2014年12月10日 星期三

2014-12-11 U.K. Health


The Guardian
   
Unchecked superbugs could kill 10 million a year, cost $100 trillion   
Reuters
LONDON Dec 11 (Reuters) - Drug-resistant superbugs could kill an extra 10 million people a year and cost up to $100 trillion by 2050 if their rampant global spread is not halted, according to a British government-commissioned review. Such infections already ...

Superbugs to kill 'more than cancer' by 2050   BBC News
Drug-resistant infections to lead to 10 million extra deaths a year – report   The Guardian
Drug resistance to cost $100tn by 2050   Financial Times
The Independent   
Businessweek   
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The Independent
   
Scientists find natural food ingredient makes you eat less - but it tastes 'foul'   
The Independent
A food ingredient that suppresses appetite can prevent further weight gain in overweight people, raising the prospect of tackling the national obesity crisis through harmless dietary additives, a study has found. Scientists have shown that the ingredient – made ...

Food additive 'suppresses appetite'   Yahoo News UK
Food ingredient 'prevents weight gain'   Laboratory Talk
Natural food ingredient makes you eat less (but tastes foul)   New Zealand Herald
Live Science   
Daily Mail   
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Reuters
   
Nestle invests more in skin care strategy with 10 research centers   
Reuters
(Reuters) - Nestle on Thursday will announce plans to open 10 skin care research centers worldwide, deepening its investment in a faster-growing market for healthcare products. The Swiss company, known globally for its chocolate bars, baby food and ...


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TIME
   
Sierra Leone diamond zone hit by largely hidden Ebola outbreak   
Daily Mail
FREETOWN, Dec 10 (Reuters) - Health officials in Sierra Leone fear a major Ebola outbreak may have gone largely unreported until now in a remote district where the World Health Organization (WHO) said scores of bodies piled up in a hospital. The WHO ...

Ebola toll climbs, fuelled by spread in Sierra Leone, says WHO   Daily News & Analysis
Sierra Leone area to hold 2-week Ebola 'lockdown'   IBNLive
Ebola death toll climbs to 6388 as Sierra Leone cases soar   GMA News
Nigerian Tribune   
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Irish Independent
   
50pc of UK women now taking prescription drug - study   
Irish Independent
Half of all women in England are regularly taking prescribed drugs, costing the NHS more than €18 billion a year, a major study has found. Ads by Google. Share. Facebook · Twitter · Google · Email. Go To. Comments. The comprehensive Health Survey for ...

Prescription drug survey: 'Too many medicines, not enough health'   BBC News
The nation hooked on prescription medicines   The Times (subscription)
Nearly half the population of England takes prescription drugs   Metro
OnMedica   
City Talk 105.9   
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The Independent
   
Designer vagina surgery could be as illegal as FGM, Theresa May warns   
The Independent
Theresa May has said that doctors who carry out 'designer vagina' cosmetic surgery could be committing a criminal offence, unless there is a physical or mental health justification. In a report to Parliament, the Home Secretary warned that prosecutions could ...

'Designer vagina' operations could be considered as illegal as FGM, Home ...   Metro
Designer vagina ops could be as illegal as FGM, warns May   Evening Standard

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Daily Mail
   
Dementia patients wearing only their pyjamas kicked out into freezing night after ...   
Daily Mail
Dozens of dementia patients were moved out of a nursing home in their pyjamas after regulators branded it 'dangerous' and shut it down at short notice. In chaotic scenes, pensioners were carried out in the freezing night to waiting ambulances after they were ...

Nursing home shut down over harm risk   Morning Star Online
'Kennel' care home for OAP dementia patients closed after inspectors were ...   Mirror.co.uk
Merok Park Nursing Home closed due to 'overpowering smell of urine'   The Independent
Sky News   
BBC News   
Wirral News   
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International Business Times UK
   
Is Living Hear High-Power Electricity Lines Bad For Health?   
Science 2.0
In modern times, it seems a little strange to read claims in Europe and in U.S. cities like San Francisco that cell phone radiation is harmful to humans - but their reasoning is based on work in the 1970s which found an epidemiological association between ...

Mobile phones "likely to be safe" to human health: study   Shanghai Daily (subscription)

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NHS Choices
   
Gene therapy could help with inherited blindness   
NHS Choices
"Procedure to restore sight in dogs gives hope for future blindness cure," The Independent reports. Researchers have restored some modest degree of light sensitivity (though not full vision) in animals who have a similar condition to retinitis pigmentosa.
Gene therapy that restores sight in mice and dogs could be used on humans   Daily Mail
Procedure to restore sight in dogs gives hope for future blindness cure   The Independent
Gene therapy could help thousands of blind people   Scotsman
Times of India   
Yahoo News UK   
Herald Sun   
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Daily Mail
   
Watchdog agrees out-of-court settlement with former deputy chief Jill Finney   
Daily Mail
A senior health official accused of a cover-up over an NHS baby deaths scandal has been awarded a pay-out of more than half a million pounds. Jill Finney, former deputy chief executive of the Care Quality Commission, was alleged last year to have ordered ...

Payout for Furness General Hospital 'cover-up' row CQC chief   NW Evening Mail
CQC settles libel claim after accusing Jill Finney of 'cover-up'   Channel 4 News (blog)

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