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Cameron claims role of NHS protector - The Guardian 04/10/06
Closing speech will stress personal debt to health service
My family depends on NHS so it's safe in my hands, says Cameron - The Independent 04/10/06
Cameron pledges NHS will be safe in Tories' hands - The Times 04/10/06
Cameron promises health service 'is safe in my hands' - The Telegraph 04/10/06
Second male leader for Royal College of Nursing - The Guardian 04/10/06
The Royal College of Nursing yesterday appointed a male nurse as its general secretary. Peter Carter will take over in December from Beverly Malone, who is returning to the United States after nearly six years leading the RCN, the world's largest nursing union.
Julian le Grand and Alastair Pettigrew recommend that social workers should be allowed to set up practices like lawyers or GPs to provide childcare - The Guardian 04/10/06
With so many good workers, why does care produce such dire results? It would be far better if social workers could set up practices like lawyers or GPs, write Julian Le Grand and Alastair Pettigrew
No big NHS ideas? It's a chronic problem - The Guardian 04/10/06
Chronic disease and mental illness are arguably the great 21st-century health challenges facing Britain. The cumulative misery they cause is huge, the financial cost immense, their prevalence increasing. They account, according to some estimates, for roughly four out of five GP consultations. This isn't some great undiscovered secret. So I'm curious why, whenever health services become a topic of political conversation, we tend to ignore diabetes or asthma or depression and, by some strange compulsion, talk instead about hospitals.
Esther Addley: The vanity case for smokers - The Guardian 04/10/06
Yes, yes. We know. Your lungs turn to coal and your arteries fill with yellow gunk and your bones crumble into osteoporotic talcum powder and anything that can possibly get cancer does get cancer and finally all your limbs drop off and you need to employ a full-time nurse to strap the ciggy on to your stump so you can move it to and from your tumour-scarred mouth and inhale all that lovely, yummy burning cyanide. And your point is?
If you think 'breast is best' for your child's intelligence then think again, say scientists - The Guardian 04/10/06
Breastfeeding your baby has little or no effect on its intelligence, the largest study ever conducted on the issue reveals today.
Breastfeeding has negligible effect on babies' IQ - The Independent 04/10/06
Breast milk will not make your baby clever, mothers told - The Telegraph 04/10/06
Breast milk 'does not boost IQ'- BBC Health News 03/10/06
Public Servant of the Year nominee's profile: Jeff McWhinney - The Guardian 04/10/06
Jeff McWhinney, the director of social enterprise Significan't, was nominated for creating SignVideo, which remotely connects British Sign Language interpreters to local government and health offices
Tim Dowling: Coming soon - (another) winter of discontent? - The Guardian 04/10/06
Summer's lease has run out. The nights are drawing in, and there's a distinct hint of woe in the air. Could the coming months produce more than the usual annual bout of gloom? Prices are rising, and so are interest rates. Mortgage defaults are up. A potential gas shortage is been predicted for the coldest months of the coming year. Things certainly look bleak, but are they that bleak?
Staff urged to drop 'dehumanising' language - The Guardian 04/10/06
NHS staff were criticised yesterday for referring to patients in dehumanising terms such as "frequent flyers" and branding Alzheimer's sufferers as "dements".
Don't be rude to old patients, doctors told - The Times 04/10/06
Patients are demeaned by 'crinkly' terms - The Telegraph 04/10/06
NHS-speak 'demeaning to patients' - BBC Health News 03/10/06
Taking care of children makes for happy working parents - The Times 04/10/06
FINDING satisfactory childcare is a challenge for working mothers. Even when plans are in place there is the issue of what happens on those days when the usual childcare is not available for some reason.
The key to...parental rights - The Times 04/10/06
JUGGLING nappies and negotiations has long proved a challenge for working parents — here are your rights from pregnancy to parenthood
Statins could beat flu epidemics - The Times 04/10/06
Statins, the cholesterol-lowering drugs prescribed to two million people in Britain each year, could play a pivotal role in combating a flu pandemic, scientists believe.
Don't tear a smiling foetus from the womb - The Telegraph 04/10/06
There is something deeply moving about the image of a baby cocooned inside the womb. When four-dimensional scans first became available three years ago, I sat with parents who trembled at the sight of their soon-to-be newborn. They told me they wanted to stroke its downy head.
Salt in branded foods 'varies around world' - The Telegraph 04/10/06
Salt levels in the same branded foods vary hugely around the world, a group of medical experts said yesterday.
Pensioner died after cruise bug outbreaks - The Telegraph 04/10/06
A pensioner died on a cruise ship after being struck down by the same bug that had already caused the liner to be detained in port by health officials, an inquest was told yesterday.
'Scandal' of soldiers waiting for treatment - The Telegraph 04/10/06
An estimated 5,000 injured troops are being prevented from joining front-line operations because they are languishing on health service waiting lists.
Brittle-bone drugs ban on under-75s - The Telegraph 04/10/06
Drugs to prevent the brittle- bone disease that affects three million people in Britain should not be made available to women under the age of 75, the treatment rationing organisation said yesterday.
