2014年12月25日 星期四

2014-12-26 U.K. Health


BBC News
   
Life choices 'behind more than four in 10 cancers'   
BBC News
More than four in 10 cancers - 600,000 in the UK alone - could be prevented if people led healthier lives, say experts. Latest figures from Cancer Research UK show smoking is the biggest avoidable risk factor, followed by unhealthy diets. The charity is urging ...

Cancer figures prompt call to reduce risk by improving lifestyles   Macro Insider
Healthy living could have prevented half a million cancer cases over last five years   The Independent
Cancer could be cut in 600000 cases by a healthier lifestyle   Mirror.co.uk
Herald Scotland   
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Daily Mail
   
Nationwide effort targets obesity   
Daily Mail
A new programme aimed at getting the nation back in shape through a better diet and more exercise is to be rolled out across the country. The latest figures, in a report from the European Commission, show that the obesity rate in the UK has increased over ...

Doctors told to watch patients' weight and offer pre-diabetes tests in the fight ...   Mirror.co.uk
Doctors told to report patients who put on weight   Telegraph.co.uk

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BBC News
   
Loom bands 'inhalation danger' to young children   
BBC News
Doctors are warning parents of the need to be vigilant after a spate of children with loom bands stuck up their noses. Although medics can usually get them out, there is a real risk children could choke on them, the Journal of Laryngology and Otology reports.
Loom bands: Doctors warn parents about the risks of popular toy at Christmas   The Independent
Warning over loom bands becoming lodged up children's noses   Telegraph.co.uk
New warning over 'potential hazards' of loom bands   Daily Mail
Irish Independent   
The Courier   
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UPI.com
   
Turn back the clock: Primordial cells created in the lab   
Science Codex
Scientists report they they have 'turned back the clock on human cells' and created primordial germ cells - the embryonic cells that give rise to sperm and ova - in the lab, the first time that human cells have been programmed into this early developmental ...

Skin cells can help IVF couples have children of their own   The Independent
Stem cells used to create artificial sperm, egg   Times of India
Of mice and men: Researchers point to differences in cell development   Los Angeles Times
Techie News   
Hindustan Times   
International Business Times UK   
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Times of India
   
Sierra Leon nurses strike over Ebola hazard pay amid lockdown   
Times of India
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone: Nurses at a public hospital in northern Sierra Leone were on strike on Thursday to demand hazard pay for treating Ebola patients, as the region was under lockdown in a bid by authorities to combat the killer virus. Some 30 nurses ...

Peter Piot: the veteran scientist who helped to raise the alarm over Ebola   The Guardian
Exclusive: UK must act to guard against pandemics, says scientist who ...   The Independent
UK Ebola victim calls for global solution to epidemic in Christmas message   Herald Scotland
Herald Sun   
CBS News   
Channel News Asia   
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Financial Times
   
NHS funding changes risk lives, consultants say   
Financial Times
Almost 350 senior consultants have warned that proposals to change NHS funding will put patients' lives at risk. In an open letter to Simon Stevens, chief executive of NHS England, the experts in cancer, heart disease and other rare conditions say proposed ...

Senior hospital doctors slam funding changes   OnMedica
Hundreds of doctors warn new NHS funding plans mean they could suffer ...   Daily Mail
MS Trust inputs to consultation process over new NHS funding proposals that ...   MS Trust
Birmingham Post   
BBC News   
Diabetes.co.uk   
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Staffordshire Newsletter
   
Staffordshire residents urged to dial NHS 111 rather than heading to A&E this ...   
Staffordshire Newsletter
RESIDENTS in Stafford, Stone and Rugeley are being urged to avoid going to hospital A&E departments over Christmas and new year unless it is absolutely necessary. Winter is always a time of pressure for NHS services and this festive season is expected ...

Call to end 'blackout' on A&E data   Warrington Guardian
Cameron fixers oversee NHS winter performance   Financial Times
'A&E is not to be used for getting medicine'   Portsmouth News
Sheffield Telegraph   
Worcester News   
BBC News   
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Telegraph.co.uk
   
Elderly stuck in hospital beds for eight months waiting for a nursing home   
Telegraph.co.uk
Elderly people are being trapped in hospital beds for up to eight months after they have recovered because nursing homes places are unavailable. One patient waited a full year to be discharged despite being well enough to leave hospital. A further three ...

'Vulnerable' NHS blamed for rise in winter waiting times   The Guardian
Merseyside patients among worst in England for missing hospital appointments   Liverpool Echo
Missed appointment figures soar in Buckinghamshire Hospitals   Get Bucks
The Visitor   
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stv.tv
   
Cases of children treated for illegal drugs 'increase by a third'   
stv.tv
The number of times children were treated in hospital as a result of illegal drugs has increased by more than a third in two years, new figures have revealed. There were 119 incidents where people aged between 10 and 18 required hospital attention after ...

INCREASE IN CHILD DRUG ADMISSIONS   Herald Scotland
Under-10s in Scots hospitals for illegal drug use   Scotsman

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Your Local Guardian
   
Council's purchase of Sutton Hospital site for school moves closer   
Your Local Guardian
A “major milestone” has been reached in the push to tackle the increasing demand for school places. Sutton needs two new secondary schools to cope with the growing number of children in the primary sector and the council says it has taken a significant ...

Epsom and St Helier A&E departments cope with "unprecedented surge" patients   This is Local London

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