National and International News
China reports no new cases of Sars
China yesterday reported no new cases of severe acute respiratory syndrome, a milestone in its fight to contain the mysterious virus that has infected at least 5,328 people around the country and killed 334.
Financial Times 03/06/03
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Cooking oil that helps dieters to fight fat while frying
A new cooking oil can help the overweight to fight fat while they fry. The product, known as Functional Oil, contains a mix of olive oil, coconut oil and flaxseed oil. Male volunteers who were fed a typical North American diet made with the oil lost an average of 1lb a month. But women who ate the same "greasy spoon" diet - did not lose weight. It did, though, reduce the cholesterol levels of both sexes by up to 13 per cent.
The Independent 4/06/03
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Health staff back trials of pay reform
Health workers at Unison, the biggest public-sector union, have voted over-whelmingly in favour of pilot programmes to test Agenda for Change, the government's pay modernisation package.
Cheshire and Mersey News
Financial Times 03/06/03
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Labour's hypocritical oath: patient, heal thyself
THE Department of Health had another flash of inspiration yesterday. Hazel Blears, the Health Minister, drew herself up portentously, as if revealing the cure for the common cold. “Early diagnosis and early treatment tend to produce better health outcomes for patients,” she declared. To back up this revelation, Nurse Blears (pronounced Bleaaaghhh) gave a stern wag of the finger.
Times 4/06/03
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Out on a limb
A hospital trust in Sutton Coldfield will be the first to be managed by the private sector. Tash Shifrin finds out how it is taking the news
Guardian 4/06/03
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Pig-to-monkey transplants may herald cure for diabetes
Researchers have suppressed diabetes in laboratory monkeys by transplanting pancreatic tissue from pigs, meaning pig transplants could eventually cure childhood diabetes in humans. The monkeys have survived for more than two months without the insulin that had kept them alive.
The Independent 4/06/03
The Times 4/06/03
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Pressuring patients to be healthy could backfire, BMA warns Labour
Medical organisations said yesterday that Labour proposals to persuade patients to take more responsibility for their health could turn into a bureaucratic nightmare.
The Independent 4/06/03
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Radical redesign
While the south-west's primary care trusts are suffering from inherited debts and managerial pressures, Patrick Butler discovers they can still make a huge change to how the region's healthcare system is developed
Guardian 4/06/03
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South-west directory: primary care trusts
List of Trusts
Guardian 4/06/03
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South-west directory: strategic health authorities
List of Strategic Health Authorities
Guardian 4/06/03
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Volunteers could help new parents, says thinktank
Volunteers should work alongside health and social care staff providing support and advice to new parents in a bid to give all children the best start in life, according to a centre left thinktank.
Guardian 4/06/03
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