Monday, August 14, 2006

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National News


Chinese medicine 'aids diabetics' - BBC News 12/08/06


A traditional Chinese medicine may be beneficial for people suffering from type 2 diabetes.

Alarm over huge increase in 'dangerous' herbal remedies - Independent 13/08/06

Official investigations into dangerous Chinese herbal medicines have reached an all-time high.


Emotional patients get wrong idea - BBC News 12/08/06


Some patients are too emotional to remember what a doctors tells them, researchers suggest.


Safe sex message 'not passed on' - BBC News 13/08/06


Young people in the UK are no longer being given the message about the importance of safe sex, the Terrence Higgins Trust has warned.

Third 'have sex below legal age' - BBC News 13/08/06


Olive oil secret to Loren beauty - BBC News 13/08/06


Italian actress Sophia Loren has beaten much younger contenders to be voted the world's most naturally beautiful person at the age of 71 in an online poll.


Protein 'may stop asthma attacks' - BBC News 13/08/06


Scientists have found why colds make people with asthma more likely to have a severe and potentially fatal attack.

Asthma virus discovery could help to save lives - Independent 13/08/06

Asthma attack link to protein gives hope of new treatment - Guardian 14/08/06

Aids: Living with the enemy - Independent 13/08/06


Bill Gates has given $287m this year alone to fights Aids, but as he speaks at the biggest-ever HIV conference, any cure is far away. In this 'Aids Audit', Health Editor Jeremy Laurance, reveals where we are in the fight and finds some signs of hope


Middle-age mums 'put huge strain on NHS' - Independent 12/08/06


Increasing numbers of "middle age pregnancies" are as great a public health problem as teenage mothers, a leading obstetrician has warned.


At last, the research that says eat what you want to get slim - Independent 11/08/06


The most effective way of losing weight is not to try, researchers have found. Instead of dieting, driven by a dissatisfaction with one's body shape and a desire to change it, women who accept their bodies the way they are end up with the lowest body mass index (BMI), a study has shown.


£40,000 shortfall threatens study of childhood obesity and diabetes - Guardian 14/08/06


A unique 12-year study into the links between childhood obesity and diabetes is in jeopardy because the Department of Health is declining to provide funding. The EarlyBird study at the Peninsula Medical School in Plymouth will lay off staff at the end of this month after the government withdrew £40,000 of £90,000 it was understood to have pledged.


Thinktank claims extra NHS billions largely wasted - Guardian 14/08/06


The extra billions invested in the NHS have been largely wasted, an independent thinktank claims today, resulting in far less improvement in services than might have been expected.


Drug errors hit one in five young leukaemia sufferers - The Times 14/08/06


A FIFTH of children treated for leukaemia may not receive the appropriate chemotherapy regime because of medication errors, a study suggests.

Drug Addiction Treatment Sees Drop In Success Rate - Medical News Today 14/08/06

According to new research by Liverpool John Moores University, the proportion of drug users who completed treatment for drug addiction decreased between 1998 and 2002, although the overall number of drug users who entered treatment increased.

Teenagers' Diets Are Low Priority For Poorer Families - Medical News Today 14/08/06

Research among parents in disadvantaged parts of Eastern Scotland reveals that dietary issues are considered less important than other risks facing their teenagers.


International News


Arthritis Drug Helps Debilitating Inflammatory Disease - Medical News Today 13/08/06


For children and young adults who suffer from a rare and debilitating disorder called neonatal-onset multisystem inflammatory disease (NOMID), a drug called anakinra brings marked improvement both in symptoms and the inflammation underlying the disease, a new study shows. The study, published in the August issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, was conducted in the Intramural Research Program of the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), a component of the National Institutes of Health.


Misleading Reports About Latex Allergens In Food Packaging - Medical News Today 14/08/06


Some recent media reports about the potential hazards of contamination of foodstuffs by latex proteins in food contact materials, eg packaging, are highly misleading and likely to cause alarm amongst the general population.


Egg Harvesting For Stem Cell Research - Medical News Today 14/08/06


Women's health and human rights advocates worldwide are increasingly concerned that overzealous pursuit of new scientific discoveries may once again be threatening women's health. This time, young women are being asked to donate or sell their ova, not only for use in fertility clinics, but increasingly for non-clinical use in experimental cloning research.


BMA Response To The Civitas Report, UK - Medical News Today 14/08/06


Commenting today [14 August 2006], on the Civitas1 report, Deputy Chairman of the Consultants Committee, Dr Jonathan Fielden, said it was not true that the extra funds invested in the NHS had been wasted but he agreed that more improvements were needed


Ancient War Paint In Fight Against Breast Cancer - Medical News Today 14/08/06


A plant that gave ancient Britons and Celts their blue war paint, has been found to be a rich source of the anti-cancer compound, glucobrassicin, traditionally associated with broccoli. Glucobrassicin has been found to be effective against breast cancer. The war paint, a blue dye, is obtained from Woad, a member of the Brassicaceae family.


Cheshire and Merseyside News


Trusts facing £32m debts must cut costs - Daily Post 14/08/06


MERSEYSIDE and Cheshire's health economy is poised to end the current financial year in the red for the first time, the Daily Post can reveal.

Drug Addiction Treatment Sees Drop In Success Rate - Medical News Today 14/08/06

According to new research by Liverpool John Moores University, the proportion of drug users who completed treatment for drug addiction decreased between 1998 and 2002, although the overall number of drug users who entered treatment increased.


Cumbria and Lancashire News

Minor Injuries Unit To Be Run By Nurses Only - Lancashire Evening Telegraph 11/08/06


DOCTORS are to be withdrawn from the minor injuries unit at Accrington Victoria Hospital. The unit will be nurse-led from next month, bosses at Hyndburn and Ribble Valley NHS Primary Care Trust have said.


Greater Manchester News

Hospital in cash crisis - Wigan Today 12/08/06


Wrightington Hospital is haemorrhaging millions of pounds a year and may have to close its pioneering hip and knee unit. The bombshell, which would affect almost 16,000 North West patients every year, came as MPs and hospital bosses vowed to lobby Whitehall chiefs to increase funding for specialist centres across the country.

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