked diabetes'   BBC News
Number of weight-loss operations 'need to triple to help NHS'   ITV News
Belfast Telegraph   
Sky News   
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BBC News
   
Early detection of liver disease by GPs 'non-existent'   
BBC News
Early detection of liver disease by GPs in the UK is "virtually non-existent", leading medical experts warn. A group of doctors and researchers have criticised a reliance on "outdated" blood tests for diagnosis - saying these sometimes give false reassurance.
Experts warn on UK's burden of liver disease in   Yorkshire Post
Middle class' excessive drinking is fuelling deaths, experts warn   Daily Mail
Doctors call for tougher laws on alcohol abuse to tackle liver disease crisis   The Guardian
Medical Xpress   
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Fox News
   
Ebola Vaccine Appears Safe in Early Test   
Wall Street Journal
A handout photo from the NIH shows the first participant enrolled in the trial receiving a dose of the experimental Ebola-virus vaccine at the NIH Clinical Center in Bethesda, Md., on Sept. 2. Associated Press. By. Thomas M. Burton. Thomas M. Burton. The Wall ...

'Positive signs' from Ebola vaccine trial   BBC News
Human trial of Ebola vaccine 'promising'   Aljazeera.com
Ebola vaccine promising in first human trials: National Institutes of Health   Zee News
Moneycontrol.com   
Daily Mail   
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Telegraph.co.uk
   
NHS to carry on selling patient records to insurers   
Telegraph.co.uk
The National Health Service will continue to sell medical data to insurers and other third parties despite an investigation that has discovered tens of thousands of patient records were unlawfully sold. Fears were raised earlier this year that patient records were ...

NHS to carry on selling patients' medical data to insurance firms despite history ...   Daily Mail
Data-Driven Healthcare in the UK   Huffington Post UK

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Mirror.co.uk
   
After just ONE MONTH GPs £55 dementia diagnosis bonus is axed by NHS   
Mirror.co.uk
The NHS is to end the scheme that pays GPs £55 for every patient they diagnose with dementia, it was revealed. The scheme was introduced only last month amid concerns family doctors were picking up less than half of cases. But campaigners and top GPs ...

Dementia payments to doctors scrapped   The Times (subscription)
'Cash for diagnoses' dementia scheme is dropped   Telegraph.co.uk
NHS to discontinue dementia diagnosis payments to GP practices   The Guardian
Pulse   
Dorset Echo   
GP online   
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Irish Independent
   
Obesity link to one in every 25 cancers here   
Irish Independent
EXCESS WEIGHT and obesity are linked to around one in every 25 cancers in Ireland, a major international study reveals today. Ads by Google. Share. Facebook · Twitter · Google · Email. Go To. Comments. About 3.9pc - the equivalent of 1,170 of the roughly ...

Half-million cancers worldwide linked to obesity   CBC.ca
Obesity linked to 500000 cancer cases per year   gulfnews.com
Richest countries worst hit by obesity-fuelled cancer   South China Morning Post (subscription)
Chicago Tribune   
Daily News & Analysis   
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Channel 4 News
   
Bubb suggests radical changes to learning disabilities care   
OnMedica
Today's report into the future care of people with learning disabilities doesn't go far enough to ensure systemic change, claims a specialist care provider. Dimensions UK broadly welcomes Sir Stephen Bubb's independent report, commissioned following the ...

How we care for our most vulnerable people is a matter for us all   Herald Scotland
Report calls for shake-up of care for patients with learning disabilities   Nursing Times
Minister to consult on changing law to transform learning disability care post ...   Communitycare.co.uk
BBC News   
carehome.co.uk News   
Telegraph.co.uk   
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BBC News
   
Fifth of millennium babies 'obese' by age of 11   
BBC News
One in five children born at the start of the millennium was obese by the age of 11, according to a major study. The Millennium Cohort Study, which follows 13,000 children born in the UK, showed a sudden surge in obesity between the ages of seven and 11.
One in five Millennium babies obese by time they hit 11th birthday   Yorkshire Post
Half of children are overweight before they even reach 11   Daily Mail
Fifth of 11-year-old boys now classed as obese   Scotsman
Mirror.co.uk   
Bridgwater Mercury   
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Zee News
   
Breath test could identify onset of diabetes in kids   
Zee News
London: Scientists have discovered that a breath test could spot the early signs of Type 1 diabetes in children long before they start to show symptoms. A sweet-smelling chemical marker (acetone) in the breath is linked with a build-up of potentially harmful ...


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Daily Mail
   
Details due on food poisoning bug   
Daily Mail
Consumers are set to learn the extent of the food poisoning bug campylobacter among fresh shop-bought chickens in an announcement that will name individual retailers for the first time. The Food Standards Agency (FSA) will release the second set of results ...

Shops to be shamed over chicken bug   The Times (subscription)
Risk of food poisoning from chicken 'far higher than reported'   Telegraph.co.uk
Supermarkets prepare to be shamed over chicken contamination   The Guardian
Belfast Telegraph   
meatinfo.co.uk   
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