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Right on with reform - The Guardian 13/09/06
In his first interview as the new NHS chief executive, David Nicholson says the health service should brace itself for more upheaval.
Plan for wave of closures of NHS services - The Guardian 13/09/06
Key NHS services face closure - The Times 13/09/06
The power of positive thinking - The Guardian 13/09/06
Challenging behaviour in people with autism is usually met with physical restraint and medication. Their overuse is now a national problem. But, finds Linda Jackson, an alternative idea is yielding striking results
Interview: John Coughlan, incoming president of the Association of Directors of Social Services - The Guardian 13/09/06
John Coughlan will shortly find himself leading both the old ADSS, soon to disappear, and the new Association of Directors of Children's Services. It's a challenge he relishes, he tells David Brindle
Diane Taylor: on men, steroids and the body ideal - The Guardian 13/09/06
More and more men want a body like David Beckham's - even if they have to take dangerous short cuts to get it. Diane Taylor on the alarming rise of anabolic steroids
Illegal steroid use increases as teens struggle with body image - The Times 13/09/06
Young men prefer steroids over workouts to improve body shape - The Telegraph 13/09/06
Many young men 'abusing steroids' - BBC Health News 13/09/06
Beyond the line of duty - The Guardian 13/09/06
Modern home care delivery involves much more than a spot of dusting. A new breed of community support assistants is taking on some of the roles of the district nurse
Leave the bikes alone - The Guardian 13/09/06
As if cyclists didn't have a bad enough deal already, now they face fines for failing to sound the bell
Teething troubles for care agendas - The Guardian 13/09/06
Reluctance to change, lack of ambition, and a growing rift between social care and a cash-strapped NHS. Is there anything positive about the new order? David Brindle reports
Drugs can work for Alzheimer's sufferers - The Guardian 13/09/06
Specialists should not have to withhold treatment for dementia when it's most needed
No kidding - The Guardian 13/09/06
A pilot scheme at schools aims to educate children on health issues without being patronising
Debt-ridden trusts halt IVF treatment - The Guardian 13/09/06
Infertile couples in Northamptonshire are to be denied IVF treatment on the NHS by three primary care trusts facing a £38m deficit.
'Social services is no more' - The Guardian 13/09/06
Social services is no more. Children's social services has joined education to become children's services.
Body-conscious men turn to anabolic steroids - The Guardian 13/09/06
Young men concerned about their body image and struggling to build the six-pack they want in the gym are turning in increasing numbers to the illicit use of anabolic steroids, which are now available on the street in many cities of the UK, according to a new survey.
Surge in legionnaires’ cases worries officials - The Guardian 13/09/06
An increase in the number of cases of legionnaires’ disease is causing concern among health officials.
Big rise in Legionnaires' cases - BBC Health News 12/09/06
Hewitt admits £82m payments to stricken iSoft - The Guardian 13/09/06
The government has admitted making two upfront payments, totalling £82m, to iSoft, the financially stretched software group playing a central role in the NHS’s £6.2bn overhaul of computer systems in hospitals and GP practices across England.
A city gripped by the speedball craze - The Independent 13/09/06
Neal, a factory worker from Tyneside, cannot remember how he got into the drug craze which goes by the name of speedballing.
Street prices plummet as use reaches epidemic levels - The Independent 13/09/06
The cost of drugs in many parts of Britain has plummeted in the past year, an authoritative study on the country's booming industry in illegal substances has revealed.
Patient care 'put at risk by medical discipline reform' - The Times 13/09/06
The General Medical Council opposes what it says is an unnecessary plan to break up its role
Bowel cancer tests denied to elderly - The Telegraph 13/09/06
As many as a quarter of detectable bowel cancers could be missed in the new national screening programme because it did not cover the older age group, a doctor claimed yesterday.
Reports point to health risks and lost innocence - The Telegraph 13/09/06
A large body of research backs the claims of the teachers, authors and scientists who yesterday blamed a range of modern ills for depriving children of a well balanced childhood.
The downside of childhood today - The Telegraph 13/09/06
Anne Karpf: on what's making British children depressed - The Guardian 13/09/06
Sorting babies and bathwater - The Guardian 13/09/06
Childhood is being ruined, warn experts - The Independent 13/09/06
New laser surgery cured my long and short sight - Daily Mail 12/09/06
Rock musician Rick Wakeman first developed eye problems 30 years ago, and has since had to wear different glasses for seeing things at a distance and close up. Two months ago he had a new form of laser treatment to treat both short and long sight, as well as his reading vision. Here Rick, 57, who lives in Norfolk, tells us all about his life-changing operation.
Breast cancer sufferer risked her life to be a mother - Daily Mail 12/09/06
Last Friday, Tania Farrell Yelland, writer and former wife of ex-Sun editor David Yelland, lost her long fight with cancer, at the age of only 38.
The legal drugs that could kill you - Daily Mail 12/09/06
More of us than ever are succumbing to chronic disease, and the figures make grim reading.
The hormone that makes you fat - Daily Mail 12/09/06
Up to three million women in Briton have an underactive thyroid, leading to weight gain, exhaustion and problems with vision, hearing and speech. Here radio presenter Chessy Nand, 32, from London, tells OLIVIA GORDON how she suffered for two years before it was spotted.
How I beat testicular and prostate cancer too - Daily Mail 12/09/06
Television and radio scriptwriter Paul Mendelson, of May To December and My Hero fame, has survived the double whammy of the two cancers which are exclusive to men: testicular and prostate.
