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NHS helpline blamed for deaths of two misdiagnosed callers - The Guardian 21/07/06
An NHS helpline giving medical advice over the phone has been blamed for the deaths of two patients, one of whom was told to take paracetamol after describing the symptoms of meningitis.
Patients 'failed' by NHS helpline - BBC Health News 20/07/06
Prescriptions hit record high at 720m - The Guardian 21/07/06
England has become a nation of pill-takers. A record 720m prescriptions were dispensed last year, a rise of 50% in the past 10 years. The figures, released by the NHS Information Centre, show that in 2005 the prescribing bill reached £7,937m.
Care home fined £10,000 after staff mishaps - The Guardian 21/07/06
Residents at Sunnybank House care home in Weymouth, Dorset, were left without care after two staff members got locked in a kitchen and another injured herself plunging into a light well, Weymouth magistrates heard.
Stephen Fry: my long battle with manic depression - The Guardian 21/07/06
Actor talks in BBC2 show of moment on the brink of suicide after play walkout
Report reveals UK's allergy epidemic - The Guardian 21/07/06
Just 33 specialists to treat more than 20 million patients with allergic conditions
Severe allergic reactions triple in 10 years - The Independent 21/07/06
Spiralling allergies to hit 18 million Britons - The Times 21/07/06
NHS 'lets down allergy patients' - BBC Health News 20/07/06
Hot stuff: why we just can't resist those artistic types who bewitch and betray us - The Times 21/07/06
Science confirms what we've always suspected: creative people are the most successful lovers - especially when the temperature rockets
ISoft investigates possible accounting irregularities - The Times 21/07/06
THE troubled software group iSoft, a key player in the £6.2billion computerisation of NHS patient records, revealed last night that it had found possible accounting irregularities.
ISoft accounting probe - The Telegraph 26/07/06
Obesity fears prompt child website bans - The Times 21/07/06
LEADING companies are attempting to ban children from their websites after concerns that promotions of sweet, salty and fatty food on the internet are contributing to the nation’s problem with obesity.
The workout - The Times 21/07/06
Take the plunge in the great outdoors
Black girls to be the targets of plan to cut teen pregnancy - The Times 21/07/06
Rates of young motherhood are the highest in Europe
Tories pledge more time for families - The Telegraph 26/07/06
A Conservative Government would give people more time to spend with their families and greater control over their lives, David Cameron promised yesterday.
Sunburn 'could be as bad as asbestos' - The Telegraph 26/07/06
Sunburn could become the "new asbestos" and the biggest insurance threat to the building industry, experts claimed yesterday.
Minister's heatwave advice 'is a joke' - The Telegraph 26/07/06
A Treasury minister was described as laughable yesterday after advising parents to keep children fully dressed to protect them from the sun during the heatwave.
Babies swelter in 90F at new hospital - The Telegraph 26/07/06
Babies and young children had to endure temperatures of up to 90F (32C) inside a flagship hospital, it emerged yesterday.
'Abuse' care hospital due to shut - BBC Health News 20/07/06
A hospital which was criticised in a report for "widespread institutional abuse" of patients is to close.
NHS local care savings 'doubted' - BBC Health News 20/07/06
Doubts are being cast on the push to move care out of hospitals and into the community, after research showed there was little difference in cost.
Chief medical officer defends NHS - BBC Health News 20/07/06
England's chief medical officer has defended the state of the NHS, saying it is not in crisis.
Hi-tech boost for plastic surgery - BBC Health News 20/07/06
A high-tech face scanner which predicts the effectiveness of plastic surgery has been developed in East Sussex.
Cancer man dies after court win - BBC Health News 20/07/06
A lung cancer patient who won a High Court battle to be given a drug to prolong his life has died just hours after receiving the news.
Virtual Reality Puts Telepathy To The Test In UK - Medical News Today 20/07/06
Scientists at The University of Manchester have created a virtual computer world designed to test telepathic ability.
International News
HIV will cost India billions - The Guardian 21/07/06
HIV could cause huge damage to the Indian economy, opening an 11,000bn rupee (£140bn) hole in the country's balance sheet, according to a UN report released yesterday.
Children get 90-minute warning - The Times 21/07/06
Children need to exercise for at least 90 minutes a day — 50 per cent more than government recommendations — to avoid heart disease in later life, according to research.
Children need even more exercise - BBC Health News 20/07/06
Antibiotic runny nose 'warning' - BBC Health News 20/07/06
Doctors should avoid prescribing antibiotics to patients with runny noses, a study says.
Antibiotics not advised for treating runny nose - Reuters 20/07/06
Cancer drug damage 'gets worse' - BBC Health News 20/07/06
Heart damage from some cancer drugs can worsen over the years, research shows.
