2015年3月18日 星期三

2015-03-19 U.K. Health


The Times (subscription)
   
Placenta 'smoothie' mother in court over hygiene fears   
The Times (subscription)
A woman offering new mothers the chance to drink their placentas in the form of “smoothies” has been taken to court by health officials. Kathryn Beale, a mother of two from Swindon, had been turning placenta into “smoothies” and pills for new mothers but ...

Placenta smoothie business investigated by Wiltshire health officials   The Guardian
Woman who makes £25 smoothies for new mothers from their own dried and ...   Daily Mail
Mother investigated raw human placenta smoothies   Metro
Bournemouth Echo   
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Washington state mulls steep tax, other restrictions on e-cigarettes   
Daily Mail
SEATTLE, March 18 (Reuters) - Washington state lawmakers are considering imposing a steep tax and other restrictions on the sale of e-cigarettes, legislation the bill's sponsor said on Wednesday would be the toughest in the nation. The bill is the latest effort ...


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Telegraph.co.uk
   
Morbidly obese people will be given the flu jab for free   
mirror.co.uk
The only people currently entitled are pregnant women, young children, those aged 65 or older and people with certain medical conditions like HIV or chronic heart disease. But Public Health England and the government's vaccine advisory committee believe ...

Morbidly obese people should be given free flu jabs, says health advisory ...   The Independent
Morbidly obese should be given free flu jab, say health experts   Telegraph.co.uk
Morbidly obese should be given FREE flu jab because they are at greater risk   Daily Mail
The Guardian   
BBC News   
Belfast Telegraph   
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Telegraph.co.uk
   
A mother's love can be as beneficial as breastfeeding   
Telegraph.co.uk
Dear Darling Offspring,. Thank you for a lovely Mother's Day. It was good of you to take time off from (a) the Chelsea match, and (b) Netflix to sign my cards after Daddy had bought them. I'm so pleased, Tom, that you are glad I took on “the challenge” of being ...

Emily Kaye Lazzaro: If you're not my baby, I don't want to hear your opinions on ...   New Zealand Herald
15 awesome things no one tells you about breastfeeding   Metro
Biglaw Mommy: Privacy Please   Above the Law
Bustle   
Daily Life   
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BBC News
   
Vagina piercings count as FGM, even if you're a consenting adult   
BBC News
All women who have a pierced vagina will be classified as having suffered female genital mutilation (FGM), the Department of Health says. Even if an adult consents to having it done, she will still be said to have undergone a "harmful procedure".
FGM: Women with vaginal piercings to be classed as victims of 'genital mutilation ...   mirror.co.uk
Women with vagina piercings will be recorded as suffering FGM under new NHS ...   The Independent
Vaginal Piercings To Be Classed As FGM Under New NHS Guidelines   Huffington Post UK
Care Appointments   
Cosmopolitan UK   
International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics   
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mirror.co.uk
   
Asthmatics And Elderly On Toxic Smog Alert   
Sky News
People with respiratory conditions have been warned to take care and carry their reliever inhalers with them "at all times". 02:46, UK, Thursday 19 March 2015. London Air pollution. Last year's smog in London caused by a Sahara dust storm. Share on Twitter ...

Asthma suffers warned over heavy air pollution hitting Scotland   Herald Scotland
Health alert as potentially lethal smog hits Britain   Telegraph.co.uk
Calls for free buses after Scots air pollution rise   Scotsman
WalesOnline   
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ABC Online
   
Australia's plain packaging laws successful, studies show   
ABC Online
The first comprehensive evaluation of Australia's ground-breaking plain packaging tobacco laws shows they are working, the Victorian Cancer Council says. Fourteen separate studies on the impact of plain packaging in its first year were published today in a ...

Plain packets helping smokers quit: study   NEWS.com.au
Research finds plain packaging keeps smoking urge under wraps   Sydney Morning Herald
'Stunning' victory over smoking   The New Daily
Global Times   
The Guardian   
Perth Now   
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The Guardian
   
Diet with more fruit, fish and nuts cuts heart attack risk, say researchers   
The Guardian
Healthy diet was associated with significant falls in blood pressure, a reduction in heart rate and a fall in cholesterol levels. Photograph: WestEnd61/Rex Features. Press Association. Wednesday 18 March 2015 13.13 EDT Last modified on Wednesday 18 ...

Sensible diet cuts heart attack risk in months   The Times (subscription)
Healthy Diet May Reduce Risk Of Heart Disease By A Third   University Herald
Eating fruit and veg reduces heart attack risk by a third reveals new survey   mirror.co.uk
Herald Scotland   
News-Medical.net   
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Daily Mail
   
Welsh NHS board tells patients to buy your OWN drugs   
Daily Mail
A Welsh NHS board is today urging patients to buy over the counter medication rather than rely on free prescriptions, to save money. Betsi Cadwaladr health board, which covers north Wales, has asked GPs to reduce 'unnecessary prescribing of simple ...

Betsi Cadwaladr board's communication 'bad' - BMA   BBC News
Betsi Babies: Fears over A55 overnight road closures   Daily Post North Wales
Health Board urges sick people in North Wales to 'buy over-the-counter drugs'   News North Wales
WalesOnline   
ITV News   
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Metro
   
Pure Gym in Cambridge: Sexist computer assumed this woman, Dr Louise Selby ...   
Metro
A gym has been forced to apologise recently after its computer system was shown to have a rather nasty sexist streak. Dr Louise Selby was locked out of the female changing room of Pure Gym in Cambridge because everyone who registers with the title 'Dr' is ...

Female doctor locked out of Pure Gym after computer assumed she was a man   Daily Mail
Gym mix up assumes anyone with a 'Dr' title would be a man   ITV News
Cambridge paediatrician's outrage at Pure Gym system assuming all doctors are ...   Cambridge News

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