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Fly infestation hits hospital dialysis unit - The Guardian 06/11/06

The NHS said last night that it was continuing to treat people at a hospital unit in spite of an infestation of flies that settle on patients, staff, appliances and spilt blood.

EU corners UK over working time laws - The Guardian 06/11/06

The government will this week come under renewed pressure to set a firm date for ending the individual worker's right to opt out of the maximum average 48-hour week stipulated by EU law.

Obstetricians call for debate on ethics of euthanasia for very sick babies - The Guardian 06/11/06

Doctors involved in childbirth are calling for an open discussion about the ethics of euthanasia for the sickest of newborn babies. The option to end the suffering of a severely damaged newborn baby - who might have been aborted if the parents had known earlier the extent of its disabilities and potential suffering - should be discussed, says the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists in its evidence to an inquiry by the Nuffield Council on Bioethics, which examines ethical issues raised by new developments.

Allow 'active euthanasia' for disabled babies, doctors urge - The Independent 05/11/06

Newborn euthanasia plans condemned - The Telegraph 06/11/06

Microsoft to combat internet fraudsters - The Observer 05/11/06

Microsoft is to introduce a sophisticated protection system aimed at preventing online fraud. The company is urging rival companies to adopt a similar technique.

Crisis looms as building work backs up - The Observer 05/11/06

Report condemns government failure and waste in critical social and infrastructure projects

Health panel: Can organic food benefit my health? - The Observer 05/11/06

Following a recent health scare, I want to improve my diet. Would switching to organic food, either partly or totally, improve my health, or is it all just another supermarket con?

Managers block NHS access - The Observer 05/11/06

Administrators are intercepting GPs' referrals and turning patients away in a bid to save money

Cancer patients turn to internet for cheap drugs - The Guardian 04/11/06

Cancer patients who cannot get the modern drugs they need on the NHS are ordering them directly from international 'internet pharmacies', often without their doctors' knowledge.

Hospital will issue instant fines to violent patients - The Guardian 04/11/06

Violent and abusive patients in one of the busiest NHS accident and emergency departments are to be given on-the-spot £80 fines in an extension of the government's policy of showing zero tolerance to antisocial behaviour.

Britain's sperm crisis: call up our boys - The Independent 05/11/06

Drastic action is being considered in the battle to get more men to step forward and save the nation

Scandal of mental health patients sexually abused in mixed wards - The Independent 05/11/06

Women have been subjected to 300 sexual assaults in mixed-sex mental health wards during the past three years. New data obtained from mental health trusts has shown the true extent of the problem has been grossly underestimated.

TB testing on visitors to Britain increases - The Independent 05/11/06

Two hundred thousand visitors to Britain a year will be required to undergo tuberculosis tests in a significant expansion to a controversial screening programme.

Eggs for sale: The booming business of sharing your fertility - The Independent 05/11/06

It is illegal in this country. But that does not stop growing numbers of British women contacting websites to generate thousands of pounds with their ovaries.

The 'sin bin' society - The Independent 05/11/06

The Government's antisocial behaviour tsar thinks that 'chaotic individuals' who flout Asbos should be put into special accommodation with 8pm curfews until they mend their ways.

Anti-social adults to be sent to 'sin bins', says respect tsar - The Independent 05/11/06

Tomorrow's criminals can be identified by age of five - The Independent 05/11/06

Children as young as five can be identified as tomorrow's future criminals, depressives and drop-outs, says research produced for the Prime Minister's Strategy Unit.

Shops that sell cigarettes to minors face tobacco sale ban - The Independent 05/11/06

Shops that sell cigarettes to children are to be banned from selling any tobacco products, under a stringent new law designed to crack down on under-age smoking. The Government is also to raise the age that cigarettes can be bought from 16 to 18.

Thousands at risk as substance abuse soars in schools - The Times 04/11/06

THOUSANDS of children are risking their lives sniffing glue and aerosols in a new epidemic of solvent abuse in schools.

'I was not looking for the right drugs' - The Times 04/11/06

The chips are down - The Times 04/11/06

Frying chips has recently been the focus of a cancer scare, but now scientists say they have discovered a simple way to cut any risk dramatically

Three million body bags may be stockpiled in disaster plans - The Telegraph 06/11/06

Secret plans to stockpile millions of body bags to be used in the event of a flu pandemic, terrorist attack or other disaster are being considered by the Government and health experts, according to a senior minister.

Biting back: the 923-calorie burger that takes 9 miles to walk off - The Telegraph 06/11/06

It's the calorific equivalent of downing four and a half pints of lager, gorging on five chocolate bars or scoffing 13 digestive biscuits in one sitting.

Hungry students take Double Whopper test - The Telegraph 06/11/06

When a child's life depends on a new Babygro - The Telegraph 06/11/06

It is not as high-profile as TB, Aids or malaria but tetanus kills 250,000 a year in developing countries - many of them new mothers and babies. Victoria Lambert reports on a Unicef initiative and explains how British mothers can help

Digby Jones: 'I did what I could at iSoft' - The Telegraph 05/11/06

Sir Digby Jones has broken his silence over troubled NHS software group iSoft, arguing he did everything an independent director could do to check its accounting was accurate.

Nish Joshi's Q & A - The Telegraph 05/11/06

I am 35 with two children. I used to suffer indigestion and heartburn, but i had an operation four years ago to stop acid rising.

Second Opinion - The Telegraph 05/11/06

The best of treatments must be the friendly reassurance that, whatever the symptoms, they will pass and there is no need to take pills or potions to relieve them. Or, as wise old Hippocrates put it, "to do nothing is also a good remedy".

