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GMC 'should not make doctor ban decisions' - the Daily Mail 14/07/06
The General Medical Council should not be allowed to to decide whether doctors are fit to practise, the Government's Chief Medical Officer said today.
Doctors to face competence checks - BBC News 14/07/06
Doctors are to face regular MOT-style checks to ensure they are fit to work under plans to overhaul regulation.
Hospitals told not to ban mobiles - BBC News 14/07/06
NHS database 'will damage patient privacy' - Telegraph 14/07/07
Senior doctors have attacked the controversial new NHS IT system, claiming the project will harm patient confidentiality.
Don't rely on homeopathy to beat malaria, doctors warn - the Daily Mail 14/07/06
British holidaymakers are putting their lives at risk by relying on homeopathy to protect them against malaria, doctors have warned
Autism at a record high - the Daily Mail 14/07/06
The true scale of childhood autism in Britain is far higher than previously thought, researchers have found.
Autism could affect twice as many children as previously believed - Independent 14/07/06
Autism rate in children has doubled, say doctors - The Times 14/07/06
Child autism rate is 25 times accepted figure, study warns - The Guardian 14/07/06
Alarm over alternative malaria remedies - Independent 14/07/06
Holidaymakers planning trips to the tropics are being warned to avoid homeopathic remedies that are claimed to prevent malaria after several travellers contracted the potentially fatal disease.
Malaria risk for tourists who trust alternative practitioners - The Times 14/07/06
Homeopaths 'endangering lives' by offering malaria remedies - The Guardian 14/07/06
NHS may be challenged by users - The Times 14/07/06
Patients and the public will be able to challenge their local NHS over the services it offers, under powers announced yesterday
Patient records open to abuse - The Times 14/07/06
After Tamoxifen: promising results from new breast cancer drugs - The Times 14/07/06
TV terror 'causes stress in viewers' - The Times 14/07/06
77 people killed by rare virus on tourist paradise - The Times 14/07/06
HEALTH problems encountered by tourists who contracted a rare and potentially life-threatening virus while visiting islands in the Indian Ocean such as Mauritius this year have been described by doctors.
Ministers forced to tell truth on hospital rapes - The Times 14/07/06
THE Government was accused yesterday of inexcusable negligence in its care for patients with mental health problems after a senior minister said that a damning report on sexual assaults in the sector would be published shortly.
Schoolgirls may get vaccinations against cervical cancer - The Guardian 14/07/06
Parents are being discreetly canvassed on whether they would let their adolescent daughters be vaccinated against cervical cancer as the Department of Health prepares the ground for a national immunisation programme.
Research Highlights Risk Factors For Age-related Vision Loss - Medical News Today 14/07/06
Eating fish frequently may be associated with decreased chances of developing age-related macular degeneration, while smoking nearly doubles the risk for this common cause of vision loss and hormone therapy appears to have no effect, according to three articles in the July issue of Archives of Ophthalmology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
Health Experts Outline The Future Outlook Of Re-emerging Infectious Diseases Threats - Medical News Today 14/07/06
Re-emerging infectious diseases pose a serious threat to the nation's public health. Today, experts addressed key developments to the current and future outlook of infectious diseases, including the evolving adult immunization platform and also highlighting recent outbreaks of polio, mumps and pertussis, clostridium difficile, and community-associated methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus, at a news conference sponsored by the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID).
Health Chiefs In Meeting With Pm - Blackpool Citizen 13/07/06
Local health chiefs were invited to talk to Prime Minister Tony Blair about the work they have done to cut waiting times for patients needing Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and Computerised Tomography (CT) scans.
Greater Manchester News
Paramedics on strike duty - Manchester Evening News 13/07/06
Health trust loan after wages crisis - Manchester Evening News 13/07/06
A CRISIS-hit health trust is applying for a £17m loan because it is running out of cash.
Double heart risk for home aloners - Manchester Evening News 13/07/06
PEOPLE who live alone double their risk of heart disease, according to new research published today.
Computer that mimics the human brain - Manchester Evening News 13/07/06
Allergy cure 'in five years' - Manchester Evening News 13/07/06
ASTHMA, eczema and hay fever could be cured within five years if pioneering work by Manchester experts is successful.
Man opens emails - with his mind - Manchester Evening News 13/07/06
A MAN paralysed from the neck down is able to open email, control a TV and move objects with a robotic arm by thought alone.
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