2014年12月16日 星期二

2014-12-17 U.K. Health


BBC News
   
E-cigarettes 'help smokers quit or cut down'   
BBC News
E-cigarettes can help smokers stop or reduce their habit, a respected international review has confirmed. The first Cochrane review to examine the products considered two randomised trials with data from 662 current smokers. The review authors, from the UK ...

E-cigarettes can help smokers quit or cut down heavily, say researchers   The Guardian
E-cigarettes as good as patches for quitting smoking, research shows   Irish Times
Review of evidence finds e-cigarettes may help smokers quit   Daily Mail
Financial Times   
Maldon and Burnham Standard   
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Daily Mail
   
Four in five new nurses on NHS wards are foreign   
Daily Mail
The huge influx – a four-fold rise on the previous 12 months – has sparked fears that some nurses will lack the English language skills to do their jobs properly. Peter Carter, of the Royal College of Nursing, said the figures showed an 'astonishing ...

4 in 5 nurses 'hired from overseas'   Belfast Telegraph
NHS nurse shortage forces health service to recruit overseas   The Guardian
Thousands of nurses recruited from overseas to fill NHS 'shortage'   ITV News
Nursing Times   
The Times (subscription)   
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Daily Mail
   
75% of pizzas reviewed contained more than RDA of 6 grams of salt   
Daily Mail
Pizzas sold by takeaways and supermarkets are so stuffed with salt they are putting the health of customers at risk of high blood pressure and strokes. Many contain more salt than an adult should consume in an entire day, according to new research which ...

The 'premium' pizzas that contain a day's worth of salt   Telegraph.co.uk
Pizzas 'contain up to three times recommended daily limit of salt'   The Guardian
Health concerns raised over the amount of salt in pizzas   Yorkshire Post
Herald Scotland   
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Fox News
   
Yoga can protect heart, says study   
Calcutta Telegraph
New Delhi, Dec. 16: Yoga may protect people from cardiovascular diseases by lowering their associated risk factors, a study by researchers at Harvard University and the Netherlands has suggested, bolstering evidence for what some already practice in India.
Yoga Linked With Decreased Heart Disease Risk Factors   RTT News
Yoga may lower risk factors for heart disease   Insidermedicine
Yoga may help protect against heart disease   NHS Choices
Daily Mail   
BBC News   
Nursing Times   
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Daily Mail
   
Church to announce 1st woman bishop   
Daily Mail
It is believed a female priest is to be elevated to the position just a month after the Anglican General Synod made history by approving the legislation. The change to canon law was passed by an overwhelming majority with a simple show of hands at a meeting ...

Church of England poised to name first female bishop   The Guardian
Stockport will get Britain's first woman bishop today   The Times (subscription)
Church of England will name first female bishop: report   New York Daily News

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Stuff.co.nz
   
Feeling young may be more important than being so   
Stuff.co.nz
YOUNG AT HEART: The study showed a widespread trend of people feeling younger than their chronological age. When it comes to longevity, feeling young may be more important than being young. So say a pair of researchers from University of College ...

Older people who feel younger than their actual age live longer   Medical News Today
People who feel younger may live longer   Fox News
Feeling young at heart wards off death, scientists find   Telegraph.co.uk
Daily Mail   
Times of India   
CBS Local   
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BBC News
   
Auditors question public health spend   
BBC News
A £2.7bn fund to improve public health in England is not always being spent where most needed, a watchdog says. The ring-fenced grant, paid to local authorities by Public Health England, is supposed to encourage healthier lifestyles and reduce disparities ...

Questions on public health fund   Wirral Globe

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Belfast Telegraph
   
Anglo-Irish Ebola work 'excellent'   
Belfast Telegraph
British and Irish co-operation on tackling Ebola is excellent, Ireland's foreign affairs minister said. Also in this Section. Fugitive lawyer to be extradited · Gerry Adams advises Sinead O'Connor to report allegations of molestation by Sinn Fein member to gardai ...

Ethiopian health workers arrive in Liberia to help fight Ebola   Reuters
Ethiopians arrive in W Africa to fight Ebola   Aljazeera.com
Sierra Leone Mission in Iran Makes Positive Strides in Combating Ebola   Sierra Express Media
Daily Mail   
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The Independent
   
Bar to be prosecuted after teenager who drank liquid nitrogen had her stomach ...   
The Independent
A wine bar is being prosecuted by the local council after an 18-year-old girl celebrating her birthday was served liquid nitrogen in a cocktail – forcing her to have her stomach removed in an emergency operation. Gaby Scanlon, from Heysham in Lancashire, ...

Teen nearly dies after ingesting cocktail containing liquid nitrogen   Fox News
Liquid nitrogen cocktail: Oscar's Wine Bar in Lancaster faces Health & Safety ...   BBC News
Gaby Scanlon: Wine bar prosecuted after teenager nearly dies from drinking ...   Mirror.co.uk
Daily Mail   
The Drinks Business   
Metro   
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Mirror.co.uk
   
A&E is creaking under pressure admits NHS boss who says hospitals are ...   
Mirror.co.uk
The NHS is creaking under pressure, a senior figure has admitted – as it emerged hundreds of emergency patients a day are kept waiting outside overstretched hospitals. In the last week 6,138 A&E patients – 877 a day – were stuck in ambulances outside 11 ...

Overcautious call handlers increase strain on A&E   The Times (subscription)
Winter pressure - how helpful is NHS 111?   BBC News
'A&E departments already straining from winter demand, NHS' Sir Bruce Keogh ...   Daily Mail
Belfast Telegraph   
The Journal   
Bucks Free Press   
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