2014年12月9日 星期二

2014-12-10 U.K. Health


Telegraph.co.uk
   
NHS spending on management consultants doubles under Coalition   
Telegraph.co.uk
NHS spending on management consultants has doubled since the Coalition came to power, despite a promise by former Health Secretary Andrew Lansley to “slash” spending, an investigation has found. Figures obtained through a Freedom of Information ...

Management consultants are 'making a killing' from shake-up of NHS   The Independent
NHS bill for management advisers doubles to £640m   The Guardian
Cash-starved NHS is spending £640m on outside advisers   The Times (subscription)
Science Codex   
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Irish Independent
   
Obesity pill to replace treadmill in war against weight   
Irish Independent
As well as helping people to lose weight, a drug which turned white cells into brown cells would reduce the chance of developing Type 2 diabetes and protect against heart disease. A pill which would help the body burn away excess fat is being developed by ...

Could A New 'Obesity Pill' Replace Treadmills? Scientists Hope To Turn 'Bad Fat ...   Design & Trend
Obesity Pill: Potential Drugs Make “Bad” Fat “Good”   NFL News and Rumors
Hopes for chemicals that turn 'bad' fat 'good'   NHS Choices
The Independent   
Daily Times   
RT   
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Los Angeles Times
   
With Ian Crozier's reveal, here are the 10 Ebola patients treated in US   
Los Angeles Times
Since the current Ebola outbreak began a year ago in West Africa — where the World Health Organization estimates the virus has claimed more than 6,000 lives — 10 patients have been treated in the United States. Of those 10, eight have recovered and two ...

Ebola outbreak: aid worker Craig Kenzie says more volunteers needed   CBC.ca
UN: Enough Ebola beds will be operating by Jan. 31   Daily Mail
100 Times Higher Ebola Risk Faces Health Care Workers in Sierra Leone   NBCNews.com
Reuters   
Reuters UK   
New York Times   
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Daily Mail
   
Smoking ban, alcohol duty increases and decline in real wages to blame   
Daily Mail
More than 6,000 pubs have shut over the past eight years thanks to sky-high taxes and government red tape. The smoking ban, increases in alcohol duty and declining real wages since the recession have directly contributed to more than half of all closures ...

Tax, smoking ban blamed for demise of pubs   Sky News Australia
The real reasons for the tragic demise of the British pub industry   Telegraph.co.uk

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Times LIVE
   
Pill to curb obesity a step closer   
Times of India
LONDON: Scientists have made a significant start towards creating an obesity pill. A team of researchers from Imperial College London have discovered the exact brain mechanism that drives our appetite for foods rich in glucose and could lead to treatments ...

Our brains drive us to eat sugar   Times LIVE
Scientists find brain mechanism behind glucose greed   Reuters
Why we crave for sugary and starchy foods revealed   Daily News & Analysis

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Daily Mail
   
Gene therapy might help in restoring vision   
Pune Mirror
A new genetic therapy was found effective in restoring light responses to the degenerated retinas of mice and dogs, indicating that it may be feasible to restore some light sensitivity in blind humans. The therapy uses a virus to insert a gene for a common ion ...

Procedure to restore sight in dogs gives hope for future blindness cure   The Independent
Scientists restore sight in mice, dogs suffering from inherited blindness   Times of India
Gene therapy could help thousands of blind people   Scotsman
Yorkshire Post   
Yahoo News UK   
Herald Sun   
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Metro
   
Student kills himself after taking out pay-day loan   
Metro
A struggling student took his own life after taking out a pay-day loan when his £100 debt shot up to £800 in three months, an inquest heard. Physics undergraduate Courtney Mitchell Lewis, 21, overdosed after his loan climbed to eight times the amount he had ...

Heartbroken mum calls for action to tackle payday lenders after 21-year-old ...   WalesOnline
Swansea student Mitch Lewis overdoses after payday loan   BBC News
South Wales student dead from overdose after payday loan which spiralled   Daily Mail
The Independent   
Mirror.co.uk   
Southwales Evening Post   
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BBC News
   
Labour promises more cash for new cancer fund   
PharmaTimes
Labour has unveiled plans to create a new cancer fund that will pay for surgery and radiotherapy as well as innovative cancer medicines from April 2016, when the existing Cancer Drugs Fund is set to expire. Shadow Health Secretary Andy Burnham said if ...

Whither the cancer drugs fund?   BBC News
Future of Cancer Drugs Fund divides parties   Yorkshire Post
Labour pledges £330m cancer funding   Belfast Telegraph
OnMedica   
Pulse   
ITV News   
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BBC News
   
Ready meals may count towards five a day   
BBC News
The government is considering adding its "five-a-day" logo to ready meals and tinned foods that contain fruit and vegetables. Public Health England said it was discussing a range of options on extending use of the branding to help people eat more healthily.
Could pizza get 'one of your five a day' logo?   Telegraph.co.uk
Could eating pizza give you your 'five a day'?   Channel 4 News
Dough! Pizza could soon carry five-a-day logo   The Times (subscription)
International Business Times UK   
Express.co.uk   
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NHS Choices
   
Reduction in maternal death rates 'significant'   
NHS Choices
“Nearly one in ten pregnant deaths caused by flu,” The Daily Telegraph reports. A review into maternal deaths, which thankfully remain rare, found that conditions such as the flu and sepsis account for many of the deaths. Maternal deaths are deaths in women ...

UK maternal death rate is falling   OnMedica
Maternal death rates 'are falling'   BBC News
Half of deaths in pregnancy are 'avoidable'   Daily Mail
Netdoctor   
The Guardian   
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