2015年5月19日 星期二

2015-05-20 U.K. Health


The Independent
   
'Too Many People Are Dying Without Dignity'   
Sky News
A new report into end-of-life care across England highlights "appalling" breaches in patients' final hours. 03:15, UK, Wednesday 20 May 2015. Peter Buckle's wife Wendy. Wendy Buckle died at home in Warwickshire from a brain tumour in 2011. Share on ...

End-of-life care letting people down - health ombudsman   BBC News
Too many are dying without dignity, health ombudsman warns   Telegraph.co.uk
Terminally ill patients should be given the right to die at home, says harrowing ...   The Independent
The Guardian   
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The Guardian
   
Video game link to psychiatric disorders suggested by study   
The Guardian
People who regularly play action video games could be at increased risk of developing neurological and psychiatric disorders, a study suggests. We're saying 'Hey, wait, there might be a serious risk with them'. Prof Greg West. The research, published in a ...

Playing action-based video games could make you more prone to mental ...   The Independent
Study sheds new light on the impact of video gaming on the brain   NorthumberlandView.ca

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ABC Online
   
Bullied kids have higher risk of adult obesity and heart disease   
ABC Online
Long-term impact People who have been bullied as children are more likely to be overweight or obese as adults and have a higher risk of developing heart disease, diabetes and other illnesses, according to a study by British psychiatrists. Researchers found ...

Bullying in childhood to blame for one million obese Britons   Telegraph.co.uk
School bullying can have fatal effects - research   New Zealand Herald

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Telegraph.co.uk
   
Why falling in love is similar to being drunk   
Telegraph.co.uk
Poets, songwriters and authors have written of the intoxicating effect of falling in love. But a new study suggests that the love hormone oxytocin has similar affects to being drunk, and not just the more pleasant aspects of inebriation. Researchers found that not ...

Love hormone oxytocin is similar to alcohol and makes us more trusting   Daily Mail
Public Release: 19-May-2015 The dark side of the 'love hormone'; similarities ...   EurekAlert (press release)
'Drunk In Love' Now Backed By Science, As Alcohol And Oxytocin Show Similar ...   Medical Daily

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Telegraph.co.uk
   
Mentally ill are not police's responsibility, says Theresa May   
Telegraph.co.uk
Theresa May will pledge to free up police officers from having to care for people with mental health issues with millions of pounds to provide beds. Police have complained of effectively playing the role of health workers when called to deal with vulnerable ...

Theresa May pledges £15m to keep mentally ill people out of police cells   The Guardian
Mentally ill will not be held in cells   The Times (subscription)
Lakewood police have built community trust   TheNewsTribune.com

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BBC News
   
UK children becoming obese at younger ages   
BBC News
The average age at which people in the UK first become obese is decreasing, figures show. University College London researchers looked at data from more than 56,000 people born in Britain between 1946 and 2001. They found a clear shift over time, with ...

Children born since 1990 three times more likely to be overweight or obese - study   Irish Independent
90s children are THREE times as likely to be obese as their parents   Daily Mail
Second Opinion: Stop stigmatising obesity and start attacking the causes   Irish Times
WalesOnline   
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Daily Mail
   
T-Cells captured fighting (and beating) cancer cells inside the body   
Daily Mail
A dramatic video of immune system 'hit men' hunting down and destroying cancer cells has been released by scientists. Researchers used state-of-the-art imaging techniques to capture the ruthless 'killer' T-cells at work. Killer, or cytotoxic, T-cells are white ...

'Serial killers' attack cancer cell in video   CBC.ca
'The cancer assassin': Video shows white blood cell targeting, killing cancer cell   CTV News
Researchers capture video of cytotoxic T cells hunting down, eliminating cancer ...   Techie News

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Belfast Telegraph
   
Cholesterol drugs may curb strokes among low-risk older adults   
Reuters
(Reuters Health) - Cholesterol-lowering drugs such as statins may reduce the risk of stroke in low-risk elderly patients, a French study suggests. People who took statins or fibrates, another type of cholesterol-lowering medicine, were 34 percent less likely to ...

Taking statins linked with 30% lower stroke risk   Nursing Times

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The Australian Financial Review
   
Does asthma protect against lethal prostate cancer?   
The Australian Financial Review
Surprisingly, a study has shown men with asthma are less likely to have aggressive prostate cancer or die from the disease. Researchers from Johns Hopkins University were expecting the opposite result. They thought immune system conditions characteristic ...

Men with hay-fever more likely to have prostate cancer - but those with asthma ...   mirror.co.uk

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AsiaOne
   
Is nicotine all bad?   
AsiaOne
A man participates in a test in the 'smoking laboratory' at Bristol University in England May 1, 2015. Wednesday, May 20, 2015. Reuters By Kate Kelland. Since he ditched Marlboro Lights five years ago, Daniel's fix is fruit-flavored nicotine gum that comes in ...

Addicted to nicotine or tech? E-cigs an accessory, not a solution   University of Pittsburgh The Pitt News
Beijing to introduce tough anti-smoking laws amid scepticism over enforcement ...   ABC Online
What's Driving the War on E-Cigarettes?   National Review Online

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