2015年5月5日 星期二

2015-05-06 U.K. Health


Telegraph.co.uk
   
Obesity epidemic in Europe, says WHO   
Times of India
LONDON: New obesity figures for Europe to be announced on Wednesday by the World Health Organization at the European Congress on Obesity in Prague are causing alarm. The latest projections say that Europe will face an obesity crisis of enormous ...

Obesity report from WHO demands action   Irish Independent
Women's obesity timebomb laid bare: Two-thirds of them will be overweight by ...   Daily Mail

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Belfast Telegraph
   
Private health a con - cardiologist   
Belfast Telegraph
The late Bob Monkhouse once said: "I enjoy making love at 75. I live at 76 so... In my day: We quiz Michaela Chambers on the time of her life. Q. What was your... Back then: Norman's parting shot a fine memorial. Publisher Norman Johnston knew he was ...

Unethical NHS doctors drive up waiting times to attract private patients   Telegraph.co.uk
Ban NHS doctors from private work, hospital consultant says   The Guardian
NHS doctors working in private healthcare 'on the side' directly harming health ...   The Independent

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The Sun Daily
   
Ebola end in sight as weekly infections drop to single figures   
The Sun Daily
DAKAR: The two African countries still battling Ebola have both recorded weekly infections in single figures for the first time since the peak of the epidemic, the United Nations said on Tuesday. Guinea and Sierra Leone each reported nine new cases in the ...

Accountability Indeed Crucial to More Funding For Liberia > LIBER   Front Page Africa
Ebola in graphics   The Economist (blog)

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mirror.co.uk
   
Interpol warning over killer diet pills after woman's insides 'exploded like TNT'   
Sydney Morning Herald
Interpol has issued a global alert about the dangers of taking dieting pills bought online following the death of a young woman who "burnt up from the inside" after taking the tablets. Eloise Parry, 21, died in hospital in England last month after ingesting pills ...

Worldwide alert over lethal 'diet' drug DNP   Irish Examiner
Interpol issues global alert over potentially lethal diet pills   AsiaOne
'Diet pill' warning: 'I felt like I was on fire'   BBC News
Malton and Pickering Mercury   
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Reuters Canada
   
Latest draftees could benefit from new-age concussion test   
Reuters Canada
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The 2015 NFL Draft class has now been welcomed into the league, one that could grow safer as their careers unfold through new-age research into identifying concussions. Following a final settlement of a lawsuit brought by former ...


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Telegraph.co.uk
   
New Method May Spot Ovarian Cancer Earlier   
WebMD
May 5, 2015 -- A screening method that uses blood tests can detect twice as many cases of ovarian cancer as older testing methods, and that may lead to women getting diagnosed sooner, researchers say. The new approach looks at how levels of a protein ...

New Screening Technique Could Pick Up Twice As Many Ovarian Cancer ...   Scicasts (press release) (blog)
UK researchers develop new, improved ovarian cancer test   PharmaTimes
Blood test 'boost' in ovarian cancer fight   BBC News

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The Times (subscription)
   
Chewing gum blamed for death of teen   
The Times (subscription)
A teenage girl may have died because she swallowed so much chewing gum her stomach could not absorb enough minerals to keep her alive, an inquest heard yesterday. Samantha Jenkins, 19, from Llanelli, in south Wales, known as Sam, was eating at ...

Chewing gum may have played a role in 19-year-old UK woman's death, report ...   Fox News
Llanelli teen's 14-a-day chewing gum habit may have killed her   Daily Mail
Samantha Jenkins: Too much chewing gum may have played role in death of ...   mirror.co.uk
The Guardian   
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Daily Mail
   
Britain has fewer doctors and nurses than other wealthy nations   
Daily Mail
The UK has fewer doctors, nurses, hospital beds and crucial medical equipment than most other wealthy nations, a report has found. There were just 2.8 doctors and 8.2 nurses for every 10,000 people in 2012, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit ...

'Mediocre' NHS has fewer nurses and beds than other rich nations   The Times (subscription)
NHS nurse staffing levels 'lagging behind other wealthy countries'   Nursing Times
UK lagging behind most of Europe on health   OnMedica

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The Independent
   
Disbelief as sunbeds avoid total ban   
New Zealand Herald
The rejection of a call for an outright ban on commercial-sunbed use has dismayed the Cancer Society and a local skin-cancer specialist. The parliamentary health select committee has recommended a partial ban, which would limit UV tanning services to ...

Free skin cancer screening to take place May 15   Chicago Tribune
Revealed... how to tell if you have skin cancer: From bleeding, itchy moles to flat ...   Daily Mail

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Telegraph.co.uk
   
Woman gets £8 million payout for NHS operation blunder   
Telegraph.co.uk
A woman who suffered irreversible brain damage during treatment for an ectopic pregnancy has been awarded High Court damages worth £8 million. Before the tragedy in March 2010, the woman, who cannot be identified, had a full social life, worked as a ...

Pregnant woman wins £8m NHS payout after botched operation left her brain ...   mirror.co.uk
Salford Royal Hospital: Woman awarded £8m after NHS blunder   BBC News
Woman's £8M payout for botched pregnancy operation at Royal Salford Hospital   Manchester Evening News
Isle of Man Today   
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