National and International News
Breast cancer diagnoses hit all-time high but death rates fall
Breast cancer diagnoses are at an all-time UK high of more than 40,000 a year, and look unlikely to stop rising soon.
The Guardian 03/06/03
The Independent 03/06/03
Could you save a child's life?
Would you know what to do if your child started choking? A friend did not, and her five-year-old son nearly died when a boiled sweet became lodged in his throat. He was at a birthday party, playing pass the parcel, when he began to choke. Fortunately, one of other mothers was a paediatrician and reacted immediately, saving the boy’s life.
The Times 03/06/03
Fat people will have to diet if they want to see the doctor
Overweight people and heavy smokers would have to sign contracts promising to diet or give up cigarettes in return for treatment, under radical new plans being drawn up by Labour.
The Times 03/06/04
The Guardian 03/06/03
The Independent 03/06/03
First-aid mistakes and advice
List of old wives first aid tales and some practical suggestions.
The Times 03/06/03
The Times 03/06/03
The Times 03/06/03
Health reforms stalled by cash crisis
Government plans to shift care from hospitals to the community are foundering because cash is being swallowed up by acute services priorities, according to an investigation by GPs.
The Guardian 03/06/03
Hospital targets hit - then missed
Hospitals stopped meeting official targets for speeding up treatment in accident and emergency departments as soon as the government completed an assessment of their performance, doctors' leaders disclosed last night.
The Guardian 03/06/03
The Independent 03/06/03
How vitamin B could save your life
Evidence is mounting that high levels of a substance called homocysteine increase the risk of heart disease, Alzheimer's and cancer. Fortunately, says Jerome Byrne, a powerful natural weapon can help us defend against it
The Guardian 03/06/03
Prozac 'led to wife's suicide'
A toxicologist will tell an inquest in Leeds tomorrow that he believes Prozac caused his wife to kill herself.
The Guardian 03/06/03
The Independent 03/06/03
Cheshire and Mersey News
Healing rhythms of hi-tech pacemakers
Patients at a Liverpool hospital last night became the first in the UK to be fitted with "intelligent" pacemakers.
Daily Post 03/06/03
Liverpool Echo 03/06/03
Cumbria and Lancashire News
Cancer patient's letter blunder anguish
A cancer and heart patient at the Royal Bolton Hospital has hit out after receiving a letter telling him his treatment was being stopped.
Bolton Evening Telegraph 02/06/03
Patients removed to shorten lists
Mavis Reeves story (LET, May 27) about being 323rd on a waiting list for treatment is not out of the ordinary as far as treatment on the NHS goes.
Lancashire Evening Telegraph 02/06/03
Greater Manchester News
Man with 'sore throat' dead in hours
When computer expert Ian Holmes was told he had tonsillitis by his GP, he went to bed with a sore throat - but within hours he was dead.
Manchester Evening News 02/06/03
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