NHS carbon trading sees millions go up in smoke - The Telegraph 05/11/06

Hospitals have lost nearly £6 million since a controversial Government scheme to cut carbon emissions was introduced.

Hospitals fail to report spread of new superbug 'more dangerous than MRSA' - The Telegraph 05/11/06

The spread of a dangerous new superbug through hospitals is being hugely underestimated by the Government's reporting scheme, NHS staff have admitted.

Pump that could spare diabetics their daily jabs - Daily Mail 05/11/12

A quarter of a million diabetics could be freed from the trauma of daily insulin injections thanks to an artificial pancreas.

Young to test artificial pancreas - BBC Health News 06/11/06

Free IVF cycle for sperm donor couples - Daily Mail 05/11/12

Couples are being offered a free cycle of IVF treatment worth £3,000 if the man donates a sperm sample.

Hangovers hit older people harder - Daily Mail 05/11/12

It is something that many of us have long suspected - hangovers really do get worse as you get older. Scientists have shown that teenagers have a greater resistance to alcohol.

Men with prostate cancer face 'titanic battle' for treatment - Daily Mail 03/11/12

Men are having to fight 'titanic battles' for access to tried and tested treatments for prostate cancer, a charity chief said today.

Hospital yobs will get £80 spot fines - Daily Mail 03/11/12

Yobs who cause trouble on an A&E ward will get on-the-spot £80 fines in a new initiative to tackle anti-social behaviour in hospitals.

Fewer pupils taking school meals - BBC Health News 06/11/06

Moves to improve the quality of meals in English secondary schools have resulted in fewer pupils taking them this term, a BBC News survey suggests.

Young to test artificial pancreas - BBC Health News 06/11/06

Children in the UK with type 1 diabetes are being recruited to test an artificial pancreas.

Public 'confused by painkillers' - BBC Health News 06/11/06

One in three people in the UK does not know the difference between common painkillers such as aspirin, ibuprofen and paracetamol, a survey suggests.

Fitness machine for child gamers - BBC Health News 05/11/06

A machine has been invented to encourage children to work out while they are playing computer games.

Red tape hits aid doctors' work - BBC Health News 04/11/06

UK doctors working for charities overseas are being removed from the lists of approved practitioners in the UK in their absence.

Sport injury link to menstruation - BBC Health News 04/11/06

Sportswomen are more prone to injuries at certain times during their menstrual cycle, a study paper suggests.

Women told to give birth at home - BBC Health News 03/11/06

A maternity unit in Bridlington is to close as an NHS trust attempts to claw back £7m of overspending.

Medical chief's bonus 'an insult' - BBC Health News 03/11/06

Lawyers for four of six men who almost died after medical trials went wrong have crictised the US research company for awarding its boss £920,000.

Hospital troublemakers face fines - BBC Health News 03/11/06

Drunken patients who abuse staff at a Greater Manchester hospital face on-the-spot fines in a bid to crackdown on yobs on its casualty ward.

Patients 'denied prostate drug' - BBC Health News 03/11/06

A charity for men with prostate cancer says many face a "titanic" struggle to be prescribed an approved drug.

International News

When a child's life depends on a new Babygro - The Telegraph 06/11/06

'Dry air' device kills head lice - BBC Health News 06/11/06

A hairdryer-like device can rid children of head lice by exterminating the eggs and lice, work shows.

Rich areas' poor in deaths link - BBC Health News 05/11/06

Poor people who live in rich neighbourhoods in the US are more likely to die than those who live in disadvantaged areas, a study says.

Cheshire and Merseyside News

Tragedy of 'very distressed' carer, 90, found hanged - Liverpool Daily Post 06/11/06

A 90-YEAR-OLD man who cared for his sick wife hanged himself after telling his daughter he was feeling "very distressed".

New chief for Royal hospital - Liverpool Echo 03/11/06

A FORMER Birkenhead High pupil has become the new chairwoman of the Royal Liverpool hospital.

Miss Miracle's thankyou - Chester Chronicle 03/11/06

A PATIENT described as 'Miss Miracle' by doctors is giving something back to those who helped her through a life-threatening illness.

Mixed response to housing blueprint for hospital land - Chester Chronicle 03/11/06

A MASSIVE development on surplus land at the Countess of Chester Health Park has received a lukewarm response from the local community.

Duty of care - Chester Chronicle 03/11/06

HELEN Bellairs could have retired from the NHS but she likes a challenge ... and boy has she got one!

Countess faces losing orthopaedic skills base - Chester Chronicle 03/11/06

TORY parliamentary candidate Paul Offer says Labour's privatisation of parts of the NHS could threaten the future of the accident and emergency department at the Countess of Chester Hospital.

Cumbria and Lancashire News

Meeting to examine hospital bugs - Carlisle News & Star 04/11/06

A SUPPORT group for local MRSA sufferers is holding a public meeting in Carlisle between 1pm and 3pm today.

Staff told: Read all about it - Lancashire Telegraph 03/11/06

HEALTH chiefs are set to use the findings from the Lancashire Telegraph's Turn It Off Campaign as part of a staff fire training programme.

Greater Manchester News

Cannabis raids help patients - Manchester Evneing News 04/11/06

A CANNABIS "drought" in Manchester has led to a drop in mental health patients being admitted to hospital, says a senior health worker.

Police hospital patrols to fine abusive patients - Manchester Evening News 03/11/06

PATIENTS who abuse staff at a Greater Manchester hospital will become the first in the country to face an £80 fine in a crackdown on anti-social behaviour.