2015年1月29日 星期四

2015-01-30 U.K. Health


The Independent
   
Lack of medically trained staff leaves NHS 111 phone service struggling to cope ...   
The Independent
The NHS 111 phone service is struggling to cope because of a shortage of medically trained staff, an insider has claimed. The call handler told ITV News that she often sends ambulances to people who she knows do not need them because she is told to do ...

Hospitals revolt risks £1bn hole in budget   The Times (subscription)
Veteran NHS campaigner: David Cameron is a hypocrite for closing A and E he ...   Full-Time Whistle
Major hospitals veto planned tariff   Belfast Telegraph
Telegraph.co.uk   
The Guardian   
Mirror.co.uk   
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Daily Mail
   
Tamiflu 'cuts hospital admissions for flu by 63% and shortens symptoms of the ...   
Daily Mail
The drug Tamiflu gets flu victims back on their feet faster and reduces complications, claim researchers after the most exhaustive investigation to date. A major analysis of all published and unpublished trials found it shortens symptoms by a day and cuts the ...

Second study raises questions over the benefits of Tamiflu   The Guardian
Antivirals speed up flu recovery and reduce complications   GP online
Tamiflu Cuts 1 Day Off Average Flu Bout, Study Finds   Philly.com
SMN Weekly   
all 26 news articles »   


Full-Time Whistle
   
Thousands of UK women could benefit from 'three-person' IVF   
Full-Time Whistle
The Church of England has said it would be irresponsible to rush through a law that would allow babies with three parents to be born. It spoke out as MPs prepare to vote on whether Britain should be the first country in the world to sanction the creation of ...

Church warns over triple-DNA babies   Your Local Guardian

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Full-Time Whistle
   
Disappointment over Ebola vaccine as virus 'mutates'   
Full-Time Whistle
Fewer than a 100 cases of the Ebola virus were confirmed in West Africa last week, according to the latest World Health Organisation (WHO) figures. The number is the lowest recorded since June but scientists in France who are tracking the outbreak have ...

Ebola virus is MUTATING, and 'could become more contagious' warn scientists   Daily Mail
Ebola has mutated: Scientists   Times of India
Ebola May Be Mutating   Yahoo News UK
Metro   
BBC News   
Sky News   
all 53 news articles »   


Daily Mail
   
Large glass of wine can raise stroke risk for the over-50s   
Daily Mail
Having one large glass of wine a day in middle age raises the risk of a stroke, warn researchers. A study of almost 12,000 twins followed for four decades found that 'heavy drinkers' – defined as those having 250ml of wine a day – had a stroke risk one-third ...

One glass of wine increases stroke risk by third   Telegraph.co.uk
How second glass of wine in middle age increases stroke risk   The Times (subscription)
Buzz Kill: 3 Daily Cocktails May Boost Stroke Risk: Study   NBCNews.com
Family Practice News Digital Network   
WLS-TV   
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ITV News
   
'Too many terminal cancer patients dying in hospital against wishes'   
ITV News
A cancer charity has said too many terminally-ill people are dying in hospitals against their wishes. Credit: Reuters. The number of terminal cancer patients who die in hospital rather than at home is placing "unnecessary strain" on the NHS, a charity has ...

Cancer deaths 'put strain on NHS'   Chard & Ilminster News

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CITY A.M.
   
AstraZeneca and Sanger leverage gene technology for drug discovery   
Business Weekly
AstraZeneca, which is building its bulk in the Cambridge UK life science cluster, is harnessing the power of bleeding edge gene editing technology to boost future drug development. It has just announced a four-pronged UK-US collaboration with leading ...

AstraZeneca bets on 'genetic scissors' for range of new drugs   Yahoo Finance UK

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BBC News
   
Dylan Seabridge, aged eight, died of scurvy, says coroner   
BBC News
Dylan Mungo Seabridge, from Dolau, Eglwyswrw, died from the disease shortly after being taken to hospital on 6 December 2011. The inquest in Milford Haven heard how he had been rushed to hospital after his father called 999 because Dylan had ...

Parents go free as scurvy kills boy, 8   Express.co.uk
Eight-year-old boy died of scurvy after parents failed to seek medical help for ...   Mirror.co.uk
Boy died from scurvy when his parents thought he was suffering growing pains   Metro
WalesOnline   
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Full-Time Whistle
   
More on cancer and its prevention   
The Hindu
Did you know that only 5 to 10 per cent of cancers were hereditary and that the rest were caused by our living conditions? Did you ever think that the greasy food you eat is as dangerous as tobacco or liquor when it comes to cancer? And to think that hot food ...

Portsmouth GPs Urge People Not to Ignore Heartburn   AboutMyArea
Four-week cancer awareness campaign launched in Gloucestershire   Gazette Series
Heartburn could be a sign of cancer - survey   New Zealand Herald

all 20 news articles »   


OnMedica
   
Tomorrow's NHS strike called off   
OnMedica
Planned strikes tomorrow by health workers in England and Northern Ireland over pay have been suspended after the Government offered to increase the pay of most NHS staff pay by one per cent. Members of UNISON, the GMB and Unite were due to strike ...

Nurse and midwife strike action suspended after new pay offer   Nursing Times
“Lives are being put at risk” says Unison on Ambulance Service strikes   Team Locals
Health union confirms strike will proceed   U.TV
Torquay Herald Express   
Pontefract and Castleford Express   
Nursing Standard   
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