2015年5月20日 星期三

2015-05-21 U.K. Health


Isle of Man Today
   
Warning on seven-day surgeries   
Isle of Man Today
Ministers must stop their "surreal obsession" with wanting to see GPs' surgeries opening seven days a week, one of the UK's most senior doctors will warn today. Dr Chaand Nagpaul, the British Medical Association's (BMA) GP committee chairman, will ...


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Telegraph.co.uk
   
MPs took tobacco firms' gifts before packaging vote   
Telegraph.co.uk
MPs and peers accepted gifts from the tobacco industry, such as tickets to the men's final at Wimbledon and the opera at Glyndebourne, before voting against plain packaging, an investigation has found. It emerged that 38 MPs have received a total of £60,000 ...

Big tobacco hosted UK MPs to stall legislation   Times of India
MPs accept tobacco industry hospitality worth £60000 - including a Paul ...   The Independent
British MPS 'took tobacco firm hospitality'   Irish Examiner
Daily Mail   
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Mirror.co.uk
   
NHS failing thousands of cancer patients as they are being treated too slowly   
Mirror.co.uk
The NHS is failing thousands of cancer patients by treating them too slowly, a charity has warned. Guidelines say at least 85% of patients should start treatment within 62 days of being referred for suspected cancer. But new figures show the target was missed ...

More NHS hospitals breach waiting times for cancer treatment   The Guardian
NHS failing cancer patients as waiting numbers highest since records began   Daily Mail
Warnings Over Cancer Treatment Delays   Yahoo News UK

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Telegraph.co.uk
   
Links between hay fever, asthma and prostate cancer inconclusive   
Thorne Gazette
"Men with hay fever are more likely to have prostate cancer – but those with asthma are more likely to survive it," the Daily Mirror reports. Those were the puzzling and largely inconclusive findings of a new study looking at these three conditions. Researchers ...

Harvard Study Says Daily Orgasm Helps Keep Out Prostate Cancer For Men ...   International Business Times AU
An orgasm a day could keep prostate cancer at bay   Telegraph.co.uk
Men who ejaculate often are less likely to develop prostate cancer, study finds   The Independent
Newsmax   
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Irish Examiner
   
Prolonged paracetamol 'risk to unborn boys'   
Irish Examiner
Prolonged paracetamol use by pregnant women may reduce testosterone production in their unborn sons, research has found. Scientists at the University of Edinburgh said their study adds to existing evidence that too much paracetamol in pregnancy may ...

Paracetamol/Tylenol in pregnancy may lower testosterone in boys   AsiaOne
Pregnancy paracetamol 'risk for unborn sons'   The Times (subscription)
Painkiller fertility risk to unborn baby boys   Herald

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BBC News
   
Nurse: 'Wish I could do more for the dying'   
BBC News
When someone close to you is terminally ill it's difficult enough without having to deal with poor care from the hospital as well. Newsbeat listeners have been sharing their stories after a report found thousands of dying patients are suffering needlessly.
Quality of Death   The Times (subscription)
Bolton Hospice calls for better work with NHS after catalogue of dying patient ...   This Is Lancashire
UK: Dying without Dignity   Docuticker

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GMA News
   
Toymaker makes inclusive dolls with hearing aids, canes, wheelchairs   
GMA News
A British 3D-printed toy company is making inclusive accessories for its doll line as part of a campaign to embrace human diversity. Makielab, the first firm to make 3D-printed toys at retail, said it is expanding its accessory range for its create-your-own Makies ...

Toy maker creates toys to resemble kids with disabilities   Stuff.co.nz
New dolls aim to embrace disabilities   iAfrica.com
#ToyLikeMe: Toy-Making Company to Sell 'Beautiful' Dolls With Disabilities ...   Gospel Herald
PSFK (blog)   
Women24   
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Empire State Tribune
   
Children born beginning 1990 are three times more likely to be overweight or ...   
Empire State Tribune
Researchers at the University College London (UCL) reported children who were born since the year 1990 are three times more prone to be overweight and obese, compared to those who were born earlier. The prevalence of increasing health problems like ...

Obese 4-5 year olds likely to remain overweight throughout their primary school life   HealthCanal.com
90s kids more likely to be overweight or obese   NHS Choices
Motherlode | Parents Don't Notice Extra Pounds on Overweight Children   New York Times (blog)
BBC News   
Irish Times   
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AsiaOne
   
UPDATE 1-South Korea confirms second case of MERS virus; third case possible   
Reuters
... * Wife of the first patient positive for MERS; both stable. * Another who shared hospital room has fever -officials. * WHO says 1,118 cases globally, 423 deaths (Adds more details and quotes). By Meeyoung Cho. SEOUL, May 21 (Reuters) - South Korean ...

South Korea confirms second case of MERS virus; third case possible   Daily Mail
1st Korean MERS Virus Infections Confirmed   The Chosun Ilbo

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European Pharmaceutical Review
   
Clinical trials need a booster shot: Doctors   
Times of India
MUMBAI: Smita, a former patient of brain tumour, considers herself lucky that she was able to undergo a special form of radiotherapy six years ago. "I was inducted into a clinical trial that was evaluating the merits of a focused radiation technique," said Smita ...

NHS pressures at risk of stifling cancer research, says report   HealthCanal.com
Regrets? Opting out of clinical trials may prompt more than a few   Satellite PR News (press release)
Clinical drug trials need healthy dose of transparency   TheChronicleHerald.ca

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