2015年1月14日 星期三

2015-01-15 U.K. Health


Daily Mail
   
Hospital testing woman for ebola   
Daily Mail
A spokesman for Northampton General Hospital said: "I can confirm that we have a suspected case of Ebola. It is a female adult." Asked if she was in an isolation unit, the spokesman added: "She will be in isolation if she is suspected of having the illness.".
Ebola in the UK: Hospital confirms it is treating a woman with suspected case of ...   The Independent
Doctors test woman for Ebola at Northampton General Hospital   BBC News
Woman in Northampton tested for Ebola   Telegraph.co.uk
Sky News   
Reuters   
Mirror.co.uk   
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BBC News
   
Inactivity 'kills more than obesity'   
BBC News
A lack of exercise could be killing twice as many people in Europe as obesity, a 12-year study of more than 300,000 people suggests. University of Cambridge researchers said about 676,000 deaths each year were down to inactivity, compared with 337,000 ...

Inactivity is bigger killer than obesity, claims study   Irish Independent
The new health warning: lack of exercise is twice as deadly as obesity   Herald Scotland
Scientists recommend 20-minute daily walk to avoid premature death   The Guardian
WebMD   
Wimbledon Guardian   
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The Independent
   
NHS staff are working unpaid to help avert a winter A&E crisis   
The Independent
NHS staff have been coming into work voluntarily and unpaid to help their hospitals cope with extreme winter pressures, MPs were told today, as the country's top emergency doctor warned over a dramatic increase in A&E visits. Dr Clifford Mann, president of ...

'Absurd' helpline to blame for A&E crisis, says senior doctor   The Times (subscription)
Extra than 400000 additional AE visits   Union Gazette
Top doctor links A&E chaos to NHS advice line   Financial Times
BBC News   
Belfast Telegraph   
Yorkshire Post   
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USA TODAY
   
Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea making Ebola strides   
USA TODAY
Ebola cases in Sierra Leone have fallen for the second straight week and health experts say the region could be turning a corner in the battle against the disease. The number of new cases in the three hardest hit nations – Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea ...

Ebola disruption could spark fresh food crisis   Sierra Express Media
Ebola Cases Drop Off in West Africa   NBCNews.com
Pace of Ebola Epidemic Slows, But Unevenly   Voice of America
Sierra Leone Telegraph   
Huffington Post   
Al Jazeera America   
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The Guardian
   
GPs to be offered £1bn in new funds if they improve access and elderly care   
The Guardian
Dame Barbara Hakin: seeking increased appointment times and lower hospital admissions for over-75s. Photograph: Stephanie Schaerer/Rex Features. Denis Campbell, health correspondent. Wednesday 14 January 2015 19.07 EST. Share on Facebook ...

GPs asked to audit all 'unnecessary' appointments and paperwork   Pulse
Refuse unfunded workload, BMA tells GPs   GP online

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Telegraph.co.uk
   
How hibernating animals could help fight Alzheimer's disease   
Telegraph.co.uk
A protein which protects hibernating animals during lengthy spells of sleeping could be the key to fighting Alzheimer's disease, scientists believe. The University of Leicester has discovered that a 'cold-shock' protein is crucial for preventing the loss of brain ...

Why hibernating bears could be good news in the fight against dementia   The Independent
Cooling brain protein could aid search for Alzheimer\'s treatment   Daily News & Analysis
A protein activated by the cold could lead to breakthrough Alzheimer's treatment ...   Alzheimer's Society
Western Morning News   
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Telegraph.co.uk
   
AstraZeneca cheers 'second shot on goal' for heart drug   
Telegraph.co.uk
AstraZeneca has cheered a "second shot on goal" for its heart pill, Brilinta, the blood thinner it hopes will become a blockbuster drug. The Anglo-Swedish drug maker said a major clinical trial on 21,000 patients showed that Brilinta reduced the risk of ...

The Clot Thickens: AstraZeneca Gets Boost From Bloodthinner Trial, But..   Wall Street Journal (blog)
AstraZeneca heart drug boosted by major clinical trial success   Reuters
AstraZeneca's Brilinta Heart Drug Boosted by Trial Result   Bloomberg
PMLiVE   
Stock Market Wire   
Nasdaq   
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South Wales Guardian
   
Watchdog warns over cancer care 'confusion' after NHS shake-up   
Yorkshire Post
Controversial NHS reforms and squeezed budgets risk stalling advances in fighting cancer, a spending watchdog warns today. In a report highlighting the starkly lower survival chances of poorer and older patients, the National Audit Office (NAO) said action ...

20000 cancer deaths every year could be avoided - Old and poor 'get worse ...   Daily Mail
Fewer people are dying from cancer in Wales despite a rise in diagnosed cases ...   WalesOnline
Cancer deaths under 80 'will be eradicated'   The Times (subscription)
Daily News & Analysis   
The Courier   
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NHS Choices
   
Napping 'key' to babies' memory and learning   
NHS Choices
"The key to learning and memory in early life is a lengthy nap, say scientists," BBC News reports. The scientists were interested in babies' abilities to remember activities and events. They carried out a study involving 216 babies, who took part in trials to see ...

Sleeping helps consolidate learning in infants   gulfnews.com
Napping helps infants develop their memory   OnMedica
Babies' memory improves after a nap, new study finds   Toronto Star
Philly.com   
Zee News   
Chicago Defender   
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Stoke Sentinel
   
'NHS is being used as a political football'   
Stoke Sentinel
WE know we are getting close to election time when the two main parties start to use the NHS as a political football. The object of the game is, the one that can promise to pour the most money into the NHS will get your vote. Isn't our nation's health far more ...

Two parties, two flawed sets of plans for the NHS   The Independent
A&E Crisis: GP surgeries opening at weekends to relieve A&E pressure   getwestlondon
Labour calls for a GP in all major A&E departments   Pulse
YOURTHUROCK   
Thurrock Gazette   
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