Tuesday, July 31, 2007

Another 15 Minutes...Health News from Fade



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Fear of hospital chaos as 30,000 doctors start new jobs...on the same day - The Daily Mail 31st July 2007

Hospital services face chaos tomorrow as an unprecedented 30,000 junior doctors change jobs at once.

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Healthy salads have more salt than a Big Mac and fries - The Daily Mail 30th July 2007

Many ready-made salads and pasta bowls should carry a health warning because they contain more salt than a Big Mac and fries, say campaigners. A pressure group says hidden salt in take-out meals and other processed foods means the nation is over-dosing on it on a daily basis.


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Lunchtime salad pots 'can contain more salt than a burger and fries' - The Independent 31st July 2007

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One cannabis joint 'harms the lungs as much as five cigarettes' - The Daily Mail 30th July 2007

A single joint of cannabis can damage the lungs as badly as smoking five cigarettes in one go, a study suggests.


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Cannabis harm worse than tobacco - BBC Health News 31st July 2007


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Cannabis joint 'as harmful as smoking five cigarettes' - The Independent 31st July 2007


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Cannabis joints damage lungs more than tobacco - study - The Guardian 31st July 2007


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One cannabis joint as bad as five cigarettes: study - Reuters 31st July 2007

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Health, News, Smoking, UK Health News, Drugs of Abuse, Lung Diseases, Daily Mail




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The spare-part baby boom, as MPs review test-tube laws - The Daily Mail 30th July 2007

The creation of "spare part babies" could become more widespread following a report from MPs.

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Health, News, Genetics, UK Health News, Neonatology, Daily Mail




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Large glass of wine a day increases bowel cancer risk by 10 per cent - The Daily Mail 30th July 2007

Drinking a large glass of wine or a pint of beer a day increases the risk of developing bowel cancer by around 10 per cent, a report out today said.


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Daily glass of wine increases risk of bowel cancer, scientists find - The Independent 31st July 2007


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Alcohol link to bowel cancer risk - BBC Health News 30th July 2007



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NHS 24 may take daytime GP calls - BBC Health News 30th July 2007

Daytime calls to GP surgeries could be taken by the NHS 24 helpline to free up doctors for evening appointments.


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MPs' doubts about research boss - BBC Health News 30th July 2007

Concerns that the chairman of the Medical Research Council is not the right man for the job have been expressed by a committee of MPs.


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Inherited cancer fear 'unfounded' - BBC Health News 31st July 2007

People worry unnecessarily about cancer in their family because they do not realise only a small number of cancers are hereditary, a survey has found.

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Health, News, Cancer, Genetics, UK Health News, BBC Health News




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Ward closes following MRSA fears - BBC Health News 31st July 2007

Ten patients at a County Fermanagh hospital are being closely monitored after they were found to be carrying the MRSA bug.

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'Death risk' from air pollution - BBC Health News 31st July 2007

Low levels of exposure to air pollution can still increase the risk of dying early, a study says.

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Gene for left-handedness is found - BBC Health News 31st July 2007

Scientists have discovered the first gene which appears to increase the odds of being left-handed.

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Food manufacturers target children on internet after regulator's TV advertising clampdown - The Guardian 31st July 2007

Some of the world's leading food manufacturers have begun marketing to children on social networking websites and internet chat programs

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Private involvement in the health service - The Guardian 31st July 2007

The change in tone from the new health secretary, Alan Johnson, over private involvement in the NHS is welcome (Johnson blocks new wave of private clinics, July 26). But what he actually did was "veto" a third wave of private treatment centres that no one had previously known about.

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Boy Waits 23 Hours For Treatment To Broken Wrist - Blackburn Citizen 30th July 2007

A TEN-YEAR-OLD boy waited in pain for 23 hours before his broken wrist was treated by busy hospital staff. Health bosses have been blasted by the youngster's father, who said the child was initially sent home from Royal Blackburn Hospital without being treated following a five-hour wait in A and E.

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Hooked on cannabis at 6 - Manchester Evening News 31st July 2007
CHILDREN as young as six are being treated for cannabis addiction in Greater Manchester. Drug specialists regularly see addicts aged 11 and 12. Eight and nine-year-olds are also referred to them - and the youngest was six.

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