2015年8月17日 星期一

2015-08-18 U.K. Health


Telegraph.co.uk
   
Fast food contains more salt abroad, holidaymakers warned   
Telegraph.co.uk
Fast food in popular chain restaurants can be more unhealthy on holiday, parents have been warned, after a survey found that children's meals can have double the amount of salt abroad as they do in Britain. A study by World Action on Salt and Health ...

KFC and McDonald's use widely varying levels of salt in same children's meals   The Guardian
Fast food salt levels vary from country to country amid calls for cuts   Belfast Telegraph

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BBC News
   
Call to punish GPs over antibiotics   
BBC News
"Soft-touch" and "hazardous" doctors should be disciplined for prescribing too many antibiotics, a leading NHS figure says. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence's Prof Mark Baker said 10 million prescriptions a year were inappropriate ...
Antibiotic Misuse 'Causes Rise In Superbugs'   Sky News
'Soft touch' doctors should be disciplined for over-prescribing antibiotics   Telegraph.co.uk
NHS watchdog warns on overprescribing of antibiotics   Financial Times
The Guardian   
The Independent   
The Australian (blog)   
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The Independent
   
Coeliac disease: Patient groups defend NHS spending on gluten-free food for ...   
The Independent
Patient groups have denied that sufferers of coeliac disease are receiving “junk food” on the NHS and said the millions spent on prescriptions for gluten-free foods are a cost-effective way of treating a debilitating autoimmune condition. Government ...
It's insane for NHS to dole out junk food because it is gluten-free   Daily Mail
Gluten free or not the NHS shouldn't be handing out cakes and pasties   Mirror.co.uk
The NHS Has Been Prescribing Hundreds of Thousands of Gluten-Free Pizzas   Munchies_ Food by VICE
Telegraph.co.uk   
The Times (subscription)   
British Baker   
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TV3.ie
   
Embarrassed women choose Google over doctor's visit   
TV3.ie
Young women are too embarrassed to talk to their doctor about sex, it's been found. Previous: [VIDEO] Girl Undresses in Public for Courageous Cause. Next: Vitamin B3 helps fight junk food. Opening up to a stranger about an intimate or embarrassing ...

Young women avoid discussing sex with GP over fears of saying 'vagina' and ...   Telegraph.co.uk
Our Fear Of 'Vagina' Is Stopping Us Seeing The Doctor   The Debrief
Long-term Survival for Ovarian Cancer Higher Than Thought   Medscape
Independent Online   
Techie News   
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Zee News
   
Coffee link to surviving bowel cancer   
9news.com.au
Drinking four or more cups of coffee a day can increase the chances of surviving bowel cancer. A study of 950 treated patients found those who had a minimum of four cups of caffeinated coffee a day were 42 per cent less likely to have a tumour ...
Study finds that coffee could prevent colon cancer from returning   The Week Magazine
Drinking coffee could prevent colon cancer's return   New Vision
Bowel cancer re-occurrence slashed by drinking coffee, study claims   Mirror.co.uk
Newsday   
Belfast Telegraph   
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PPP Focus.com
   
Violent video games trigger aggression   
PPP Focus.com
Appelbaum is referring, in part, to the task force's conclusion that playing violent video games is just one of many “risk factors” for aggression leading to violent or destructive behavior. At the end of the day, this 49-page report confirms that the ...
Do video games make people violent?   BBC News
American Psychological Association claims video games trigger aggressive behaviour   Daily Mail
Violent video games lead to aggression: study   Sky News Australia
Telegraph.co.uk   
The Independent   
CBS News   
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Daily Mail
   
A daily asprin may slash bowel cancer risk for obese people   
Daily Mail
An aspirin a day could reduce the risk of cancer for millions of overweight Britons. A ten-year British study discovered that the cheap painkiller dramatically cut the chances of developing bowel cancer in obese men and women. After regularly taking ...
Aspirin could cancel out cancer risk of being obese   The Times (subscription)
Taking aspirin 'can help overweight people combat cancer'   Halstead Gazette
Aspirin reduces bowel cancer risk in obese patients: study   Bangkok Post
Scotsman   
PPP Focus.com   
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Daily Caller
   
New Study Busts Myth Of E-Cigarettes As Gateway To Teen Smoking   
Daily Caller
There is no link between the surge in teens taking up e-cigarettes and then transferring to regular tobacco, according to the anti-smoking group Action on Smoking and Health. Published in the journal Public Health and conducted with polling company ...

E-cigs don't lead to young people taking up smoking   Lancashire Telegraph
Smoking vs. Vaping: Vaporizers May Lessen Damage Associated With Smoke Inhalation   Medical Daily
Young people are 'vaping' more and smoking less. We're still trying to work ...   Irish Examiner
OnMedica   
Softpedia News   
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BBC News
   
My Lariam dreams   
BBC News
There's been a call for the British Army to stop using a controversial anti-malaria drug, mefloquine - best known under the tradename Lariam. The Ministry of Defence and the NHS insist it's safe but some can suffer unnerving effects. Savings from some ...
Lariam: MoD should stop giving soldiers drug which can induce psychosis, says MP   The Independent
Calls to ban anti-malaria drug given to British soldiers over fears it's ...   Mirror.co.uk
MPs demand ban on anti-malaria drug used by British Army linked to mental illness   Daily Mail
The Guardian   
RT   
Forces TV   
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Inquirer.net
   
LOOK: What 'perfect body' looks like in PH, 17 other countries according to study   
Inquirer.net
By tapping designers from 18 countries, a UK online pharmacy came up with images portraying the “perfect body” across the globe. Superdrug Online Doctors recently released its “Perception of Perfection” study, which features 18 “Photoshopped” images of ...

Woman Has Body Photoshopped in 18 Countries to Examine Beauty Standards   Dispatch Times
'Perceptions of Perfection': experiment shows how beauty standards vary around ...   CTV News
What does the 'ideal' woman look like across the globe?   Telegraph.co.uk
Junior College   
Businessinsider India   
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