uk-hotdailynews: 2015-02-19 U.K. Health

NICE 'sets price too high for NHS medicines'
BBC News
The price the NHS in England agrees to pay for new medicines is too high, causing more harm than good overall, an analysis suggests. University of York researchers say the special cancer drugs fund is particularly poor value, diverting money from other ...

NICE is doing 'more harm than good' by offering expensive new drugs on the ...   The Independent
Expensive drugs cost lives, claims report   Financial Times
Drugs watchdog 'costs more lives than it saves'   The Times (subscription)
NICE (blog)
The Guardian
New Scientist
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Belfast Telegraph

Global Efforts On Obesity 'Unacceptably Slow'
Sky News
Experts are calling for a worldwide action plan including restrictions on how food aimed at children is marketed. 00:25, UK, Thursday 19 February 2015. An overweigth man sitting on a bench eating a fast food sandwich. Almost a third of the world's population ...

Food industry blamed over obesity   Belfast Telegraph
Which countries have the healthiest diets in the world?   Daily Mail
Obesity experts call for stricter rules on junk food ads targeted at children   The Guardian
CBC.ca
Reuters
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Telegraph.co.uk

'Sick-note' culture to be stamped out under radical new scheme
Telegraph.co.uk
Anyone ill for more than four weeks will face a fit-for-work test in a radical new scheme aimed at stamping out the “sick-note culture” which costs the economy billions of pounds each year. All GPs will be expected to refer patients to a company that will assess ...

Fitness tests to combat the culture of sicknotes: Britons who are off more than ...   Daily Mail
Stamp out sick-note culture, GPs told   The Times (subscription)

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Telegraph.co.uk

Drones could be used to seek out arteries to prevent heart attacks
Telegraph.co.uk
Scientists have carried out trials using microscopic drones that could be used to seek and repair damaged arteries, preventing heart attacks and strokes. Researchers have completed the first successful tests of nanoparticles – which are targeted to go where ...

Nano drones mend arteries: Microscopic particles that seek out and repair ...   Daily Mail
Microscopic DRONES could be used to treat heart and stroke patients in the future   Mirror.co.uk
Microscopic stealth drones could soon be repairing your blood vessels   Irish Examiner

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Mirror.co.uk

Deadly delays for 20000 cancer patients as hospitals fail to meet waiting time ...
Mirror.co.uk
Thousands more cancer patients are being failed and their chances of surviving harmed by increased delays in hospital treatment, campaigners have warned. Last year 20,755 had to wait more than the target 62 days after being referred by a GP – a quarter ...

More than 20000 cancer patients had to wait two months for treatment last year ...   Daily Mail
NHS misses patient treatment target again   The Times (subscription)
NHS missed cancer waiting times targets throughout 2014   The Independent
Belfast Telegraph
BBC News
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Drug Discovery & Development

Study Highlights Drug Targets for Allergies, Asthma
Drug Discovery & Development
Illustration of a DNA molecule that is methylated at two sites in the centre. Source: (Max Planck Institute for Informatics) Asthma affects one child in 10 in the UK, and allergies may affect one third of the population. The new findings could lead to new treatments ...

Genes study may aid allergy treatment   NEWS.com.au

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Telegraph.co.uk

Watch: Duchess of Cambridge's mental health message
Telegraph.co.uk
The Duchess of Cambridge has made it her mission to break down the “stigma” surrounding children's mental health by recording a video message for a week of charity events on the subject. She believes the “overwhelming” challenges faced by children ...

Kate, Duchess of Cambridge records video for Children's Mental Health week   Daily Mail
Duchess of Cambridge in new video message: Kate speaks out on children's ...   Mirror.co.uk
Duchess of Cambridge records child mental health message   BBC News
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Telegraph.co.uk

'Boob job' tourism advert banned
Telegraph.co.uk
The poster, which was put up at several motorway services and shopping centres around the UK, said: "Did you know ... 'Boob job' is the most popular cosmetic procedure for women". It continued: "Malaysia is proud to be amongst one of the only countries ...

'Boob job' posters banned for trivialising cosmetic surgery   The Guardian
Boob job tourism advert is banned   TravelMole
'Boob job' ad banned for trivialising cosmetic surgery   CampaignLive

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