2015年4月8日 星期三

2015-04-09 U.K. Health


BBC News
   
Short people's 'DNA linked to increased heart risk'   
BBC News
The shorter you are, the greater your risk of heart problems, a team at the University of Leicester says. The study, of nearly 200,000 people, found sections of DNA that control both height and heart health. The findings, published in the New England Journal of ...

Heart attack risk is greater in short people due to genetic link   Daily Mail
Shortness 'linked to heart disease'   Belfast Telegraph
Shorter people at greater risk of heart disease, new research finds   The Guardian
The Times (subscription)   
Yahoo News UK   
The Seattle Times   
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The Independent
   
'Loneliness maps' should be used to help the most isolated people, report advises   
The Independent
Maps pinpointing where the country's loneliest people might live must be used to help focus services to those who are most isolated, according to a new report. The Campaign to End Loneliness, which compiled the report with the University of Kent, warned as ...

Ending loneliness: a map that could help target people at risk   Channel 4 News (blog)
'Loneliness Maps' Could Help Those Most Vulnerable To Social Isolation And ...   Huffington Post UK
'Loneliness maps' could be used to target people at risk   BBC News
Yorkshire Post   
LocalGov   
BBC News   
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NDTV
   
Who Ate Ebola Money? Audit Points to Irregularities > Mil   
Front Page Africa
Monrovia – At the height of the deadly Ebola outbreak, Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf declared a national emergency and set up a National Ebola Task Force to coordinate all interventions for containing and eliminating the fast-spreading epidemic.
Ebola Epidemic Hits New Low in West Africa   NBCNews.com
Ebola region sees sharp drop in new confirmed cases   CIDRAP
A Ugandan doctor describes the real 'Ebola Hot Zone'   San Francisco Bay View
Daily Mail   
Science Recorder   
Reuters   
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Techie News
   
Pomegranate juice, dates said to reduce risk of heart attacks   
Techie News
Researchers have revealed through a new research that a four-ounce glass of pomegranate juice with three dates could protect against buildup of lipids on the arterial walls by as much as 33 per cent thereby reducing chances for a heart attack. Published in ...

This is the perfect snack to reduce your heart attack risk   New York Daily News
Technion research: Pomegranate-date combination a day keeps the doctor away   Jerusalem Post Israel News
Half a glass of pomegranate and three dates a day can protect against heart ...   Daily Mail
MetroNews Canada   
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BBC News
   
Survey: GPs Don't Want Seven-Day Service   
Sky News
Most GPs are unwilling to open their surgeries for seven days a week, marking a blow for one of David Cameron's biggest promises. 04:25, UK, Thursday 09 April 2015. GP Doctor Prescription Generic. Most doctors are unwilling to open their surgeries for ...

GP workload harming care, BMA poll suggests   BBC News
Vast majority of GPs do not want their practices to open seven days a week ...   mirror.co.uk
Doctors warn increasing workloads are damaging patient care   stv.tv
Belfast Telegraph   
Scotsman   
Herald Scotland   
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Scotsman
   
Cause of Edinburgh Legionnaires outbreak a mystery   
Scotsman
Legionella Pneumophila, the bacteria which led to four deaths in the capital three years ago. Picture: Contributed. DAVID O'LEARY. 00:00 Thursday 09 April 2015. 0. Have your say. THE Crown Office has ruled that it has “proved impossible” to identify the ...

Anger over failure to prosecute over legionnaires' outbreak   The Times (subscription)
Legionnaires' inquiry fails to find source of 'mass poisoning'   Express.co.uk
Outrage at lack of Legionnaires' action   The National
BBC News   
The Guardian   
Scottish Daily Record   
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Telegraph.co.uk
   
Why long-distance runners make the best partners   
Telegraph.co.uk
Women searching for a father for their children should pick long-distance runners as they are more likely to have stronger sex drives and higher sperm counts, Cambridge University has found. Just a day after marathon runners were shown to be smarter, ...

Sexiness of a long-distance runner   Oxford Mail

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Financial Times
   
Growth in UK food banks linked to welfare cuts, study finds   
Financial Times
A clear link between the rapid expansion of food banks in the UK and cuts to welfare and other local services under the current government has been identified in an authoritative study for the British Medical Journal. A surge in the use of free food distribution ...

Food banks rise 'linked to cuts'   The Northern Echo

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BBC News
   
Breast cancer risk test devised in 77-gene analysis   
BBC News
Scientists have predicted the odds of women developing breast cancer by looking for tiny errors in their DNA. The international team analysed 77 genes. Individually they each had a low impact on cancer risk, but were a powerful combination. The findings, in ...

New DNA test could predict whether women are likely to get breast cancer   mirror.co.uk
Genetic screening could improve breast cancer prevention   European Pharmaceutical Review
DNA test gives breast cancer risk   Surrey Comet

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Stoke Sentinel
   
Pressure of job means Staffordshire is still short of nurses   
Stoke Sentinel
NORTH Staffordshire is still short of more than 20 district nurses – two years after millions of pounds of cash was ploughed into ending under-staffing. NHS commissioning bodies which stumped up the cash revealed how even the small numbers of staff ...

Health issues are expected to play a part in Staffordshire's general election   BBC News
New deal to deliver better health and social care in Staffordshire   Staff Newsletter
Conder in line for share of growth cash pot   Burton Mail

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