Pregnant girls smoke to have smaller babies, says minister - The Telegraph 04/10/06
Pregnant teenagers are deliberately smoking in the hope of giving birth to smaller babies, making labour less painful, a Government minister claimed yesterday.
The transplant that may see end of insulin jabs for diabetics - Daily Mail 03/09/06
Cathy Gowland was just five yeras old when she was diagnosed with Type I diabetes - the most serious form of the condition. She has had to give herself daily injections of insulin ever since.
IVF without the drugs - Daily Mail 03/09/06
It's cheaper, less risky for the mother and more effective for older women - why more couples are taking a natural approach to fertility treatment.
Could spiritual healing actually work? - Daily Mail 03/09/06
Once dismissed as hokum, new evidence is forcing doctors to accept the power of spiritual healing. Click here to see why the laying on of hands may not be quackery after all.
500,000 fail to take up breast cancer screening - Daily Mail 03/09/06
Hundreds of thousands of the most vulnerable women are at risk of breast cancer because they have never taken up offers of free screening tests, Government figures show.
3D foetal scans 'dangerously misleading' - Daily Mail 03/09/06
Ultrasound images which show 12-week-old foetuses sucking their thumbs and walking in the womb are dangerously misleading, a group of scientists warned today.
Boris denies Jamie Oliver swipe- BBC Health News 03/10/06
Boris Johnson has attempted to play down criticism he made of Jamie Oliver's school dinners campaign.
Live TV birth branded 'intrusive' - BBC Health News 03/10/06
A broadcaster's plan to screen the birth of a child live on TV would be "intrusive" for all of those involved, a medical body has warned.
Surgeon's killing charge dropped - BBC Health News 03/10/06
A senior surgeon accused of the manslaughter of a patient has had the charge against him dropped.
Coroner's blast branded 'unfair' - BBC Health News 03/10/06
Health managers have hit back at the coroner who described the care of several elderly patients at their hospital as "chaotic and despicable".
Wrong body part op claims 'rise' - BBC Health News 03/10/06
Operations in which patients had the wrong body parts operated on have risen by a half in the last three years, claim figures show.
'No science' behind health drugs - BBC Health News 03/10/06
Many drugs recommended by health shops to tackle depression have no sound scientific backing, a study has found.
MS man's stem cell treatment hope - BBC Health News 03/10/06
A multiple sclerosis sufferer has been warned he is risking his health after deciding to fly to Holland to undergo controversial stem cell therapy.
International News
Mothers lose right to equal salaries - The Times 04/10/06
Women who take time out of the workplace for maternity leave have no automatic right to the same pay as male colleagues who are doing the same job but have not had time off, Europe’s top court ruled yesterday.
Overeating Really Is An Addiction For Obese People - Medical News Today 03/10/06
Obese people who eat huge amounts of food may be doing so because regions of their brain that control satiety (fullness) are also those that trigger cravings for drug addicts, say researchers from New York, USA. The scientists say that they now have a better understanding of how the brain and the stomach interact with emotions to cause overeating and obesity.
Compulsive Buying: No Gender Difference Stanford Study Shows - Medical News Today 03/10/06
Contrary to popular opinion, nearly as many men as women experience compulsive buying disorder, a condition marked by binge buying and subsequent financial hardship, according to new research from the Stanford University School of Medicine.
Gene Key To Taste Bud Development Identified - Medical News Today 03/10/06
Scientists have identified a gene that controls the development of taste buds.
Tamiflu Significantly Reduces The Risk Of Death From Influenza - Medical News Today 03/10/06
InterScience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), San Francisco, 29th September 2006: Tamiflu (oseltamivir), is effective in reducing the risk of death associated with seasonal influenza in severely ill patients,1 according to new data presented today. Treatment of infected adults was associated with a 71 per cent reduction in mortality.1 These results demonstrate the importance of the role of antivirals in the management of seasonal influenza and highlights the seriousness and risk of mortality associated with it.
Urgent Call To Action Issued To Protect World’s Most Vulnerable Populations From Influenza Pandemic - Medical News Today 03/10/06
The influenza pandemic of 1918 killed more than 50 million people. In the face of the possibility that another virulent pandemic might occur, a group of international experts convened by The Johns Hopkins University is urgently calling on policymakers and public health officials to disseminate a new set of principles to better take into account the interests of those who will be the worst affected: the world’s most poor and disadvantaged.
Global Trend Of Smoking Tobacco Through A Waterpipe Or Hookah Means More Young People And Women Have Taken Up The Habit - Medical News Today 03/10/06
The growing fad of smoking tobacco through a waterpipe, sometimes known as a hookah, is rapidly turning into a worrisome epidemic, according to a Georgetown University researcher who says smokers who think this form of tobacco use is less toxic than cigarettes are wrong.
Study Defines Effective Microbicide Design For HIV/AIDS Prevention - Medical News Today 03/10/06
Duke University biomedical engineers have developed a computer tool they say could lead to improvements in topical microbicides being developed for women to use to prevent infection by the virus that causes AIDS.
