National and International News
Cancer drug approved - The Times 22/09/05
A LUNG cancer drug that prolongs survival and reduces symptoms has been approved for use across Europe.
Lung cancer oral pill breakthrough - Daily Mail 22/09/05
Just one cigarette a day can treble risk of fatal ilnesses - The Independent 22/09/05
Smoking even one cigarette a day trebles the risk of heart disease or lung cancer - and the effect is greater in women.
A few cigarettes a day 'deadly' - BBC Health News 22/09/05
Women in the dark over smear tests - Daily Mail 22/09/05
Most women do not know that a cervical smear test is designed to prevent cancer, research has revealed.
Most women don't link smear tests with cancer - Daily Mail 22/09/05
New NHS money 'making up for past' - Daily Mail 22/09/05
The majority of the extra money pumped into the NHS in recent years has been spent compensating for funding shortages in the past, a report has claimed.
Old services 'suck up NHS cash' - BBC Health News 22/09/05
Meat withdrawn over E.coli outbreak - Daily Mail 22/09/05
Experts investigating an outbreak of E.coli among dozens of South Wales children have found a link between a meat supplier and schools.
E.coli outbreak meat supply link - BBC Health News 22/09/05
E-nose sniffs out hospital superbug - Daily Mail 22/09/05
An electronic nose could help hospitals sniff out the superbug MRSA. The £60,000 device could help boost efforts to tackle any outbreaks by tracking MRSA within 15 minutes, the New Scientist reports.
Cannabis gran faces court decision - Daily Mail 22/09/05
Cannabis-cooking grandmother Patricia Tabram is to find out whether she faces another day in court after police raided her home again.
Cancer drug campaigners go on march - Daily Mail 22/09/05
Women campaigning for increased access to a life-saving breast cancer drug are set to march on Parliament.
Brain scan images 'can detect lies' - Daily Mail 22/09/05
Brain imaging techniques that reveal whether a person is lying are now reliable enough to detect criminals, according to new research.
Ambulance trusts may be slashed - Daily Mail 22/09/05
The number of ambulance trusts in England is to be cut by two-thirds under proposals being considered by the Government.
'£6m annual cost of NHS violence' - Daily Mail 22/09/05
New figures reveal that there were on average 22 cases of violence or aggression against NHS staff in Wales every day over the course of a year.
Why bottled water fails to protect your children's teeth - Daily Mail 22/09/05
Children are developing tooth decay because they are drinking bottled water rather than fluoridated tap water, scientists have warned.
One in five throw a sickie - Daily Mail 22/09/05
One in five workers admitted making up an excuse to throw a sickie, often complaining they had food poisoning or a cold, a new report said today.
Hewitt's offer to private health bidders revealed in secret papers - The Guardian 22/09/05
Private sector bidders for contracts worth £3bn to diagnose and treat NHS patients are being wooed with the prospect of a permanent place in England's healthcare market.
How living near a farm is bad for your health - Daily Mail 22/09/05
Families living near farms could be in danger from the spraying of pesticides and other chemicals, an official inquiry has concluded.
Pesticide protection 'inadequate' - BBC Health News 22/09/05
Personalised drugs 'decades away' - BBC Health News 22/09/05
Individually tailored medicines have been "over hyped" and are still many years away, leading scientists say.
Asbestos death widow wins payout - BBC Health News 22/09/05
A Worcestershire woman whose carpenter husband died after being exposed to asbestos dust at a jail is to receive a six-figure payout from the Home Office.
Junk food ads 'should be banned' - BBC Health News 22/09/05
Junk food advertising should be banned in an effort to reduce childhood obesity, the Liberal Democrat education spokesman has said.
Indonesia bird flu fears mount - BBC Health News 22/09/05
At least 13 Indonesians are suspected to be suffering from bird flu, as fears of a major outbreak mounted.
Flu drug advice sent to doctors - BBC Health News 22/09/05
Doctors in the UK are being sent government guidance on who should receive anti-flu drugs in the event of a pandemic.
Team pioneers new attack on HIV - BBC Health News 22/09/05
Researchers from Northern Ireland are helping pioneer a new approach in the fight against HIV.
Alzheimer's sufferers hit by further delay in NHS approval for vital drugs - Daily Telegraph 22/09/05
Thousands of Alzheimer's sufferers will have to wait until next year to learn if they will get vital drugs on the National Health Service.
Study Examines Use of Antipsychotic Medications for Schizophrenia Treatment - Medical News Today 22/09/05
Results in the New England Journal of Medicine from a National Institute of Mental Health-funded study compared the use of atypical antipsychotic medications, including SEROQUEL® (quetiapine fumarate), and a first generation antipsychotic medication for the treatment of schizophrenia.
Why do pictures look the same when viewed from different angles - Medical News Today 22/09/05
University of California at Berkley and RIT release new findings on visual perception - A team of scientists has solved a key mystery of visual perception. Why do pictures look the same when viewed from different angles?
