2015年1月22日 星期四

2015-01-23 U.K. Health


BBC News
   
High blood pressure treatment device 'promising'   
BBC News
A device the size of a paper clip inserted in the groin has shown promising results in lowering blood pressure, scientists say. In a study of 83 patients, published in The Lancet, those who received the device experienced an immediate reduction in blood ...

'Revolutionary' paperclip size device found to significantly lower high blood ...   The Independent
Cure for high blood pressure! Drug-free implant will help to save millions of lives   Express.co.uk
New Device to Lower Resistant High Blood Pressure Shows Early Promise   Forbes
Yahoo News UK   
Medical Xpress   
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The Independent
   
Mass prescription of statins 'will widen social inequalities'   
The Independent
Prescribing statins to more people could have the unintended effect of “widening social inequalities”, a new study has claimed. The cholesterol-lowering drugs, which are set to be prescribed to millions more in the UK, have saved 50 per cent more lives ...

Fall in heart deaths 'due to healthy living, not statins'   Daily Mail
Treatments 'prevented early deaths'   Belfast Telegraph
Lowering blood pressure and cholesterol saved 20000 lives in England   Science Codex
Telegraph.co.uk   
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New York Times
   
Fast Track on Drug for Ebola Has Faltered   
New York Times
As Ebola raged through West Africa last summer, an experimental drug was tried for the first time on two American aid workers in Liberia who were gravely ill with the virus. Both recovered, one of them rapidly. Though it could not be said for sure that the drug, ...

Ebola Vaccine Trials To Begin In West Africa   Sky News
Sierra Leone lifts Ebola quarantine measures amid progress   Daily Mail
NIH to Start Ebola Vaccine Study With Glaxo, Merck   Wall Street Journal
Businessweek   
CTV News   
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PharmaTimes
   
CQC puts three GP practices in special measures   
PharmaTimes
In an unprecedented move, three GP surgeries in England have been placed into special measures by the Care Quality Commission and face closure if they continue to fail to meet normal quality standards. The NHS watchdog said that five practices in all ...

Professor Steve Field: The quality of GP services is good   GP online
GP practices in special measures   BBC News
Privatised NHS care 'worst ever seen'   The Times (subscription)
Yorkshire Post   
Daily Mail   
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Telegraph.co.uk
   
Mothers banned from breastfeeding at breastfeeding conference   
Telegraph.co.uk
Mothers invited to a Scottish Government-backed breastfeeding conference were left angry and bemused after being told that they would not be allowed to breastfeed their babies. Organisers for the event, titled “Shifting the Curve - Sharing the Challenge ...

Mothers told they can't breastfeed at breastfeeding conference   Daily Mail
Mothers prevented from breastfeeding their children, at a conference designed ...   The Independent
Breastfeeding mums banned from nursing children - at BREASTFEEDING ...   Mirror.co.uk
Scottish Daily Record   
Yahoo Parenting   
Newry Times   
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The Guardian
   
Claims NHS sinking like Titanic rubbished by Tories as scaremongering   
Bromsgrove Standard
CLAIMS have been made the NHS is sinking like the Titanic and the Conservative group is ignoring the issues. Coun Joe Baker spoke out during a debate on the pressure on hospitals amidst widespread media coverage of problems with A&E capacity.
NHS waiting times for cancer treatment and and routine operations 'will be worse ...   The Independent
A&e problems 'spreading across nhs'   Daily Mail
Think-tank warns over 'critical' condition of NHS   Financial Times
The Guardian   
Nursing Times   
OnMedica   
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The Guardian
   
Partners can worsen childbirth pains for the intimacy-averse, study finds   
The Guardian
The presence of a partner had no significant effect on the pain felt by women who sought intimacy from their relationships. Photograph: Getty Images. Ian Sample, science editor. @iansample. Tuesday 20 January 2015 19.01 EST. Share on Facebook · Share ...

Giving birth might be more painful if partner is in the room   Saskatoon StarPhoenix

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Daily Mail
   
Toddler wins damages after mother died hours after being sent home from hospital   
Daily Mail
A distressed mother died just hours after being sent home from A&E by a doctor who said her crippling pain was caused by holding her young daughter the wrong way. The junior doctor prescribed Nadia Wearn painkillers, telling her that she was suffering ...

Hospital payout over heart attack mum told pain was 'bad posture'   Express.co.uk
Mum told pains were caused by holding baby wrong - hours later she died of ...   Mirror.co.uk
'There are no winners here' – family's heartache as three year old awarded ...   Shields Gazette
Opposing Views   
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Express.co.uk
   
Long-lost friend gets back in touch to help boy fight brain tumour   
Express.co.uk
CHILDHOOD friends who lost touch more than 10 years ago have been reunited after one was diagnosed with a brain tumour. Published: 00:01, Fri, January 23, 2015. By Geoff Maynard. Joanne and Neil CATERS. Joanna with old school friend Neil, who has ...

Childhood friends reunited after a decade apart following cancer diagnosis   Mirror.co.uk
Neil Vines back with best friend after she heard he'd been diagnosed with a tumour   Daily Mail
Personal trainer Neil Vines reunited with best friend Joanna Meadows after she ...   Metro
Yahoo News UK   
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Daily Mail
   
Gluten illness among children triples... but those from poor families are only half ...   
Daily Mail
The number of young children diagnosed with coeliac disease – where they react to gluten in food – has tripled in the last 20 years, say researchers. But poorer children are only half as likely to be diagnosed with the condition as those from wealthier families.
Coeliac cases in children triple in UK over 20 years   Irish Times
Rise in childhood coeliac diagnoses   Worcester News

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