Bush 'out of touch' on stem cells - BBC Health News 20/07/06
Scientists have reacted with anger to US President George W Bush's decision to veto a bill allowing federal funding for new embryonic stem cell research.
Toward An Effective Treatment For Seafood Poisoning - Medical News Today 20/07/06
In an advance toward developing an effective treatment for ciguatera (sig-wa-TEHR-a) poisoning -- the world's most common type of seafood poisoning -- scientists have synthesized the toxin responsible for the disease. Estimates suggest that up to one million cases of ciguatoxin poisoning occur worldwide each year. In addition to serious acute symptoms, ciguatoxin poisons often cause long-lasting neurological problems.
Purkinje Cell Activity And Saccadic Adaptation - Medical News Today 20/07/06
Saccades begin as commands from the cortex and converge on motor neurons under orders from the superior colliculus via the brainstem and cerebellum. These pathways adapt over a lifetime to maintain accurate saccades.
JRRD Tipsheet: Focus On Spinal Cord Injury, Gait, Stroke, Power Mobility, And More - Medical News Today 20/07/06
Spinal cord injury (SCI) among veterans that results in paralysis can affect seated posture. We analyzed the potential for controlling pelvis and trunk position with functional electrical stimulation (FES) via computer simulations that approximated a seated subject's attainable postures. The results indicated that controlling seated posture through coordinated FES in individuals with paralysis was feasible and may lead to improved stability.
Blood Vessels Say NO To Axons - Medical News Today 20/07/06
This week, Garthwaite et al. identify a nitric oxide (NO) signaling pathway from microvascular endothelial cells to axons.
Molecular DNA Switch Found To Be The Same For All Life - Medical News Today 20/07/06
The molecular machinery that starts the process by which a biological cell divides into two identical daughter cells apparently worked so well early on that evolution has conserved it across the eons in all forms of life on Earth. Researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the University of California at Berkeley have shown that the core machinery for initiating DNA replication is the same for all three domains of life - Archaea, Bacteria and Eukarya.
Life And Death In The Basal Forebrain - Medical News Today 20/07/06
The p75 neurotrophin receptor (p75NTR) and Trk receptor tyrosine kinases elicit opposite cellular consequences: apoptosis and survival, respectively. This week, Volosin et al. compared the actions of proneurotrophins, selective activators of p75NTR, with neurotrophins on basal forebrain neurons.
HIV. Myelofibrosis, Breast Cancer And More From PLoS - Medical News Today 20/07/06
Sheri Weiser and colleagues from University of California, San Francisco, studied responses to routine HIV testing in Botswana. In this population, where 37% of adults are positive for HIV, a cross-sectional study of 1,268 adults from five districts showed that routine HIV testing appears to be widely supported and may reduce barriers to HIV testing. However, the authors caution that as such programmes are implemented it will be important to put in place "true informed consent and human rights safeguards, including protection from HIV-related discrimination and protection of women against partner violence related to testing."
Shortcut To Identify New Treatment Target For Leukemia Used By OHSU Cancer Institute Researchers - Medical News Today 20/07/06
Using a new, fast and relatively inexpensive approach to identify molecular abnormalities that cause normal human cells to turn into cancerous ones, researchers at the Oregon Health & Science University Cancer Institute have identified a new treatment target for acute myeloid leukemia (AML), and potentially other cancers.
ATM And DNA Damage Repair - Medical News Today 20/07/06
Cellular DNA damage such as double-strand breaks sets off restorative signaling cascades. One of these molecules is the protein kinase ataxia-telangiectasia mutated (ATM). Interestingly, ATM mutations cause abnormalities affecting proliferating cells, including immunodeficiency and an increase in certain cancers, but also cerebellar degeneration.
Life Expectancy For Lung Cancer Patients Extended By Combined Treatment - Medical News Today 20/07/06
Combining thermal ablation with radiation therapy extends average life expectancy and decreases recurrences of tumors in patients who have early stages of inoperable lung cancer, according to researchers at Rhode Island Hospital.
MRIs Show Drug Treatment Slows Brain Deterioration On Road To Alzheimer's Disease - Medical News Today 20/07/06
According to a new study, the drug donepezil measurably slows the rate of brain shrinkage in some patients with mild cognitive impairment, a pre-Alzheimer's disease condition. The shrinkage was measured by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
AAAS Urges U.S. President To Sign Embryonic Stem Cell Act - Medical News Today 20/07/06
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world's largest general scientific organization, tonight urged U.S. President George W. Bush to uphold the U.S. Senate's approval of H.R. 810, the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act.
Leukemia Stem Cells In A Model Of Human Leukemia Isolated By Scientists - Medical News Today 20/07/06
Researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Children's Hospital Boston and their colleagues have isolated rare cancer stem cells that cause leukemia in a mouse model of the human disease. The leukemia stem cells isolated proved to be surprisingly different from normal blood stem cells -- a finding that may be good news for developing a drug that selectively targets them.
