uk-hotdailynews: 2015-09-26 U.K. Health

Cancer drug Nivolumab 'lets terminal patients live normal lives'
Daily Mail
A breakthrough drug has allowed patients with terminal cancer to lead normal lives, with some even returning to work. Nivolumab targets kidney cancer, which is difficult to treat and leads to 4,300 deaths a year in the UK. Some patients on the drug who ...
Two new kidney cancer drugs 'work'   BBC News
Bristol's Opdivo boosts kidney cancer survival beyond two years   Reuters UK
New drugs in battle to fight advanced kidney cancer   Belfast Telegraph

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The Guardian

Thousands of NHS doctors apply to be able to work abroad amid contract changes
The Guardian
Jeremy Hunt, the health secretary, has not shown any signs of compromising on changes to doctors' working hours and pay. Photograph: Neil Hall/PA. Denis Campbell Health policy editor. Friday 25 September 2015 12.08 EDT Last modified on Friday 25 ...

How much are junior doctors paid, and why are they threatening to strike?   Telegraph.co.uk
Heidi Alexander :Jeremy Hunt Trying to 'Take on' Junior Doctors Is Precisely ...   Huffington Post UK
Junior doctors' pay: a short introduction to the dispute   Full Fact
South West Londoner
West Briton
Yorkshire Post
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Reuters UK

FDA approves Bayer's electronic autoinjector for MS therapy
Reuters UK
The first electronic automatic injector to deliver a drug for the most common form of multiple sclerosis received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday. The injection delivers Betaseron, a disease-modifying drug approved 22 ...
Bayer Receives FDA Approval for BETACONNECT - First and Only Electronic ...   PharmiWeb.com (press release)

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The Guardian

NHS-accredited health apps putting users' privacy at risk, study finds
The Guardian
Earlier this month, the health secretary said he wanted to get 15% of NHS patients checking medical records on apps within next 12 months. Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA. Press Association. Friday 25 September 2015 02.44 EDT Last modified on Friday 25 ...

NHS apps caught sending unencrypted health data   V3.co.uk
Health apps fail to protect personal data   SC Magazine UK
NHS-approved apps found 'leaking' ID data   BBC News
Inquirer
Wired.co.uk
The Register
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Telegraph.co.uk

Is green tea really as healthy as we think?
Telegraph.co.uk
She had ordered two boxes of Chinese green tea online and said: "Most of the ingredients of the tea I bought were written in Chinese. I had only lost a couple of pounds but then started having horrible pains in my joints, and felt very dizzy and sick ...
Teen who drank 3 cups of green tea daily to lose weight turned yellow from ...   Mirror.co.uk
Girl 'turns yellow' after drinking three cups of green tea a day   The Independent
Teenager who drank three cups of green tea a day develops hepatitis   Daily Mail
HungryForever (blog)
Huffington Post UK
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expressandstar.com

Ex-drug addict bears cross around Wales to show transformation
expressandstar.com
The phrase "everyone has got a cross to bear" could not be more true for former drug addict turned family man Clive Cornish. Reformed drug addict and born-again Christian Clive Cornish is walking from north to south Wales with a giant 12ft cross on his ...

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NHS Choices

Fidgeting probably not a useful alternative to proper exercise
NHS Choices
"Fidgeting 'offsets unhealthy effects of sitting for long periods and may help you live longer'," the Daily Mirror reports. A new study reported fidgeting may help make up for the harmful effects of most people's sedentary lifestyles. Sitting down for ...
Restless movements undo the damage caused by sitting say Leeds University and UCL   Daily Mail
Fidgeting may be good for health   Medical News Today
Fidgeting 'can help you live longer'   The Independent
National Post
Forbes
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BBC News

Cockermouth care home rated 'inadequate' by inspectors
BBC News
A Cumbrian care home has been placed in special measures after being rated inadequate by the health watchdog. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) found Dalton Court in Cockermouth restricted the liberty of residents and had a "bullying" management ...

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