2015年4月14日 星期二

2015-04-15 U.K. Health


Belfast Telegraph
   
Study probes new Alzheimer's cause   
Belfast Telegraph
A study using mice has uncovered a possible new cause of Alzheimer's disease, and suggests a drug currently being investigated in human clinical trials to treat cancer could prevent the illness.
Brain aging: 5 ways to stay sharp   CBC.ca
Alzheimer's breakthrough raises hopes of drug to reverse symptoms   The Times (subscription)
Immune system link to Alzheimer's disease: US study   Bangkok Post
Headlines & Global News   
Doctors Lounge   
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The Northern Echo
   
One in three GPs 'want out' within five years   
The Northern Echo
ONE in three GPs in the North-East and North Yorkshire are considering retirement within the next five years, according to a shock new survey. The figures confirm the worst fears of North-East doctors' leaders. There are also major concerns that nearly a third ...

Third of GPs considering retirement in next five years   ITV News
NHS stress: a third of GPs plan to retire in next five years   The Guardian
Third of GPs 'considering retiring'   Belfast Telegraph
BBC News   
Herald Scotland   
Scotsman   
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CBS Local
   
Tanning Beds Can Spread Herpes And Other Pathogens, Doctors Warn   
CBS Local
WESTWOOD, N.J. (CBSNewYork) — If you're thinking about hitting a tanning bed to get a head start on your summer tan, you might want to think again. As CBS2's Tracee Carrasco reported, doctors say bacteria and viruses can lurk inside those beds ...

Tanning beds can harbour herpes and faecal bacteria, expert warns   The Independent
How you could catch HERPES from a sunbed   Daily Mail
Herpes From a Tanning Bed? It's Possible   Yahoo Health

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Live Science
   
Are Health Apps Harmful or Helpful? Experts Debate   
Live Science
Increasing your anxiety, raising your risk for a misdiagnosis, maybe even turning yourself into a hypochondriac — yep, there's an app for that. Health apps are ubiquitous, but do they do more harm than good? Some doctors are beginning to ask whether these ...

Report Questions Whether Health Apps Benefit Healthy People   New York Times (blog)
How so-called health apps could actually be causing us stress: Doctors warn ...   Daily Mail
Medics split on health app benefits   Perth Now
The Independent   
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Daily Mail
   
Raymond Allen who brought KFC to Britain admits he thinks 'it's dreadful'   
Daily Mail
The businessman who brought KFC to the UK but has only ever eaten it once, says he will not go again and branded the fast-food chain 'dreadful.' Raymond Allen - who is only a handful of people in the world to know its secret recipe - opened the first ...

Man Who Brought KFC to England Says He Won't Eat There   ABC News
'KFC is dreadful', admits man who brought it to the UK, 'I would not go in there'   The Independent
'I will never eat KFC again,' vows man who brought it to Britain   Telegraph.co.uk
Scotsman   
Express.co.uk   
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Nursing Times
   
Young type 1 diabetes patients at higher risk of admission   
Nursing Times
Children with type 1 diabetes are almost five times more likely than others to be admitted to hospital for any reason, according to research in Wales. Pre-school children and those from disadvantaged backgrounds are most at risk, suggest findings from a study ...

Kids with type 1 diabetes almost five times as likely to be hospitalised   University of Bristol
Kids with Type 1 diabetes face much higher hospitalization rates   WFMJ

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Telegraph.co.uk
   
NHS union votes to ballot to strike if '7 day NHS' means pay cuts   
Telegraph.co.uk
Nurses, cleaners and porters have voted to ballot on strike action if plans for a “seven-day NHS” mean workers lose pay boosts for working unsocial hours. The Conservatives have pledged to introduce a “truly seven-day NHS” with more consultants working ...

Unison member claims NHS pay strikers were 'punished' by managers   Nursing Times
NHS staff at Unison health conference say, fight the cuts   Socialist Worker

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Scotsman
   
Dementia and stroke funding in UK 'too low'   
Scotsman
THE amount of money spent on research into dementia and stroke in the UK is still far too low, health experts have said. Analysis of funding for research into the four main causes of death and disability in the UK - cancer, heart disease, dementia and stroke ...

Dementia and stroke funding remains too low, say experts   OnMedica
Oxford scientists call for more funding for Dementia research   ITV News
Dementia research gets 13 times less funding than cancer, figures show   Telegraph.co.uk
Belfast Telegraph   
Rochdale Online   
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NW Evening Mail
   
BIG DEBATE: Putting cancer at top of agenda   
NW Evening Mail
APRIL is bowel cancer awareness month. Someone dies from the disease in the UK every 30 minutes but it is treatable when diagnosed at an early stage. The only problem is that only nine per cent of patients are diagnosed at the early stage. Now one ...

Gene analysis to help target bowel cancer treatment   The National
Why it's vital to get symptoms checked out   Portsmouth News
Queen's Uni Leads The Way In Precision Cancer Medicine   4ni.co.uk
PharmaTimes   
Phys.Org   
Belfast Telegraph   
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The Guardian
   
NHS funding: plenty of manifesto pledges, but fewer firm figures   
The Guardian
'The NHS consistently achieves more (reducing mortality rates) with proportionately less,' writes Professor Colin Pritchard. Photograph: David Sillitoe for the Guardian. Letters. Monday 13 April 2015 13.55 EDT Last modified on Monday 13 April 2015 19.03 ...

David Taylor-Gooby: NHS five-year plan has wide support - but how do we pay ...   The Journal
Tory plans for same day GP access for elderly come under fire   OnMedica
Tories promise same-day GP appointments for over-75s   Pulse
GP online   
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