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National News
£61m medical experiment begins - Guardian 22/08/06
The world's biggest medical experiment, aimed at understanding how our genes, environment and lifestyle influence the diseases we develop, is to be rolled out nationally, it will be announced today
Biobank set for national roll out - BBC News 22/08/07
Gene clue to premature birth risk - BBC News 22/08/06
The price of life - Telegraph 22/08/06
Allowing patients to contribute towards the cost of cancer drugs is the way forward for the NHS, says Professor Karol Sikora The decision by the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) not to pay for two new cancer drugs on the NHS is the beginning of overt rationing in healthcare.
DVT threat in only four hours on bus, train or plane - the Daily Mail 22/08/06
Holidaymakers who take journeys that last more than four hours are doubling their risks of getting a DVT, doctors warned yesterday.
All forms of travel can lead to blood clots, scientists say - The Times 22/08/06
Top acne drug 'increases the risk of liver damage' - The Times 22/08/06
ONE of the most effective treatments for acne has been linked with potentially dan- gerous changes in the blood and damage to the liver.
Hundreds wrongly told they are MS sufferers - The Times 22/08/06
FOR more than two decades, John Simper was resigned to a slow and painful death from multiple sclerosis
International News
Slimming Product Found With Western Drug Ingredient - Medical News Today 22/08/06
The Department of Health (DH) today (August 14) called on members of the public not to buy or use a brand of slimming product called DETOX PEPTIDE which contained sibutramine, a western drug ingredient that may cause side effect.
Eye Screening Should Be On Parents' Back-to-School Checklist - Medical News Today 22/08/06
As parents and students gear up for another school year of pop quizzes, midterm tests and book reports, there is another important test for children to pass: an eye screening.
Multi-Generational Survey Uncovers Behavior Changes As Greatest Challenge In Diabetes Management: Younger Generations Lagging Behind - Medical News Today 22/08/06
A groundbreaking national survey released today looking at three generations of diabetes sufferers revealed that adults ages 18-40, who are at risk for or living with type 2 diabetes, are lagging behind their parents' and grandparents' generations when it comes to changing behaviors to improve their health.
Cheshire and Merseyside News
NHS trust welcomes plan for independent centre - Daily Post 22/08/06
A SECOND independent health centre planned for West Lancashire was yesterday welcomed as "great news" by health chiefs.
Cumbria and Lancashire News
Trust Comes Clean About Agency Staff - Lancashire Evening Telegraph 21/08/06
AGENCY staff from Eastern Europe are cleaning Blackburn's new super hospital. Bosses say the development - which opened last month - needs more cleaners because of the "upheaval" in getting it up and running.
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