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Getting hospital data to connect to the NHS 'spine' - Guardian 10/08/06
Birmingham university hospital knows who I am. Even though I've never been there before, the ward terminal throws up my NHS "demographic details", including my 10-digit patient identity number, within a couple of seconds of having my name and date of birth. In an age when we can receive mobile phone calls and draw cash from bank machines anywhere in the world, the real-time linking of a hospital administration system to a central register of patients may not impress.
Happiness is a good hug - The Times 10/08/06
Why staying single may flatter your figure but cost your life - The Times 10/08/06
Drug lowers risk of second stroke - The Times 10/08/06
Lipitor, a drug that lowers cholesterol, can cut the risk of a second stroke by 16 per cent when used in double doses, according to a study published in The New England Journal of Medicine.
International News
Socially Isolated Children May Become Unhealthy Adults - Medical News Today 10/08/06
Social isolation in childhood may be associated with an increased risk for cardiovascular disease in adulthood, according to a report in the August issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
Children And Teens Taking Antidepressants Might Be More Likely To Attempt, Complete Suicide - Medical News Today 10/08/06
Antidepressant medications may be associated with suicide attempts and death in severely depressed children and adolescents but not in adults, according to an article in the August issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
Warner Announces Guidelines For Mortuary Staff - 'Care And Respect In Death' Guidance Is Published, UK - Medical News Today 10/08/06
Lord Warner today announced new good practice guidance for NHS mortuary staff to ensure that they deal with the bodies of people who die in hospital, and their friends and family, in a safe, secure and sensitive way.
NHS Research Under Pressure, And Could Face £300 Million Cut, BMA Warns, UK - Medical News Today 10/08/06
The BMA today (Thursday 10 August, 2006) questions the government over a possible £300 million drop in the funding available for health research which, it warns, is already under pressure on several different fronts.
Is There True Authenticity In The Practice Of Evidence-based Health Sciences? - Medical News Today 10/08/06
The healthcare discipline and evidence-based discourse has been producing numerous specialized journals and best practice guidelines in the recent years, with health science scholars eagerly jumping on the bandwagon, mimicking this trend with their contributions to this discourse.
Living With Diabetes - Medical News Today 10/08/06
Everyone living with diabetes has experienced the curious questions from well-meaning, but uninformed, onlookers who might be taken aback by a hypodermic needle, a pump, or a blood glucose kit. "Diabetic Encounters of the First Kind," an article in the August 2006 issue of Diabetes Health Magazine, takes a humorous look at these interesting encounters.
Healthy Mouth - Healthy Body: What's The Connection? - Medical News Today 10/08/06
According to a survey released today, consumers named having "whiter teeth" or a "better smile" most often when asked to list the benefits of practicing good oral hygiene, despite a growing body of evidence that suggests that the gum disease gingivitis, if allowed to progress to periodontitis (advanced gum disease), may increase one's risk for broader health problems over time.
Cheshire and Merseyside News
Cancer 'lottery' for NW patients - Daily Post 10/08/06
CANCER sufferers in Merseyside and Cheshire are the victims of a "postcode lottery" in spending, a key study found yesterday.
Cumbria and Lancashire News
Ward to be axed next month 'due to staff shortages' - Leyland Today 09/08/06
ALZHEIMER patients in Chorley are to be moved out of the town's hospital after health bosses decided to shut down a specialist ward.
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