National and International News
Curb on junk food adverts to combat child obesity
The government is to intervene in Britain's obesity crisis by asking the new television regulator Ofcom to draw up a tough code on junk food and drinks advertisements directed at children.
Guardian 01/12/03
The Times 01/012/03
Deaths prompt review of policy on child flu jabs
Concern over the number of healthy children who have died in recent weeks after contracting flu has prompted experts to consider whether a change of policy is needed to offer vaccination to all children before next winter.
Guardian 01/12/03
Depression costs over £9bn a year
Depression, suffered by 2.6 million adults in England, is costing the country more than £9bn a year, researchers said yesterday. Most of the burden comes from time off work because of the illness.
Guardian 01/12/03
Desperately seeking the perfect walker
In the summer, being rather poorly, Rosemary's mother returned from living in the US, where there is no National Health Service, but where the walkers (Zimmers with wheels, we call them) are of a fabulously high standard. They have brakes, seats, shopping baskets and cost an arm and a leg. Mother brought her beloved walker home with her.
Guardian 01/12/03
Exercise is as addictive as booze and fags, say scientists
It's now official. Some joggers may become addicted to running just as other people become hooked on cocaine, tobacco or booze, according to new research today.
Guardian 01/12/03
Four out of five new prisoners test positive for drugs
Up to 80 per cent of prisoners test positive for hard drug use when they begin their sentences, the Director General of the Prison Service says.
The Independent 01/012/03
Hospital bidder accused of interests conflict
The private consortium made preferred bidder for the £900m redevelopment of St Bartholomew's and the Royal London hospitals has been accused of a conflict of interest.
Guardian 01/12/03
Joint growth gives hope to arthritis sufferers
Scientists have turned bone marrow cells into a ball of bone and cartilage of the kind found in the joint of a human jaw, they report today.
Guardian 01/12/03
Cheshire and Mersey News
Ambulances on the mend
Ambulance officials have hit back at claims that the service is in disarray by announcing a host of new measures.
Daily Post 28/11/03
HIV rise warning to clubbing generation
The number of new cases of HIV in Cheshire and Merseyside has increased by almost 70pc, new figures have revealed.
Daily Post 28/11/03
Killed by superbug
A retired accountant died after contracting the "superbug" MRSA at a Merseyside hospital. Wirral Coroner's Court yesterday heard how Clyde Coltart was admitted to Arrowe Park Hospital on February 2 suffering from hyperglycaemia.
Daily Post 28/11/03
Cumbria and Lancashire News
Fears revived over closure of hospital A&E
Fears that Fairfield General could lose its accident and emergency department have been voiced again after the hospital trust refused to fund a study into a new emergency access road.
Lancashire Evening Telegraph 28/11/03
First step to new status
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has been given the green light to proceed with an application for Foundation status.
Lancashire Evening Telegraph 28/11/03
Greater Manchester News
Health chiefs' bogus charity alert
Hospital chiefs are warning the public to be aware of people in pubs and restaurants who claim to be raising money to boost medical funds.
Bolton Evening News 28/11/03
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