2014年12月18日 星期四

2014-12-19 U.K. Health


BBC News
   
European Court of Justice rules obesity can be a disability if it impairs ability to ...   
ABC Online
The European Court of Justice in Luxembourg has ruled that if obesity impairs someone from doing their job then they should be protected by disability legislation even if they contributed to their weight problems. Europe correspondent Mary Gearin reports.
Obesity 'could be a disability' - EU courts rule   BBC News
Obesity can be disability: EU court   Times of India
Obesity May Be a Disability, Court Says   New York Times
Los Angeles Times   
The Seattle Times   
The Times (subscription)   
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The Independent
   
Norovirus closes wards in nine hospital amid fears of winter NHS crisis   
The Independent
Nine hospitals have been forced to close wards because of outbreaks of the norovirus, according to a report. As the flu season got underway, ITV News reported that five wards had closed to visitors and all other adult wards had restricted visiting hours at ...

Norovirus forces wards to close at nine NHS hospitals   ITV News
Norovirus closes Warwickshire hospital to visitors   Coventry Telegraph
Norovirus closes three hospital wards at Weston General   BBC News
Burnham and Highbridge Weekly News   
Bournemouth Echo   
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Irish Independent
   
Tragedy, as Ebola kills 11th doctor in Sierra Leone   
Irish Independent
One of Sierra Leone's most senior physicians died yesterday from Ebola, the 11th doctor in the country to succumb to the disease, a health official said. Ads by Google. Share. Facebook · Twitter · Google · Email. Go To. Comments. Ebola has killed more than ...

UK-Funded Ebola Hospital Built In Jungle   Sky News
Sierra Leone's leading doctor dies of Ebola   Reuters
In Sierra Leone, the ghosts of war haunt an Ebola graveyard   Washington Post
BusinessDay   
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Scotsman
   
Can't stand on one leg? You may be at risk of stroke   
Scotsman
Those who couldn t balance on one leg for more than 20 seconds were deemed at increased risk. Picture: Getty. by ANGUS HOWARTH. Updated on the 19 December 2014 00:04. Published 19/12/2014 00:00. Print this ...

Can You Balance on One Leg? You May Have Lower Stroke Risk – WebMD   WebMD
Balance test 'may show stroke risk'   Worcester News

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Wall Street Journal
   
Global Life Expectancy Increases by About Six Years   
Wall Street Journal
Global life expectancy for men and women has increased by about six years over the past two decades, according to the one of the most comprehensive studies of global health done so far. The rise in global life expectancy is mainly the result of dramatic ...

Global life expectancy six years longer than in 1990, study finds   ABC Online
A new direction for global health   BusinessDay
Global life expectancy rises: study   Yahoo News UK
Hereford Times   
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Daily Mail
   
A black eye and bloody hooter for Mr Burnham: Yesterday in Parliament with ...   
Daily Mail
There is a parliamentary gambit called the Urgent Question. It used to be rare but under Speaker Bercow it has become pretty common – and Urgent Questions have lost their dramatic effect. An MP seeking to ask an Urgent Question goes to Speaker's House ...

Hunt 'behind news blackout' over A&E wait times   Morning Star Online
A&E waiting times won't be published so staff can have a break, says Hunt   Telegraph.co.uk
A record 2000 patients spent more than 12 hours in Welsh A&E departments in ...   WalesOnline
Asian Image   
BBC News   
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The Times (subscription)
   
National badger cull stopped in its tracks   
The Times (subscription)
A decision on spreading the badger cull to up to 40 more areas has been postponed indefinitely after a pilot cull failed to kill enough of the animals. Farmers fear that Liz Truss, the environment secretary, will renege on a commitment to make the decision ...

Animal charities 'deeply disappointed' as Defra endorses next cull   Farming UK
Badger cull aimed at reducing cattle TB misses targets but Government vows to ...   Mirror.co.uk
Government admits badger cull could fail to reduce bovine TB   The Guardian
FarmersWeekly   
BBC News   
The Ecologist   
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Scotsman
   
Two patients die in Edinburgh C. diff outbreak   
Scotsman
NHS Lothian said it was investigating the cluster of cases at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. Picture: PA. by KEVAN CHRISTIE. Published on the 19 December 2014 00:03. Published 19/12/2014 00:03. Print this ...

C-diff infection at Edinbrugh's Royal Infirmary investigated after two die   Herald Scotland
Edinburgh's Royal Infirmary probes C. difficile cluster   BBC News
Two dead from C.diff bug and 14 more cases being investigated in city hospital ...   Scottish Daily Record
stv.tv   
The Courier   
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Reuters
   
New GSK shingles vaccine may challenge Merck after strong test data   
Reuters
LONDON (Reuters) - An experimental shingles vaccine from GlaxoSmithKline has produced impressive results in a late-stage study, giving the group's expanding vaccine unit a potential $1 billion boost. The data suggests the British company's new shot ...


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The Guardian
   
NHS to offer GPs incentives for on-site pharmacists   
The Guardian
Healthcare experts have welcomed news that the NHS will provide financial incentives to GPs who wish to bring pharmacists into practices, as part of a £200m budget to kickstart primary care initiatives to be announced on Friday. Campaigners say employing ...

NHS watchdog raises 27 questions over Care.data before roll-out can proceed   ComputerWeekly.com
In full: Government-commissioned report on care.data   Pulse
Care.data: Caldicott calls for NHS to answer areas of concern   Computing

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