2014年12月22日 星期一

2014-12-23 U.K. Health


BizNews
   
Ebola – can the blood of survivors create a cure?   
BizNews
As the Ebola epidemic continues to decimate lives in West Africa – over 7,500 killed at last count, though that number is expected to rise with unreported deaths – Big Pharma companies have been racing to be the first with a vaccine or other drug to stop the ...

How Ebola survivor can help cure Ebola   Capitalberg
Exclusive: Can the blood of Ebola survivors create a cure?   Reuters
Can the blood of Ebola survivors create a cure?   Fox News
Tech Times   
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BBC News
   
E-readers 'damage sleep and health,' doctors warn   
BBC News
If you curl up under the duvet with an ebook for a bedtime read then you are damaging your sleep and maybe your health, US doctors have warned. A team from Harvard Medical School compared reading paper books and light-emitting e-readers before ...

Tablets before bed can ruin your sleep: New research warns bedtime gadget ...   Daily Mail
Reading iPad Before Bedtime May Adversely Impact Sleep: Study   Bernama
iPads, tablets, smartphones may disrupt sleep more than we realized   Washington Post
The Seattle Times   
CBS Local   
Asbury Park Press   
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Mirror.co.uk
   
Cancer breakthrough that could spell the end of chemo   
New Zealand Herald
Cancer treatment could be transformed by a landmark project to read the DNA of thousands of men, women and children. Scientists believe that unlocking secrets deep in patients' genetic code will lead to faster and more accurate diagnosis, speed the ...

Genome revolution targets treatments for common cancers   The Independent
Eleven hospital trusts named in DNA sequencing project   The Guardian
Centres leading genes project named   Belfast Telegraph
Telegraph.co.uk   
Financial Times   
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ABC News
   
A Christmas Dinner You Can Enjoy in a Single Gulp   
ABC News
Christmas miracle or the nightmare before? You decide. A U.K. scientist has found a way to transform all of the ingredients from a traditional Christmas dinner -- think turkey with all the trimmings -- into a single beverage that has less calories than in a 16 ...

Sundae dinner has all festive trimmings for AP McCoy   Belfast Telegraph
First-ever liquid dinner containing 300 calories unveiled by scientists   Daily Mail
William Hill invents first-ever liquid Christmas lunch. Gulp.   Metro
Irish Independent   
BBC Sport   
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BBC News
   
Tackle loneliness to curb A&E pressures - NHS says   
BBC News
NHS leaders are urging people to look in on elderly friends and neighbours over the Christmas period to ease pressures on hospital A&E departments. They warn loneliness and isolation can increase the risk of emergency hospital admissions. They say ...

Loneliness at Christmas 'can lead to spike in A&E cases'   Yorkshire Post
Lonely elderly who flock to A&E at Christmas   Daily Mail
Younger adults twice as likely to go to A&E when they can't see their GP   OnMedica
Pulse   
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The Independent
   
Alternative Christmas Message 2014: Ebola survivor William Pooley to deliver ...   
The Independent
British Ebola survivor William Pooley has been confirmed to deliver the Alternative Christmas Message this year. The 29-year-old nurse will call for a global solution to the epidemic in a broadcast from the Connaught Hospital in Freetown, Sierra Leone.
Ebola survivor's festive message   Irish Independent
Ebola survivor Pooley's alternative Christmas message   Maldon and Burnham Standard

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stv.tv
   
Third person dies in Edinburgh Royal Infirmary C diff outbreak   
stv.tv
On Sunday, a third patient who had the infection died from underlying causes. NHS Lothian said they were very unwell with another illness. Four of the 14 people have recovered from the infection and have been released. Seven are still being cared for in ...

Third patient dies in C.diff probe   Glasgow South and Eastwood Extra
Third death at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary from C-diff infection   Deadline News
Third death in Edinburgh C. difficile outbreak   BBC News

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FarmersWeekly
   
Bird flu restrictions lifted in East Yorkshire   
FarmersWeekly
All restrictions following the outbreak of avian flu in Yorkshire last month have been lifted, Defra has confirmed. This mean all poultry farms within the 10km surveillance zone around the duck breeding farm that was affected by the H5N8 strain in ...


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Telegraph.co.uk
   
Behan: CQC needs 66% more inspectors in one year   
HealthInvestor
Care Quality Commission chief executive David Behan has said that the CQC needs to hire 559 more inspectors within a year to hit targets. Speaking at the Commons health committee in December, Behan said that 1,411 inspectors would be needed by ...

Braintree care home given Good rating but told it needs more staff   Harwich and Manningtree Standard
Watchdog: We do not care enough for the elderly   Telegraph.co.uk
CQC needs to increase inspection workforce by 66pc in one year   Local Government Chronicle
Express.co.uk   
Western Morning News   
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Medical Xpress
   
Cure for memory loss could be on the horizon   
Times of India
LONDON: Cutting edge new research could mean new hope in the battle against memory loss in sufferers of early onset Alzheimer's. For the first time, scientists have said that memories are not stored in synapses as previously thought. It is synapses, the ...

UCLA Researcher's Radical Idea: 'Long-Term Memory Is Not Stored At The ...   The Inquisitr
Restoring 'lost memories' may be possible   ANINEWS

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