National and International News
Herbal remedy 'better than drugs at treating depression' - The Independent 11/02/05
A specially prepared extract of the herb St John's wort is at least as effective in treating depression as the powerful antidepressant drug Seroxat and has fewer side-effects, a study has indicated.
BBC Health News 11/02/05
Daily Mail 11/02/05
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Manchester Evening News 11/02/05
Heart warning for obese teens - Daily Mail 11/02/05
The obese teenagers of today are heading for heart attacks in their 40s, experts have warned. The British Heart Foundation (BHF) said that while the number dying from heart disease was falling, this meant more people were living with the often devastating consequences of the condition.
Manchester Evening News 11/02/05
The Guardian 11/02/05
Mixed reception for healthy school meals initiative - The Guardian 11/02/05
Government proposals to give parents a bigger say in ensuring that school meals are healthier were criticised by teachers' leaders yesterday as a "bureaucratic exercise" and an unnecessary diversion for headteachers.
Daily Telegraph 11/02/05
The Times 11/02/05
Overseas medics face unemployment - The Guardian 11/02/05
Doctors from overseas are being warned to expect long periods of unemployment if they come looking for work in the UK, it has emerged. The NHS is dependent on international medical graduates (IMGs), who currently make up a third of the junior workforce.
Daily Mail 11/02/05
Patients 'are dying needlessly' - Daily Telegraph 11/02/05
Thousands of stroke patients are dying needlessly every year because of "paper" units that exist in name only to meet Government targets, it was claimed yesterday.
Kellogg's gives in to health campaign - Daily Telegraph 11/02/05
Kellogg's has bowed to pressure from health campaigners by prominently displaying levels of sugar, salt and fat on the front of cereal packets for the first time.
Hospitals shunned by patients will face closure, says Reid - Daily Telegraph 11/02/05
Hospitals that fail to attract patients will face closure, John Reid, the Health Secretary, said yesterday as he moved the policy of patient choice to the top of the NHS agenda.
Hospitals should make profits, minister says - The Independent 11/02/05
NHS hospitals and schools should be run on a "profit" basis to deliver improvements to patients and pupils, a Blairite health minister said last night.
Vital NHS reforms 'in deep trouble' - Daily Telegraph 11/02/05
Three vital elements of Labour's health service reforms are in "deep trouble", leaving its plans in disarray, the head of the country's doctors said yesterday.
Consumers attack Boots over lower doses in its supplements - Daily Telegraph 11/02/05
Britain's largest chemist was accused yesterday of "watering down" its vitamin and mineral supplements without clearly warning its customers.
Shire suspends sales - Daily Mail 11/02/05
Shire Pharmaceuticals saw its share price plunge 10% after its best-selling drug was ordered off the shelves in Canada amid safety fears. Canadian health officials demanded the suspension of sales of its Adderall XR hyperactivity treatment after the drug was linked to 20 sudden deaths.
Copies cost drugs giant £1.5bn - Daily Mail 11/02/05
Pharmaceuticals giant GlaxoSmithKline said it lost £1.5billion in sales to copies of its key drugs, but still managed to grow the business in 2004.
Glaxo to spend less on selling and more on research - The Guardian 11/02/05
The UK's largest pharmaceutical firm, GlaxoSmithKline, indicated yesterday it wants to cut jobs in its sales force and invest the money saved on research into new medicines.
Glaxo warns that analysts underestimate new vaccine - The Times 11/02/05
THE head of GlaxoSmithKline yesterday warned the City that analysts were gravely underestimating the revenues from a new vaccine that will immunise women against more than 70 per cent of all known cervical cancers.
TB health alert - Daily Mail 11/02/05
Health officials are trying to trace people who were in contact with a teenager who died of tuberculosis. Uzma Khan, 13, died of the rare disease in the children's intensive care ward at Southampton General Hospital on February 5 after being ill for a number of weeks.
Warning on over-use of antibiotics - Daily Mail 11/02/05
Over-use of antibiotics is boosting rates of infection by drug resistant bugs in southern and eastern Europe, experts have claimed.
Admit Aids crisis, SA told - Daily Mail 11/02/05
The South African government must face up to the terrible truth of Aids, which is killing far more people in the country than official records suggest, it has been claimed.
Operation hope for 'mermaid' baby - Daily Mail 11/02/05
Peruvian surgeons have performed a preliminary operation to separate the fused legs of a nine-month-old girl known as the "baby mermaid" because of her rare birth defect.
Giants to tackle Viagra spam ring - BBC Health News 11/02/05
Software giant Microsoft and the world's biggest drug company Pfizer are getting into bed together to combat an internet Viagra spam ring.
Women 'travelling to give birth' - BBC Health News 11/02/05
More than three quarters of women living in Argyll and Clyde now travel to Paisley or Glasgow to give birth, it has emerged.
Patients' 100-mile trip for X-ray - BBC Health News 11/02/05
Patients are travelling to Manchester for heart X-rays which could be carried out 100 miles away in north Wales. The NHS trust running Ysbyty Gwynedd in Bangor said funding had been refused to to carry out angiograms at its laboratory, opened 18 months ago.