Structure Determined For P53 Tumor Suppressor Protein As Bound To DNA For Anti-cancer Activity - Medical News Today 20/07/06
More than half of human cancers involve mutations in the p53 tumor-suppressor gene, suggesting the critical role played by the normal p53 protein in defending against cancer. Similarly, roughly 95 percent of cancer-causing mutations in the p53 protein occur in its DNA-binding core domain, pointing to this region of the p53 protein as being pivotal to its anti-cancer activity.
Animation Can Be Outlet For Victimized Children, A Tool For Research - Medical News Today 20/07/06
Animation is a proven vehicle for biting comedy, a la "The Simpsons" and "South Park." But some of the same qualities that make it work for comedy make it valuable, too, as an outlet for victimized children and for a new research method that tests the empathy of teachers who may deal with them, says Sharon Tettegah, a professor of curriculum and instruction at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
OHSU Surgeons Challenge Age-old Practice - Medical News Today 20/07/06
Surgeons in the Oregon Health & Science University Trauma/Critical Care Program are challenging the decades-old practice of 'not 'fixing' rib fractures. In a first-of-its kind pilot study, the surgeons hope to identify people most at risk of prolonged pain and disability from broken ribs. They also hope to expedite pain relief and healing using a surgical technique, and a new device, called a U-plate. Neither the technique nor the device are used anywhere else.
Scientists Discover Why Cornea Is Transparent And Free Of Blood Vessels, Allowing Vision - Medical News Today 20/07/06
Scientists at the Harvard Department of Ophthalmology's Schepens Eye Research Institute and Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary (MEEI) are the first to learn why the cornea, the clear window of the eye, is free of blood vessels--a unique phenomenon that makes vision possible.
Medication Plus Behavior Changes Helps Obese Adolescents Lose Weight - Medical News Today 20/07/06
The weight loss medication sibutramine, when combined with behavior therapy, allowed hundreds of very obese adolescents to lose an average of 14 pounds over a year, according to a multicenter study in the July 18 Annals of Internal Medicine. Adolescents in the study who received placebo (a sugar pill) gained four pounds over the year.
Muscle Contractions In Mouse Model Of Muscular Dystrophy Reversed By UF Scientists - Medical News Today 20/07/06
University of Florida scientists have used gene therapy to eliminate disabling muscle contractions in a mouse model of the most common form of adult-onset muscular dystrophy.
Study Supports - Medical News Today 20/07/06
Environmental and occupational health experts at the University of Cincinnati (UC) have found that major countries--including India, China and Malaysia -- still produce and sell consumer paints with dangerously high lead levels.
New Group Of Economists, Scientists, Lawmakers To Study Economic Impact Of HIV/AIDS In Asia-Pacific Region - Medical News Today 20/07/06
A new, UNAIDS-supported independent group called the Commission of AIDS on Asia and the Pacific was launched on Saturday with the aim of studying the spread of HIV/AIDS and its economic impact in the region, the commission's chair Chakravarthi Rangarajan said, the AP/Santa Fe New Mexican reports. According to Rangarajan, who heads Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's Economic Advisory Council, the commission consists of 10 leading policymakers, scientists and economists across the region and will focus on researching the socioeconomic situations of HIV-positive people in the region, as well as the epidemic's effect on economic productivity (AP/Santa Fe New Mexican, 7/15). "The goal of this commission is to generate adequate information to show to
Decline In Concentration, Decision-making And Problem-solving - Medical News Today 20/07/06
A new Mayo Clinic study finds that after memory begins to decline, executive function is the next brain function to deteriorate in the progression from mild cognitive impairment, a pre-Alzheimer's disease condition, to Alzheimer's disease. Findings will be presented July 17 at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders in Madrid, Spain.
New Test For Esophageal Reflux Licensed To Bayer By Wake Forest University Health Sciences - Medical News Today 20/07/06
A new test for esophageal reflux disease developed by a Wake Forest University Health Sciences (WFUHS) otolaryngologist has been licensed to Bayer HealthCare's Diagnostics Division by WFUHS.
Clinton Announces Plan To Provide $250,000, 23 Medical Experts To Tackle HIV/AIDS In Ethiopia - Medical News Today 20/07/06
Former President Clinton on Sunday announced that the Clinton Foundation plans to provide $250,000 for an HIV/AIDS program in Ethiopia under which 23 medical experts from Yale University will work in 13 hospitals across the country for one year, AFP/Today Online reports.
Alzheimer's Sufferers May Benefit From Diabetes Drug - Medical News Today 20/07/06
Treatment of high blood sugar may have a scientific connection to memory loss that could, one day, benefit millions of people with Alzheimer's Disease, which affects up to 4.5 million older Americans, bringing with it impaired thinking and memory.
