2015年2月14日 星期六

2015-02-15 U.K. Health


The Guardian
   
A voice for Britain's dementia sufferers: how our campaign has built awareness   
The Guardian
Two months ago, Nicci Gerrard wrote about her campaign to allow more visiting time for loved ones with dementia. It provoked a huge response. Joy and Tony Watson. Joy Watson, pictured with husband Tony, was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease two ...

No cure for dementia survivors? That has to change, says Bafta-winning actress ...   Daily Mail
What is it like to have Alzheimer's disease?   hngnews.com
Banner Alzheimer's Institute offers monthly webinars featuring dementia education   Ahwatukee Foothills News

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Daily Mail
   
Court allows doctors to withhold chemo from terminally ill teen despite pleas ...   
Daily Mail
A judge has allowed doctors to withhold chemotherapy from a terminally ill teenager with weeks to live despite desperate pleas from his mother to continue treatment. The 18-year-old, who was diagnosed with a brain tumour by the time he was one, is now ...

Brain tumour son 'has weeks left'   Somerset County Gazette

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Telegraph.co.uk
   
Warning contaminated spice could cause death   
Herald Scotland
A new food scare involving contamination of the spice with nuts could be more serious than the horse meat crisis, a leading expert has warned. A new food scare involving contamination of the spice with nuts could be more serious than the horse meat crisis, ...

Unlabelled nuts in food prompts Food Standards Agency investigation   BBC News
Stay away from curry FSA warns amid undeclared nuts scare   Telegraph.co.uk
New food supply probe could be 'more serious than horse meat scandal'   Metro
The Independent   
Daily Mail   
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VIDEO: Campaign launched to help brave Doncaster girl say her first words   
Doncaster Today
A fundraising appeal has been launched to buy a 'speaking computer' for a little girl struck down by a rare condition that has left her unable to talk or walk. Bella Malloy, aged three, is trapped in her own body by Rett Syndrome – a brain disorder that has ...


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Plymouth Herald
   
Scarlet fever cases rise sharply in Plymouth region: Parents, teachers and ...   
Plymouth Herald
Scarlet Fever is sweeping across the UK faster than at any time in 50 years, with 300 new cases registered last week and 1,265 so far this year. There have been 33 cases in Devon, Cornwall and Somerset so far this year - 40 per cent higher than in the same ...

Scarlet fever warning as figures show region has highest number of new cases ...   Grimsby Telegraph
Region worst for scarlet fever cases   Hull Daily Mail
Outbreak of scarlet fever bacterial infection   Retford Times
Bristol Post   
Gloucester Citizen   
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ITV News
   
Campaign to raise awareness of secondhand smoke dangers   
ITV News
Kent County Counci is supporting a campaign by Pubic Health England to highlight the hidden damage that secondhand smoke can cause to children's health. It follows the government's decision to end smoking in cars carrying children. Secondhand smoke ...

Smokers don't know extent of damage done   Wigan Today
Smoke-Free Policies   New York Times
Notts: Upcoming ban on smoking in cars with children   Mansfield Chad
Recombu   
Boston Standard   
Hucknall Today   
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International Business Times UK
   
Former rival scientists team up to use stem cells to mend broken hearts   
International Business Times UK
Scientists are using stem cells to develop new kinds of muscle tissues which can beat in time with a patient's damaged heart. One of the major problems with current heart surgery is that muscle tissue grafted into a heart does not always beat in time with the ...

Tests begin on 'traffic light pacemaker' that could revolutionise heart treatment   The Independent
High-Tech Tissue Could 'Mend A Broken Heart'   Orange UK News
'Traffic light pacemaker' set to revolutionize heart treatment   Business Standard
Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard   
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Telegraph.co.uk
   
When 'privatisation' of the NHS is nothing of the sort   
Telegraph.co.uk
After a week in which the Francis report on the treatment of whistleblowers in the NHS led to demands for a change in the culture of the health service, it is time to ask the question: is there any political party with a sensible idea about how health care should ...

The Observer view on whistleblowing   The Guardian
NHS whistleblower: There's no protection for those who have already spoken out   The Independent
DH considers developing tool to audit sepsis in primary care   Nursing Times
Birmingham Post   
Worcester News   
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The Guardian
   
More frozen berries recalled in Australia after hepatitis A contamination scare   
The Guardian
The frozen berry mix that has been recalled contains strawberries, raspberries and blackberries from China and blueberries from Chile. Photograph: PA/PA. Australian Associated Press. Saturday 14 February 2015 21.35 EST. Share on Facebook · Share on ...

Frozen mixed berries recalled across Australia over 'hepatitis A link'   ABC Online
Second case of hepatitis A linked to Nanna's frozen berries in NSW   Sydney Morning Herald
Four cases of Hepatitis A forces a national recall of 'Nanna's' berries imported ...   Business Insider Australia
Daily Mail   
The Australian (blog)   
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New York Times
   
Red Cross Faces Attacks at Ebola Victims' Funerals   
New York Times
Red Cross volunteers helping to safely bury people who die of Ebola in Guinea have been attacked in recent days by people attending the funerals, complicating efforts to stop the spread of the disease. The International Federation of Red Cross and Red ...

Crowds attack Ebola facility, health workers in Guinea   Reuters
Red Cross Ebola teams in Guinea attacked 10 times a month   Daily Mail
Ebola-hit Guinea asks for funds for creaking health sector   Reuters UK
Firstpost   
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