Spray to boost female sex drive - BBC Health News 10/02/05
A spray that helps increase women's enjoyment of sex has undergone successful trials.
Britons 'too worried over health' - BBC Health News 11/02/05
People in the UK are becoming "morbidly" obsessed with their health, researchers are warning.
Sex disease risk for older women - BBC Health News 11/02/05
Sexually transmitted infections are increasing among middle-aged women, two experts in the field have warned.
Canadian regulators suspend British hyperactivity drug - The Times 10/02/05
Canadian regulators suspended the British firm's top-selling hyperactivity drug, citing the sudden death of some patients
Will cervical cancer be eradicated? - The Times 10/02/05
THE UNITED KINGDOM cervical screening programme, which aims to detect pre-malignant changes in a woman's cervix so that these may be treated before cervical cancer has formed, is said to be the most successful in the world. Even so, the occasional case of cervical cancer escapes the screening net and there is still a death rate.
Cheshire and Mersey News
Homes revamp promise kept - Chester Evening Leader 11/02/05
HOUSING officials in Chester have been praised by the city’s MP for bringing thousands of homes up to scratch.
In Chester, she said, surplus NHS land has been transferred to English Partnerships for housing development to meet the needs of low-paid workers, including NHS staff.
Cumbria and Lancashire News
Councillors throw out NHS plans - Lancashire Evening Post 10/02/05
Developers have been blocked from building more than 150 houses at Whittingham Hospital before work starts on the Broughton by-pass. The NHS-backed Inventures applied to increase the number of houses from 150 to 250 before the £9m road is laid.
£70m cash to reduce hospital waiting lists - Carlisle News & Star 10/02/05
HEALTH services in North Cumbria have won an extra £70 million to drive down hospital waiting lists and tackle the big killers such as cancer and heart disease.
‘Legionella drops fell like rain’ - Carlisle News & Star 10/02/05
WATER droplets laced with the Legionella virus showered people like rain and sparked Britain’s worst outbreak of Legionnaire’s Disease, a court heard today.
£500m boost for coast healthcare - Blackpool Today 10/02/05
Government Health Secretary John Reid announced the figures as part of a multi-billion pound investment programme into the NHS. The Primary Care Trust in Blackpool will get £232m in funds by 2008 while Fylde is set to receive £95m and Wyre £174m.
Younger disabled left without help [letter] - Lancashire Evening Telegraph 10/02/05
[Reader's letter] CAN anyone explain to me why the disabled are yet again being discriminated against.
Pub landlords fuming over ban - Bolton Evening News 10/02/05
THE move to ban smoking has left Bolton landlords fuming. Angry publicans are demanding a public consultation on the ban proposed by Bolton Council, which they say will cut trade and put jobs in danger.
Alzheimer's sufferers need more funds - Bolton Evening News 10/02/05
IN relation to Cllr Linda Thomas's letter of Friday, February 4, regarding "Labour Is Committed To Better Health Care". Perhaps they could do something to help the gentlemen on J2 Ward, Royal Bolton Hospital, with Alzheimers and dementia.
NHS treatment 'will always be a lottery' - Bolton Evening News 10/02/05
PATIENTS will always face a postcode lottery for NHS treatment, a Bolton MP claimed. David Crausby, MP for Bolton North-east, said Primary Care Trusts, which are responsible for local NHS spending, have different ideas on how to use the money given to them by the Government.
All parties want better health sevice [letter] - Bolton Evening News 10/02/05
[Reader's letter] IN response to the letter from Linda Thomas, "Labour is committed to a better health service", I would like to take issue with a number of the points made.
Health boss says ban is essential - Bolton Evening News 10/02/05
Bolton to go smoke free - Bolton Evening News 10/02/05
HEALTH bosses and MPs have welcomed Bolton's move to ban smoking in public places. Bolton Primary Care Trust has been campaigning for many years to make people more aware of the dangers of smoking and passive smoking through its stop-smoking service, Fresh Focus.
Lottery to help deaf - Blackburn Citizen 10/02/05
THE East Lancashire Deaf Society is celebrating winning £165,000 lottery cash to help deaf people from black and ethnic minorities.
Is the pressure getting to you? - Asian Image 10/02/05
More than 10 million working days are expected to be lost in the North-west this year due to stress, according to a local business training and support specialist.
Greater Manchester News
‘Heartbroken’ by building work - Middleton Guardian 11/02/05
ELDERLY, vulnerable council tenants say they have suffered physically and mentally at the hands of builders for four months.
MP's thumbs-up for health cash - Manchester Evening News 11/02/05
LABOUR MP Tony Lloyd has welcomed a £62m boost for health services in his Central Manchester constituency.
Amputation op cancelled three times - Manchester Evening News 11/02/05
AN operation to amputate a man's leg was cancelled three times by a Greater Manchester hospital - forcing him to travel hundreds of miles.
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