Effective Treatment For Elderly Insomniacs: New Study In JCSM - Medical News Today 03/10/06
Brief behavioral treatment for insomnia (BBTI) appears to be a promising intervention for older adults who suffer from insomnia.
New Treatment For Severe Malaria - Medical News Today 03/10/06
The most dangerous form of malaria is difficult to treat and claims two million lives a year. Now, researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have developed a powerful new weapon against the disease.
Homophobia Hinders Efforts To Address HIV/AIDS In Jamaica - Medical News Today 03/10/06
Negative attitudes toward homosexuality present one of the biggest challenges to addressing HIV/AIDS in Jamaica -- where sexual relations between men are outlawed and carry a penalty of up to 10 years in prison
Diagnosis Of Liver And Spleen Injuries Improved Using Contrast Enhanced Sonography - Medical News Today 03/10/06
Contrast-enhanced sonography shows liver and spleen injuries better than non-contrast enhanced sonography, according to a study conducted at the University of California, Davis School of Medicine department of radiology in Sacramento, CA.
Cheshire and Merseyside News
More flu jabs on order as winter supplies are delayed - Liverpool Daily Post 03/10/06
ELDERLY people in Liverpool will have to wait weeks for a flu jab despite yesterday’s launch of a nationwide vaccination programme.
Jabs 'will arrive before flu peaks' - Liverpool Echo 03/10/06
Medical voice to be heard in the corridors of power - Liverpool Daily Post 03/10/06
IT IS 160 years since public health pioneer Dr William Henry Duncan created Liverpool’s first Sanitary Act to tackle links between poor housing and diseases like cholera and smallpox.
Cancer patients given a cocktail hour on the National Health - Liverpool Daily Post 03/10/06
HAPPY Hour may be a time-honoured tradition of pubs and bars across the country.
Private hospital in £3.5m revamp - Liverpool Daily Post 03/10/06
LIVERPOOL’S only private hospital is being given a £3.5m revamp after joining up with the NHS.
We'll die if you split us up - Liverpool Echo 03/10/06
A LIVERPOOL woman fighting for the right to care for her husband at home today begged: "Please don't take him away."
School to help cure 40 million - Liverpool Echo 03/10/06
LIVERPOOL school of tropical medicine has joined a £53m scheme to research the treatment for 40 million sufferers of rare diseases.
City blood crisis - Liverpool Echo 03/10/06
BLOOD Service staff could strike over NHS cuts that they say will put a life-saving centre in Liverpool at risk.
End-of-life care gives you choice - Liverpool Echo 03/10/06
END-of-life care has been completely overhauled in Wirral.
Doctor on CS spray charge - Liverpool Echo 03/10/06
A DOCTOR has appeared in court charged with possessing a canister of CS spray.
Cumbria and Lancashire News
‘Don’t panic over flu jab delays’ – doctor - Carlisle News & Star 03/10/06
HEALTH chiefs are warning Cumbrians not to panic after it emerged that this year’s annual flu jab is likely to be two or three weeks late.
Smoking ban ‘will hit Cumbria hard’ - Carlisle News & Star 03/10/06
CUMBRIAN campaigners against the smoking ban are questioning whether it should ever come in to force at all.
Lawyer’s warning over shelters for smokers - Carlisle News & Star 03/10/06
PUBS and clubs who think they are covered under the new no smoking laws which come into effect next year could be in for a shock, say Carlisle lawyers who have made a study of the new proposals.
Plea from elderly as old folk’s home faces axe - The Bolton News 03/10/06
KATHLYNN Walton was 92 years old yesterday. But on what should have been a day of celebration, she is having to come to terms with the possibility of losing her home.
Shake-up reduces mental health beds - Lancashire Telegraph 03/10/06
MENTAL health patients who should be admitted to hospital will be made to live in the community following an NHS shake-up decision, a watchdog boss has warned.
Greater Manchester News
'Despicable' hospital responds to coroner's 'insult' - Manchester Evening News 03/10/06
A TAMESIDE hospital where a patient was allegedly found lying in his own excrement, today attacked a coroner who exposed the case, accusing him of insulting its staff.
Coroner's blast branded 'unfair' - BBC Health News 03/10/06
Blood workers’ strike threat - The Bolton News 03/10/06
BLOOD donation sessions could be halted if staff vote to strike over proposed closures of processing centres.
Thieves strike as medics treat injured man - The Bolton News 03/10/06
MEDICAL equipment was stolen from an ambulance while paramedics were dealing with a badly injured man who had been hit by a car.
Bolton needs water fluoride — chief dentist - The Bolton News 03/10/06
BRITAIN'S top dentist says fluoride should be added to Bolton's water in a bid to solve the borough's dental problems.
Doctors’ fury at flu jab hold-up - The Bolton News 03/10/06
GPs in Bolton are furious about a delay of up to four weeks for the supply of potentially life-saving flu vaccine.
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