2015年9月6日 星期日

2015-09-07 U.K. Health


BBC News
   
Test shows how old your body really is   
BBC News
Scientists say they have developed a way of testing how well, or badly, your body is ageing. They say it could help predict when a person will die, identify those at high-risk of dementia and could affect medicine, pensions and insurance. The team at ...
Scientists develop blood test that estimates how quickly people age - and ...   The Independent
Blood test for ageing will predict dementia, study suggests   The Australian (blog)
Ageing test could highlight patients at risk of dementia   The Guardian
The Times (subscription)   
Daily Mail   
Live Science   
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Telegraph.co.uk
   
'Patients views should be put first when it comes to statins'   
Telegraph.co.uk
Patients should be given more information about statins and told it is safe to stop using them if they suffer side effects, a group of doctors have said. Writing in a medical journal, they highlight studies showing that the drugs save around 1 life for ...
Statins warning: Healthy patients using the drugs are more likely to suffer ...   Daily Mail
Mediterranean diet 'as effective as statins' in reducing heart attack risk   The Guardian
Do patients really need statins?   New Zealand Herald
Youth Health Magzine   
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The Guardian
   
Child health subject to 'shocking' postcode lottery, says charity   
The Guardian
A baby has its heart checked with a stethoscope. The NCB has urged the government to do more to reduce the variations in young children's health according to where they live. Photograph: Andrew Matthews/PA. James Meikle. Sunday 6 September 2015 ...

Study shows poor health 'not inevitable' for children growing up in deprived areas   Mirror.co.uk
Charity highlights 'wide variations' in under-fives' health regionally   shropshirestar.com
Postcode lottery of child health and development   New Post Leader
The Northern Echo   
Nursery World (subscription)   
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Telegraph.co.uk
   
Call For More Breast Cancer Nurses As Cases Soar   
Sky News
A charity says the lack of specialist nurses is impacting on patient care as the number of breast cancer cases rises by 20%. 01:42, UK, Monday 07 September 2015. A woman undergoes a free mammogram. Breast Cancer Care says specialist nurses are ...

Over-55s are denied vital surgery for ovarian cancer as campaigners call for ...   Daily Mail
Breast cancer care quality threatened by lack of specialist nurses   The Guardian
Charity calls for more breast cancer nurses as cases soar by 20 per cent   Mirror.co.uk
Yorkshire Evening Post   
ITV News   
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Pfizer's quit-smoking drug not linked to depression or heart risks   
Reuters
LONDON, Sept 7 Pfizer's stop-smoking drug Chantix does not raise risks of heart attack or depression, contrary to previous reports, and should be recommended to more smokers wanting to quit, scientists said on Monday. In a study tracking 150,000 ...

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Daily Mail
   
Soon, smartphone app may cure travel sickness   
Financial Express
A smartphone app that applies a small electric current to the scalp through a headset may soon be used to alleviate sea sickness and other kinds of motion nausea, scientists say. By: PTI | London | September 6, 2015 7:00 PM. A smartphone app that ...
Smartphone app to cure motion sickness soon   Economic Times
Future phones could zap motion sickness away with electricity   Engadget
Travel sickness study: Brain zaps 'may ease symptoms'   BBC News

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Daily Mail
   
11000 people die annually because they go to hospital on weekend   
Daily Mail
Up to 11,000 more people die every year because they are taken to hospital over the weekend compared with other days of the week, a new study suggests. The shocking statistic comes days before doctors' unions must decide how they will change ...

Patients admitted on weekends at higher death risk: Study   Financial Express
NHS weekend: 7-day services explained   BBC News
Weekend deaths: 11000 patients die on a Saturday or Sunday every year   PPP Focus.com
Telegraph.co.uk   
Western Morning News   
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Scunthorpe Telegraph
   
Morrisons recalls cooked ham packs over bacteria fears   
Scunthorpe Telegraph
The company, which has a store in Scunthorpe, has recalled 200g packs of its Savers Cooked Ham with the use-by date of September 11. It comes after the bacteria Listeria monocytogenes was found. Information on the Food Standards Agency's website ...

South Derbyshire Morrisons shoppers warned about risk of food poisoning   Burton Mail
Morrisons recalls ham and asks customers "not to eat it"   Tiverton Mid Devon Gazette
Morrisons recalls its Savers ham over fears of infectious bacteria   North Devon Journal
Canterbury Times   
Frome Standard   
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TV Newsroom
   
Weight loss surgery cures half of type-2 diabetes cases: Study   
The Nation
islamabad - Weight loss surgery cures half of patients with type-2 diabetes, for at least five years, a study suggests. The trial, on 60 people found none of those with type 2 had been cured by medication and diet alone. The surgery improves symptoms ...
For Diabetes in Obesity, Weight-Loss Surgery Beats Medication   Tempo.co
Surgery offers better control over diabetes than standard cure in obese   TV Newsroom
Surgery can improve outlook for diabetes   Spire Healthcare

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BBC News
   
Derriford Hospital operations cancelled after flooding   
BBC News
Planned operations on Monday will be cancelled after flooding in five operating theatres at a hospital. It follows a leak in an engineering plant room on the fifth floor of Derriford Hospital in Plymouth on Friday night. The leak caused water damage in ...
Operations cancelled after flood at Derriford Hospital   Tiverton Mid Devon Gazette
Planned surgeries at Derriford Hospital to be cancelled due to flooding   North Devon Journal
Derriford hospital tackles flooded operating theatres after burst pipe   Cornish Guardian
Western Morning News   
Torquay Herald Express   
Exeter Express and Echo   
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