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A growing number of British women are falling pregnant after a one-night stand - The Independent 30th July 2007
This summer's blockbuster romcom charts the story of a girl who has a baby after a one-night stand – a scenario all too familiar to a growing number of British women
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Roadside tests to fight rise in drug-driving - The Independent 30th July 2007
The sight of drivers standing at the roadside on one leg is to become more common this summer as police crack down on driving under the influence of drugs.
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Drug-drivers face roadside tests in new police blitz - The Daily Mail 30th July 2007
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Drive to get children playing outdoors - The Telegraph 30th July 2007
Only one in five of today's children play outside in the street or local parks every day, according to new research.
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'Trauma units better than local A&E centres' - The Telegraph 30th July 2007
Three thousand lives a year could be saved by taking patients with severe injuries to specialist centres instead of local accident and emergency departments, trauma experts claimed last night.
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Radical NHS pay reforms failed, says report - The Telegraph 30th July 2007
The Government's radical reform of NHS pay has failed to increase productivity, has contributed to spiralling debts and damaged morale, a damning report claims today. Agenda for Change was introduced in 2004 as part of Labour's pledge to improve the pay and working conditions of more than one million nurses, therapists and support staff in the NHS.
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NHS pay deal 'rushed and costly' - BBC Health News 30th July 2007
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Mental problems 'double among Iraq troops' - The Telegraph 30th July 2007
The number of troops suffering psychiatric disorders including post-traumatic stress, mood swings, and drink and drug problems appears to have doubled in the past year. The scale of mental health problems suffered by troops in Iraq and Afghanistan is revealed in an official study by the Defence Analytical Services Agency.
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NHS in trauma beds crisis, says surgeon - The Telegraph 30th July 2007
The NHS is suffering from a chronic shortage of specialist beds which means seriously injured patients are having to wait for days in severe pain, according to a leading surgeon. He said the hospital system was paralysed by red tape and funding disputes, which put thousands of patients waiting for treatment in specialist wards at risk.
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Computerised home care for elderly developed - The Telegraph 30th July 2007
Computerised homes that can track elderly people's movements and monitor their health are being developed in Britain.
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Childhood obesity to rise for another 40 years - The Telegraph 30th July 2007
Half of Britain’s young boys could be dangerously overweight by 2050, a leaked report claims. About one in four 11- to 15-year-olds in Britain are obese at present While the Government aims to halt the rise in obesity in primary school children within four years, levels will continue to increase for another 40 years, research warns. A fifth of girls will be obese, the report adds.
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Most sperm donor children to be fatherless - The Telegraph 30th July 2007
Lesbians and single women are on course to become the largest group to have donor insemination, new figures from the Government’s fertility watchdog suggest.
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Eye patients to be given unlicensed drugs - The Telegraph 30th July 2007
Doctors are planning to give unlicensed drugs to patients suffering from an eye condition that can lead to blindness, because the current licensed drug is too expensive to be widely prescribed.
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NHS doctors prescribe unlicenced blindness drug in price challange - The Daily Mail 30th July 2007
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GPs 'giving Ritalin to babies under a year old' - The Daily Mail 30th July 2007
Thousands of children are needlessly being prescribed mind-altering powerful drugs for hyperactivity, according to opposition MPs. Research suggests that some GPs are even handing out Ritalin pills to children under a year old.
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Scientists pinpoint the genes that trigger MS - The Daily Mail 30th July 2007
Scientists have identified two genes that cause multiple sclerosis in one of the biggest breakthroughs in fighting the disease for 30 years.
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GPs' earning more money for working fewer hours - The Daily Mail 30th July 2007
Family doctors are earning more money for working fewer hours, official figures will reveal this week. The average GP is putting in 15 per cent fewer hours than three years ago, when surgeries were allowed to opt out of providing evening and weekend care.