UCSD study could lead to improved treatment options for Type II diabetes - Medical News Today 22/09/05
Chronically high levels of insulin, as is found in people with Type II diabetes, may block a specific hormone that is a trigger for releasing energy into the body, according to researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine. Their findings, which may point to improved treatment options for the disease, will be published in the September 22 issue of the journal Nature.
Brain imaging for epilepsy, marker that shows deficits in signalling of serotonin - Medical News Today 22/09/05
Positron emission tomography (PET) brain scans of a brain chemical messenger system may prove sensitive enough to help plan brain surgery for epilepsy, according to a study presented at the 130th annual meeting of the American Neurological Association in San Diego.
Water channel protein implicated in relative of multiple sclerosis - Medical News Today 22/09/05
Researchers have identified a molecular suspect in a disorder similar to multiple sclerosis (MS) that attacks the optic nerve and spinal cord, according to a report presented at the 130th annual meeting of the American Neurological Association in San Diego. The protein, called aquaporin-4, is a channel protein that allows water to move in and out of cells.
Tracking key to healing the brain - stem cells - UQ researcher - Medical News Today 22/09/05
Stem cells have long been described as the holy grail of bioscientists. These amazing cells have the remarkable potential to develop into many different cell types in the body and have to potential to revolutionise medical science.
Sun exposure is good for your teeth - Effect of vitamin D and calcium on periodontitis - Medical News Today 22/09/05
Beginning in 2007, daylight savings time will be extended by almost a month. This additional amount of daylight may also help extend the life and health of people's teeth and bones. That's because vitamin D, also known as the "sunshine vitamin," is made by the body through casual and minimal sun exposure. Vitamin D is just as essential as calcium for healthy teeth and bones according to a paper that was published in the September issue of the Journal of Periodontology.
NIH establishes National Commission on Digestive Diseases, USA - Medical News Today 22/09/05
Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Elias A. Zerhouni, M.D., today announced the establishment of the National Commission on Digestive Diseases, which will work to improve the health of the nation through digestive diseases research.
New hope for neuropathic pain sufferers - UVa scientists discover new type of nerve cell - Medical News Today 22/09/05
We all know that if you put your hand over an open flame it's very painful. What you may not know is that, for some people, just lying under a blanket is painful as well. They have neuropathic pain--annoying, chronic pain that comes from a diseased nerve cell rather than a specific stimulus. Feeling phantom pain in a missing limb is another, more famous, example.
More men than women have dirty hands - Medical News Today 22/09/05
People are generally getting better at washing their hands after going to a public restroom - 82% of people do so regularly this year, in 2003 the figure stood at 78%. However, if you take women out of the survey of 6,300 people, there has been virtually no improvement at all.
Implant-supported overdentures stay in place, even when you eat or have to speak in public - Medical News Today 22/09/05
Implant-placed overdentures lock the denture in place, providing people with the peace of mind that their dentures will not slip when they speak or eat in public.
GSK's Patent on Retrovir Expires; Generic Versions of AZT Expected To Be Available Soon - Medical News Today 22/09/05
The patent on azidothymidine, or AZT - the main ingredient in... GlaxoSmithKline's antiretroviral drug Retrovir -- expired on Saturday, paving the way for lower-cost generic versions to be made available for millions of HIV-positive people in developing countries and thousands in the U.S., the Raleigh News & Observer reports (Vollmer [1], Raleigh News & Observer, 9/18).
Green tea may protect against the ravages of Alzheimer's disease - Medical News Today 22/09/05
Researchers at the University of South Florida (USF) have found that green tea may offer another potential health benefit -- protecting the brain against the ravages of Alzheimer's disease.
A role for T-channels in a subset of nociceptors - Medical News Today 22/09/05
This week, Nelson et al. report a role for T-channels in a subset of nociceptors. The authors recorded from rat dorsal root ganglion neurons in the intact ganglia or after dissociation.
Smokers have higher cancer risk if they consume lots of beta-carotene, not the case with non-smokers - Medical News Today 22/09/05
A new study of French women has found that high beta-carotene intake--through a combination of diet or supplementation--is associated with a higher risk of tobacco-related cancers in smokers, but the risk of these cancers decreases with increasing beta-carotene intake in nonsmokers. The study appears in the September 21 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
DNA repair gene change may be early step in development of sporadic colorectal tumors - Medical News Today 22/09/05
Inactivation of a DNA repair gene may be an early step in the development of sporadic colorectal tumors, and detection of the molecular basis for this inactivation may ultimately be useful in risk assessment for colorectal cancer, according to a new study in the September 21 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
Suppression of FOXO1a gene might kill resistant ARMS tumors - Medical News Today 22/09/05
FOXO1a caused death of tumor cells in laboratory study by triggering expression of caspase-3, which blocks cell division and causes cells to undergo apoptosis, according to St. Jude.
A deceptively simple sugar is a critical regulator of cells' natural life cycle - Medical News Today 22/09/05
Johns Hopkins scientists have discovered that a deceptively simple sugar is in fact a critical regulator of cells' natural life cycle.