Gatekeeping: Penn Researchers Find New Way To Open Ion Channels In Cell Membranes - Medical News Today 20/07/06
Using an enzyme found in the venom of the brown recluse spider, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have discovered a new way to open molecular pores, called ion channels, in the membrane of cells. The research team - Zhe Lu, MD, PhD; Yajamana Ramu, PhD; and Yanping Xu, MD, PhD of the Department of Physiology at Penn - screened venoms from over 100 poisonous invertebrate species to make this discovery.
Guidelines Found To Be Effective In Treatment Of Osteoporosis And Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) - Medical News Today 20/07/06
A new study in the American Journal of Gastroenterology examined the recently set Guidelines regarding the treatment and management of osteoporosis in patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), and found that they are effective.
Kids need more exercise to cut heart risk: study - Reuters 21/07/06
Children need to do more exercise than recommended in international guidelines to reduce their risk of developing cardiovascular disease, a team of researchers said on Friday.
Congress urged to clear path for generic drugs - Reuters 21/07/06
Congress should act to protect generic drugmakers from brand-name company tactics that thwart competition and keep cheaper medicines from U.S. consumers, a generic manufacturer said on Thursday.
Company, researchers to crack Neanderthal DNA code - Reuters 20/07/06
Experts who first managed to tease some DNA out of the bones of a Neanderthal teamed up on Thursday with a gene-sequencing company to try to get a complete Neanderthal genetic code.
Circumcised babies more likely to get anesthesia - Reuters 20/07/06
Doctors are more likely to use anesthesia in newborn circumcisions than they were eight years ago, researchers reported on Thursday.
Drug mistakes injure 1.5 million every year - Reuters 20/07/06
Medication errors hurt 1.5 million people every year in the United States and cost at least $3.5 billion, according to a report issued on Thursday.
Most adults not engaging in strength training - Reuters 20/07/06
Only 20 percent of adults engage in recommended strength training exercises, a figure that is substantially lower than the 2010 national health objective of 30 percent, according to findings released Thursday.
Roche says can start to talk about curing cancer - Reuters 20/07/06
Recent advances in treatment mean it is possible to start talking about curing some types of cancer, the world's biggest maker of cancer drugs said on Thursday.
Sex-ed program may get adolescents to delay sex - Reuters 20/07/06
After participating in a two-week sexual education program designed and implemented by an academic medical center, more middle-school students said they would hold off on having sex for the first time, Texas researchers report.
EU bans 22 hair dye substances to ensure safety - Reuters 20/07/06
EU regulators said on Thursday they would ban 22 substances from use in hair dyes in the European Union from December 1 to ensure consumer safety.
Gates makes donation to African AIDS war - Reuters 20/07/06
Microsoft founder Bill Gates has donated $900,000 to set up a training facility for health professionals working with AIDS in Africa's Great Lakes region.
Stem-cell divisions transcend abortion fight - Reuters 20/07/06
President George W. Bush may have cited his moral stance in vetoing a bill that would have expanded embryonic stem-cell research on Wednesday but the issue transcends traditional divisions over abortion rights
Cheshire and Merseyside News
'Miracle' drug to help MS sufferers - Daily Post 21/07/06
LIVERPOOL doctors have discovered what may be a "miracle treatment" for the muscle wasting disease Multiple Sclerosis.
Ambulance staff strike over pay - Crewe Guardian 20/07/06
AMBULANCE workers across South Cheshire have walked out on strike twice in the past week with volunteers drafted in to keep the emergency service running.
Leader defends hospital decision - Runcorn World 21/07/06
'WE have scrutinised proposed changes at Halton Hospital with meticulous care', council leader, Tony McDermott stressed this week.
Cumbria and Lancashire News
Too Hot to Handle - Carlisle News & Star 21/07/06
EMERGENCY calls to the ambulance service shot up by 50 per cent yesterday as Cumbrians struggled to cope in the heatwave.
Village could site new mental health unit - Chorley Citizen 20/07/06
Calls have been made to site a super' mental health hospital in Chorley borough during a consultation on the future of the county's services.
Shocking alcohol abuse figures released - Blackpool Citizen 20/07/06
Alcohol abuse causes up to 90 deaths a year in Blackpool and costs the local economy more than £10 million due to people missing work.
Greater Manchester News
999 calls soar in the scorching weather - Bolton Evening News 20/07/06
CALLS to the emergency services in Bolton are soaring as the town continues to bask in high temperatures.
Hospital switch for elderly ‘will put lives at risk’ - Bolton Evening News 20/07/06
A TOP doctor says plans to treat elderly patients in a "community hospital" rather than at the Royal Bolton Hospital will have a negative affect on them.
Virtual Reality Puts Telepathy To The Test In UK - Medical News Today 20/07/06
Scientists at The University of Manchester have created a virtual computer world designed to test telepathic ability.
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