2014年12月19日 星期五

2014-12-20 U.K. Health


Telegraph.co.uk
   
NHS 'buckling under strain' as Christmas approaches   
Telegraph.co.uk
Fears have been raised about how the NHS will cope over Christmas amid record numbers of emergency admissions and warnings that casualty units are “buckling under the strain”. Last week saw 111,062 emergency admissions – the highest since records ...

Worst ever week in the 'field hospitals' of A&E: Waiting times hit record level for ...   Daily Mail
NHS beds crisis as flu hits three-year peak   Express.co.uk
English A&Es reach breaking point after worst-ever week   The Independent
The Guardian   
BBC News   
Mirror.co.uk   
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New York Daily News
   
Stigma Of Sierra Leone's 'Ebola Orphans' Remains   
Sky News
Thousands of young children who have lost parents to Ebola are struggling to find new homes because of the fear of the disease. 01:41, UK, Saturday 20 December 2014. Play video "Stigma For 'Ebola Ophans' Remains" ...

UN chief visits Ebola-hit nations   Belfast Telegraph
UN chief Ban Ki-moon praises Ebola nurses, pledges support during visit   Daily News & Analysis
Ebola crisis: Liberia holds senate postponed election   BBC News
Reuters UK   
CTV News   
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Irish Independent
   
Death not linked to scare dentist   
Irish Independent
The death of a 23-year-old woman was not linked to her treatment by a dentist at the centre of a major health scare, an inquiry has found. Ads by Google. Share. Facebook · Twitter · Google · Email. Go To. Comments. The Nottinghamshire Coroner's office said ...

Death of 23-year-old woman is not linked to suspended dentist's treatment   ITV News
Desmond D'Mello: Student death not linked to dental treatment   Nottingham Post

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Los Angeles Times
   
FDA approves new ovarian cancer drug   
Los Angeles Times
Opening a new chapter in the use of genomic science to fight cancer, the Food & Drug Administration on Friday approved olaparib, a medication for advanced ovarian cancer associated with a defective BRCA gene. The new drug, to be marketed under the ...

AstraZeneca Gets FDA Approval for Ovarian Cancer Drug   Wall Street Journal
FDA approves new drug for ovarian cancer   National Monitor
FDA Approves AstraZeneca's Lynparza To Treat Advanced Ovarian Cancer   RTT News
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WebMD   
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Brain's 'internal compass' revealed   
Yeovil Express
Scientists believe they have found the part of the brain which acts as an "internal compass" and makes some people better at navigating than others. Researchers from University College London (UCL) found "homing" signals in the brain which help ...


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Batley News
   
Norovirus closes beds at Mid Yorkshire Hospitals Trust   
Batley News
Beds have been closed at Mid Yorkshire Hospitals Trust by the winter vomiting bug norovirus. Figures released today show 20 beds were closed at Pinderfields, Pontefract and Dewsbury hospitals last weekend after patients displayed symptoms of the highly ...

Mansfield hospital ward closed because of winter vomiting bug   Mansfield Chad
Norovirus sparks closure of Poole Hospital ward   Bournemouth Echo
Norovirus patients urged to stay away from hospitals   Hucknall Today

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RT
   
​Dementia UK's '3rd biggest killer' study suggests   
RT
Dementia is the third most common cause of death in the UK as deaths from the mental illness have risen by more than 50 percent since 1990, a new study has shown. The research, conducted by the charity Alzheimer's Research UK found that 49,349 people ...


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Reuters UK
   
GSK's shingle vaccine hits efficacy targets   
PharmaTimes
GlaxoSmithKline's shingles vaccine HZ/su has smashed efficacy goals in a late-stage trial slashing the risk of shingles by 97.2% in adults aged 50 years and older compared to placebo. HZ/su is an experimental vaccine that combines gE, a protein found on ...

GSK squares up to Merck with shingles vaccine data   PMLiVE
New GSK shingles vaccine may challenge Merck after strong test data   Reuters UK
GSK shingles vaccine candidate meets Ph III primary endpoint   The Pharma Letter
London South East   
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The Independent
   
Christmas dinner: You think you'll consume 2000 calories, but in reality it'll be ...   
The Independent
Despite the mounds of mince pies, armfuls of chocolate boxes, and stacks of yule logs which fly off the shelves in December, Brits still believe they eat half as much on Christmas Day as they really do. Most people estimate that they consume around 2,600 ...

Looking forward to Christmas dinner? You'll be eating 6000 calories of it   Mirror.co.uk
Why your Christmas feast will include twice as many calories as people in Wales ...   WalesOnline

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shropshirestar.com
   
Visit a TB-hit farm, Shropshire farmers' union chief tells cull protesters   
shropshirestar.com
The new chairman of Shropshire's branch of the NFU today issued a direct challenge to protesters who disrupted the Government's badger culls. badger. He said: “Come and spend time on a farm with bovine tuberculosis and see what it is like”. Two badger ...

Defra releases more plans to combat bovine TB   Meat & Poultry (registration)
Government admits badger cull could fail to reduce bovine TB   The Guardian
Badger cull fails to meet target in Gloucestershire   BBC News
FarmersWeekly   
Gazette Series   
Farming UK   
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