MRSA is everybody's business, not only that of epidemiologists and politicians, the Lancet - Medical News Today 22/09/05
MRSA (meticllin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) is everybody's business, not only that of hospital epidemiologists and a few opinion leaders, conclude experts contributing to a global debate in the October issue of The Lancet Infectious Diseases.
Inamed breast implants get conditional FDA OK - Reuters 22/09/05
U.S. regulators granted conditional approval to a second maker of silicone gel-filled breast implants on Wednesday, allowing Inamed Corp. to sell its version if it meets certain requirements.
Outrage as children die in Sicilian hospitals - Reuters 22/09/05
A 12-year-old girl became the third child to die this month after seemingly routine operations in Sicilian hospitals, sparking calls for public health centres to be shut down.
Cheshire and Mersey News
Flu deaths could increase by 50% - Runcorn & Widnes Weekly News 22/09/05
A MAJOR flu epidemic has been predicted for this winter by scientists and at-risk groups such as the elderly and asthmatics are urged to have a free vaccination.
Campaign to end domestic violence - Runcorn & Widnes Weekly News 22/09/05
VICTIMS of domestic abuse are being urged to be bold and come forward to police to report what is happening to them.
Free parking for volunteers considered - Ellesmere Port Pioneer 21/09/05
HEALTH workers could be made exempt from parking charges. The borough council's environment committee is looking into a suggestion from Andrew Miller MP to give a helping hand to volunteers at the newly opened outreach gym, set up by the Wirral Heart Beat group at Ellesmere Port Fire Station on Wellington Road.
We'll do anything to help Nathan beat this tumour - Liverpool Echo 21/09/05
TWO-year-old Nathan Jarvis is facing the fight of his life.
Crash steps up ambulance bid - Nantwich Chronicle 21/09/05
A CAMPAIGN demanding a Nantwich ambulance station is gaining support after an horrific crash took the lives of four people.
Mum-to-be shocked by cancellation - Crewe Chronicle 21/09/05
A HEAVILY pregnant woman says she has been left to fend for herself after Leighton Hospital cancelled her antenatal classes without warning.
Tonic of a new surgery - Southport Midweek Visiter 21/09/05
A DOCTOR in Kew is delighted after learning she is to move from her portable building to a new purpose-built surgery.
Cumbria and Lancashire News
Centre to advise on sex and drugs - Blackpool Gazette 21/09/05
A NEW drop-in centre will open next week to give teenagers and young people advice on sex, drugs and alcohol.
Mix-up left patient 'in agony' - Blackburn Citizen 21/09/05
A HOSPITAL patient who damaged his knee was left in agony after staff gave him the wrong prescription.
Greater Manchester News
Anti-smoking backing from Hope nurse - Salford Advertiser 22/09/05
A NURSE from Hope Hospital has backed a new anti-smoking campaign after the habit made her go blind.
Mum’s nursing care ‘neglect’ - Tameside Advertiser 21/09/05
A FAMILY is demanding to know why a dying mum with serious head injuries was not given proper nursing care.
Sex case patient had to 'fight an octopus' - Bury Times 21/09/05
A DOCTOR `touched up' a patient so often during consultations she felt like she was "fighting an octopus", a tribunal heard.
Doctor 'molested me like an octopus' - Manchester Evening News 22/09/05
Cash crisis hospital takes out a big loan - Bolton Evening News 21/09/05
HOSPITAL bosses have been forced to borrow almost £1million to balance the books. Cash-strapped Royal Bolton Hospital chiefs have taken a loan of £866,000 from the Greater Manchester Strategic Health Authority.
THE fluoride question has raised its head again [letter] - Bolton Evening News 21/09/05
My husband and I, in our 70s and 80s, have our own teeth, and I think most people of our generation also have their own teeth.
Surgeon: I wept in despair - Manchester Evening News 22/09/05
A SURGEON wept with despair at the way a dying woman was treated in hospital.
Street star Vera battles lung disease - Manchester Evening News 21/09/05
CORONATION Street star Liz Dawn has vowed to continue working, despite being diagnosed with a serious lung disease.
£25m help in war on cancer - Manchester Evening News 21/09/05
A £25 MILLION tumour and brain scanning centre, which will revolutionise cancer and mental health treatments, opens in south Manchester this week.
Woman denied pill on moral grounds - Manchester Evening News 21/09/05
A PHARMACIST refused to sell a woman the morning after pill because it was morally wrong.
Top scientists back medical centre push - Manchester Evening News 21/09/05
MANCHESTER'S leading medical scientists have joined forces to back the Manchester Evening News bid to put the city at the cutting edge of research.
School food in 'poison' warning - Manchester Evening News 21/09/05
FRUIT and vegetables supplied to schools contained more pesticides than those on sale in shops, says a report today.
Quit boost for smokers - Manchester Evening News 22/09/05
SMOKERS wanting to kick the habit have now been told they can use nicotine replacement therapy at the same time as cutting down on cigarettes.
City could be 'international hub' for medics - Manchester Evening News 22/09/05
THE chief executive of Marketing Manchester has backed the M.E.N.'s campaign for an Academic Medical Centre in the city.
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