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The new NHS hospital with a separate room for every patient - The Daily Mail 30th July 2007
Every patient will have their own room and bathroom at a new NHS hospital in a drive to stop the spread of superbugs. Traditional wards have been scrapped under the single-room design, which planners say will reduce cases of MRSA and Clostridium difficile and lead to speedier recoveries.
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Scientists discover why thin people dislike fat people - The Daily Mail 30th July 2007
From playground taunts to discrimination at work, prejudice is a fact of life for millions who are overweight. Now scientists claim to have discovered why.
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Mother who 'did not consent' to abortion wins £27,000 payout - The Daily Mail 30th July 2007
A mother-of-three has received £27,500 in compensation from a hospital trust after an abortion was performed on her without proper consent.
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Hospitals bring in parking fees - BBC Health News 30th July 2007
Controversial car parking charges have been introduced for the first time at four hospital sites in Glasgow.
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Instant steam could banish MRSA - BBC Health News 30th July 2007
A device to deliver instant superheated steam may help in the battle against hospital infections, such as MRSA.
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Multiple sclerosis genes uncovered - The Telegraph 30th July 2007
The discovery of two genes that increase the risk of multiple sclerosis has brought scientists closer to understanding the cause of the disease and could lead to the development of new treatments. Two international teams of scientists have found that possessing defective variants of one of two genes increased the risk of MS by 20 to 30 per cent.
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Men who pile on pounds cut their chance of being a father - The Daily Mail 30th July 2007
Becoming overweight may greatly cut a man's chances of fatherhood, say experts. Research shows that obesity, which is already known to affect a woman's fertility, raises the risk of male infertility by more than a third.
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Trials start on new TB vaccine - BBC Health News 30th July 2007
The first new TB vaccine for 80 years is being tested in clinical trials in South Africa. Oxford University researchers say that the jab, given alongside the current BCG vaccine, could protect people better from the disease.
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Gene clues from dying MRSA victim - BBC Health News 30th July 2007
Scientists have built a compelling genetic picture of how lethal superbug MRSA changed day-by-day to overwhelm a heart patient.
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Sunshine 'protective' against MS - BBC Health News 30th July 2007
People who spend more time in the sun as children subsequently have a lower risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS), a US study shows.
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Cheshire and Merseyside News
Graduates are health trainers - Maghull and Aintree Star 26th July 2007
COMMUNITIES across the city are to be given a helping hand to lead healthier lives. Twelve new Personal Health Trainers have been recruited as part of a unique programme funded by Liverpool Primary Care Trust.
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Hospital sabotage probe: 13 suspended - The Liverpool Echo 29th July 2007
HOSPITAL bosses suspended 13 workers after life-saving theatre packs were sabotaged. An internal probe at Liverpool Women’s hospital discovered packs containing vital instruments were tampered with.
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Cumbria and Lancashire News
Shoppers shown the future as part of health campaign - Lancashire Telegraph 28th July 2007
SHOPPERS have been transported into the future as part of a drive to stop them going blind. The Mall, Blackburn, played host to the Royal National Institute of Blind People's (RNIB) Open Your Eyes tour in a bid to get more people in the borough to look after their eyes.
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Worries about distance to private health centres - Lancashire Telegraph 30th July 2007
PRIVATE health centres will be taking on NHS treatments as part of a £500 million a year deal - but the nearest one for East Lancashire people could be up to 18 miles away.
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100 hospital staff face having to re-apply for jobs - Lancashire Telegraph 30th July 2007
ONE hundred hospital staff may have to re-apply for their jobs after health bosses unveiled plans to merge East Lancashire's medical records units. The unit at Burnley General is being closed and merged with the Royal Blackburn's facility.
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Greater Manchester News
Former surgeon's pay-out overturned - Manchester Evening News 28th July 2007
A SURGEON'S record £800,000 race discrimination pay-out has been overturned by the Court Of Appeal.
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Coroner's plea on hospital - Health - News - Manchester Evening News
A CORONER is to write to hospital bosses after hearing of the `despicable and appalling' care given to a dying cancer patient.
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