International, National & Local Health & Social Care News
Brittle bone changes revealed
Scientists have mapped out a chemical chain reaction which helps cause osteoporosis in women after the menopause.
BBC Health News 06/08/03
Depressed GP found hanged was a perfectionist
A doctor who was suffering from depression has apparently taken her own life, feeling she could not do enough to help her patients.
The Guardian 06/08/03
The Times 06/08/03
Drugmaker Merck gives up on Medco
Merck plans to spin offits Medco Health Solutionsunit to shareholders in two weeks, closing a bitter chapter in which the US drugmaker attempted to expand into the distribution of prescription drugs.
The Financial Times 06/08/03
Dutch alert on 'sperm for sale'
Dutch authorities are investigating a private company which has unveiled plans to deliver "fresh" sperm to prospective parents. John Michaels, 35, a Dutch-Australian entrepreneur, is planning to launch Baby Donors International next month and his website - babydonors.com - is already taking orders.
The Guardian 06/08/03
Graduate suicide blamed on internet pharmacies
Liam was driven to suicide after spending two tortuous years dependent on powerful cocktails of prescription drugs that he was able to buy with ease over the internet.
The Independent 06/08/03
Green tea 'can block cancer'
Green tea's ability to fight cancer is even more potent and varied than scientists suspected, research suggests.
BBC Health News 06/08/03
Health watchdog to monitor risks of everyday chemicals
Public health officials yesterday promised the first national system for monitoring the long term effects of low-level chemical and radiation exposure.
The Guardian 06/08/03
Love-making is no joke, says therapist
THE British face a lifetime of sexual inadequacy because of their innate fear of taking love-making seriously, Austria’s leading sex doctor said yesterday.
The Times 06/08/03
Mosquitoes found in UK raise threat of tropical diseases
Health officials are to monitor the presence of foreign insects amid increased fears that lethal tropical diseases could hit Britain.
The Independent 06/08/03
The Times 06/08/03
NHS narrows down field for £2.3bn IT contracts
Capita and McKesson are among the big information technology and service companies to have lost out in a bid to become prime providers under the National Health Service's plan to transform its IT.
The Financial Times 06/08/03
Pension review for NHS expects its critics
The body carrying out the review of the National Health Service pension scheme has admitted that it expects criticism.
The Financial Times 06/08/03
Stress blamed for public sector's lead in lost days
Health and council workers take one day off sick for every four working weeks, according to a survey that highlights the public sector's effort to deal with stress, illness and absenteeism.
The Financial Times 06/08/03
Ten babies born via new IVF technique
Ten babies, including one set of twins, have been born to women whose IVF treatment included a controversial embryo screening procedure which has only recently been allowed in Britain.
The Guardian 06/08/03
The long and short of depression
A new study into the length of the gene that transmits serotonin among brain cells may hold the key to a better understanding of this illness
The Guardian 06/08/03
Traumatic stress test for children
Children who need hospital treatment for injury can develop post-traumatic stress, and experts have developed a simple test for it.
BBC Health News 06/08/03
Cheshire & Merseyside News
DRUG REHAB CENTRE TO OPEN SOON
Planning chiefs at the city council gave permission last month for the rehab centre to open at Aqua House, Boughton, and now NHS Trust bosses have confirmed that they hope to be in by the end of the year.
Chester Evening Leader 06/08/03
GPs turned off by health care reform
MANY doctors are becoming disillusioned with their involvement in Primary Care Trusts, preventing them from delivering their key roles and responsibilities, according to a new paper.
The Liverpool Echo 05/08/03
Plan to treat children at home
A SCHEME was being launched today to treat more children at home rather than in hospital.
Liverpool Echo 05/08/03
Cumbria & Lancashire News
Lindsey's war on internet food sites
A BOLTON woman is campaigning for a ban on internet sites which give tips to anorexics on how to fool doctors and family into thinking they are eating healthily.
Bolton Evening News 05/08/03
Sex disease rise blamed on behaviour
A HUGE rise in the levels of sexual diseases will not be reduced unless behaviour is modified, warns a top Bolton doctor. Numbers of people contracting diseases such as gonorrhoea and chlamydia in Bolton, have gone up by 130 per cent in the last five years.
Bolton Evening News 06/08/03
Greater Manchester News
Dentist suspended over 'NHS fraud'
The General Dental Council's professional conduct committee barred Tameside-based Peter Coffey from working for two months after finding him guilty of a string of offences.
Manchester Evening News 05/08/03
'Tormented' GP found hanged
Dedicated GP Dawn Harris, 38, was found hanged at her home in Holcombe Brook, Bury, by her husband Michael Churchill.
Manchester Evening News 05/08/03
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