2015年1月23日 星期五

2015-01-24 U.K. Health


Times LIVE
   
Officials Say Ebola Cases Are Falling In West Africa   
New York Times
GENEVA — The number of people falling victim to the Ebola virus in West Africa has dropped to the lowest level in months, the World Health Organization said on Friday, but dwindling funds and a looming rainy season threaten to hamper efforts to control the ...

Just five Ebola cases left in Liberia, says government   Daily News & Analysis
Ebola numbers start to decline, but more help is needed   New York Daily News
Anger, mistrust in Guinea villages hinders battle to beat Ebola   Reuters

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NHS Choices
   
Statin use may be widening health inequalities in England   
NHS Choices
The headline is based on a new study looking at deaths from coronary heart disease in England from the years 2000 to 2007. The good news is that overall deaths from heart disease were estimated to be down by a third (34.2%) during the time period.
Mass prescription of statins 'will widen social inequalities'   The Independent
Fall in heart deaths 'due to healthy living, not statins'   Daily Mail
Statins save fewer lives than exercising and eating sensibly, say scientists   Telegraph.co.uk
Belfast Telegraph   
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The Independent
   
Doctors to trial 29-point checklist for elderly patients facing 'unavoidable' death   
The Independent
Scientists have drawn up a 29-point checklist they say will help doctors identify elderly patients facing an “imminent and unavoidable” death. Researchers at the University of New South Wales, in Sydney, Australia, insist that the checklist does not intend to ...

The DEATH test: Doctors' check list spots patients most at risk of dying within 30 ...   Daily Mail
Full checklist that makes up the 'death test'   Telegraph.co.uk
Checklist to identify near-death patients to be trialled in Sydney hospitals   The Guardian
Medscape   
HealthCanal.com   
Medical Xpress   
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The Independent
   
Implantable device helps lower high blood pressure   
CBS News
Peter Hunt says life in his English village is more enjoyable now that he's found a way to keep his resistant high blood pressure under control. The 62-year-old is enrolled in a clinical trial to test out a tiny device which he had implanted in his upper thigh two ...

'Implantable' paperclip size device can significantly lower blood pressure   New Kerala
Device Lowers Blood Pressure Significantly   Laboratory Equipment
High Blood Pressure Device   WTAJ
The Independent   
WebMD.Boots.com   
BBC News   
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New York Daily News
   
Old family yarns help coma patients recover: study   
New York Daily News
Hearing familiar stories from loved ones can help comatose patients regain consciousness faster, a new has study found. Traumatic brain injury patients who listened to recordings of family members vividly retelling old tales four times a day for six weeks saw ...

Why talking to a loved one in a coma helps them recover: Hearing stories ...   Daily Mail
Coma Patients More Likely To Wake Up If Loved Ones Call Their Names, Tell ...   Headlines & Global News
Family Stories May Help Coma Patients Recover   Doctors Lounge

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Mirror.co.uk
   
NHS crisis: 4000 beds blocked every DAY as patients have nowhere to go   
Mirror.co.uk
Record numbers have to stay in hospital because cuts mean patients have nowhere to go. More than 4,000 a day are blocking beds – a six-year high. Healthwatch chief Anna Bradley said: “This is further evidence of a system that is under growing pressure ...

A&E wait times fall as patients stay away   The Times (subscription)
Waiting times for England A&E departments improve   BBC News
A&E waiting times in England improve as attendances tumble   The Guardian
Telegraph.co.uk   
Daily Mail   
The Independent   
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Businessweek
   
Shire's $5.2 Billion Gamble Pays Off as NPS Drug Wins Approval   
Businessweek
NPS Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NPSP:US) won U.S. approval for the first drug to treat a rare hormonal abnormality, vindicating Shire Plc (SHP)'s gamble to buy the company for $5.2 billion before the outcome was publicly known. The Food and Drug ...

FDA approves NPS drug, in move validating Shire takeover deal   Reuters UK
FDA Approves Natpara® (parathyroid hormone) for Injection as an Adjunct to ...   Yahoo Finance UK
NPS Hormone Drug Gets FDA Approval   Nasdaq
RTT News   
FDA.gov   
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EntertainmentWise
   
Pippa Middleton Is Selling One Of Her Famous Dresses For Charity   
EntertainmentWise
Your rear end may not look like Pippa Middleton's, but at least you now have the chance to dress like her! Kate Middleton's little sis is auctioning off one of her most famous dresses, all in the name of sweet charity. The 31-year-old has put up for sale the red ...

How to keep your heart healthy in mid-life   The Times (subscription)
Pippa Middleton Sells Dress for Charity   People Magazine
British Land Raises £94522 for the British Heart Foundation   Property Magazine International
Bristol Post   
Plymouth Herald   
Swindon Advertiser   
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MK News
   
MACMILLAN CANCER SUPPORT: Hundreds of Milton Keynes people with ...   
MK News
Nearly half of the people from Buckinghamshire who phoned Macmillan Cancer Support for help in 2014 were from Milton Keynes. In total, 459 people in Buckinghamshire phoned the charity according to new figuresfrom the charity,. In Milton Keynes, there ...

New service to support Northamptonshire teenagers and young people affected ...   Northampton Herald and Post
440 in Worcestershire call cancer support line in 2014   Worcester News
Chard cancer survivor Gary Tanner takes part in Macmillan Cancer Support ...   Western Gazette
Coventry Observer   
North London Today   
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Halesowen News
   
Junk food, booze could follow tobacco in British push for plain packaging   
Chicago Tribune
LONDON — Plain packaging laws for cigarettes have thrown the Marlboro Man off his horse in Australia, with Britain set to follow. Junk food and alcohol could be next. Britain's plan to force tobacco companies to sell their wares in standardized packs starting ...

Tempus: the smoke signals are still hazy   The Times (subscription)
MPs to vote on cigarette packaging before May's election   Silver Surfer Today
Plain packaging proposal upsets Bristol cigarette giant Imperial Tobacco   Western Daily Press
Banbury Cake   
Burton Mail   
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