The good nut guide - Daily Mail 12/09/06
Last week, researchers reported that nuts actually help protect against heart disease. They found that just 13g of nuts a day could cut the risk of heart attack by 30 per cent, thanks to the high concentration of Omega-3 fatty acids in the food.
A simple blood pressure test could have saved my husband's life - Daily Mail 12/09/06
More than 16 million adults in the UK have high blood pressure, the main cause of strokes, heart attacks and heart disease. But because there are no obvious symptoms, a third of people don’t realise they suffer from it. This can have serious consequences - as Kathryn Howitt discovered in August last year, when her 39-year-old husband Glen, to whom she’d been married for five years, died. Here, Kathryn, 33, tells her tragic story.
Meningitis ‘link’ to poor housing - BBC Health News 12/09/06
Children who live in overcrowded housing are up to 10 times more likely to contract meningitis, a report from the housing charity Shelter reveals.
Why men at war will pull together - BBC Health News 12/09/06
Having a common enemy brings out the best in men, a new study has shown.
Sound Understanding Of Indoor Acoustics Could Make Hearing Easier - Medical News Today 12/09/06
An innovative technique that, for the first time, accurately measures exactly how sound behaves in 'real-world' situations is now under development - and could improve acoustics in buildings ranging from concert halls to railway stations.
Graphic Warnings On Cigarette Labels, UK - Medical News Today 12/09/06
British Medical Association (BMA) Cymru Wales has welcomed the UK government's proposals to introduce picture warnings on tobacco packaging.
International News
Rocked by Aids, Zulu kingdom now faces even worse foe: incurable TB - The Guardian 13/09/06
Doctors fear fresh fight with South African health chiefs for cash to battle new strain
Green tea may hold the key to long life - The Telegraph 13/09/06
Green tea can make you live longer, with women getting a greater health benefit from the drink than men.
Green tea cuts fatal illness risk - BBC Health News 12/09/06
Heart patients using artery devices may be risking deadly blood clots - Daily Mail 12/09/06
Thousands of heart patients treated with tiny devices which hold arteries open are being warned they could be at higher risk of life-threatening blood clots.
Compounds In Cranberry Juice Show Promise As Alternatives To Antibiotics - Medical News Today 12/09/06
Compounds in cranberry juice have the ability to change E. coli bacteria, a class of microorganisms responsible for a host of human illnesses (everything from kidney infections to gastroenteritis to tooth decay), in ways that render them unable to initiate an infection. The results of this new research by scientists at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) suggest that the cranberry may provide an alternative to antibiotics, particularly for combating E. coli bacteria that have become resistant to conventional treatment.
Cancer And Psoriasis can be aggravated by 'Allergy Cells' - Medical News Today 12/09/06
The body's mast cells are mainly associated with allergic reaction in the way they release histamine and other inflammatory substances. However, researchers at Karolinska Institutet have now demonstrated how the mast cells can also contribute to diseases like psoriasis and cancer.
Too Much Disclosure Can Burden Informed Consent Process, Study Participants Say - Medical News Today 12/09/06
Researchers and officials charged with the ethical oversight of research are often reluctant to fully disclose financial interests to potential clinical research participants, according to the latest Conflict-of-Interest Notification Study (COINS), just published in the Fall 2006 issue of the Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics. Instead, those interviewed suggest a better approach for such disclosures would be to offer potential research participants a range of dollars or even use adjectives such as a "substantial investment" to describe the extent of a researcher's financial interest.
Better Drug Delivery, Researcher Lights The Way - Medical News Today 12/09/06
A Purdue University researcher has explained for the first time the details of how drugs are released within a cancer cell, improving the ability to deliver drugs to a specific target without affecting surrounding cells.
Anti-inflammatory Drugs Following Hip Replacement Surgery Could Harm Rather Than Help - Medical News Today 12/09/06
The use of anti-inflammatory drugs following hip replacement surgery could do more harm than good, according to a new study co-coordinated by The George Institute for International Health in association with orthopedic centres throughout Australian and New Zealand.
Post 9/11 Drop In Air Travel Delayed Flu Spread - Medical News Today 12/09/06
After the terrorists attacks of 9/11, when air travel dropped dramatically in the USA, the rate of spread of winter flu was delayed by two weeks, say researchers from Children's Hospital of Boston, USA.
Cheshire and Merseyside News
Breast cancer centre triumph - Daily Post 13/09/06
THE future of Liverpool's pioneering Linda McCartney Centre was secured last night after it won a contract to run the city's breast cancer services.
NHS trusts spend £2.4m on advisers - Daily Post 13/09/06
HOSPITAL trusts in Merseyside and North Cheshire are on course to spend a staggering £2. 4m on management consultants this year, despite the cash crisis gripping parts of the NHS, it was claimed last night.
Special new classes to deal with a weighty problem - Daily Post 13/09/06
SPECIALLY-designed fitness classes for overweight and obese people are being launched in Wirral.
Thousands of Liverpool children in squalid homes - Daily Post 13/09/06
NEW statistics released today reveal that 22,189 children in Liverpool live in unsuitable or cramped housing.
Health in the spotlight at Birchwood - Warrington Guardian 12/09/06
HEALTH advisors will be highlighting a hidden health problem next week with an information stall in Birchwood Shopping Centre.
Cumbria and Lancashire News
Ban forcing smokers onto streets - Carlisle News & Star 12/09/06
A SMOKING ban at the Cumberland Infirmary is forcing visitors, patients and staff off hospital premises and into nearby Clift Street.
Greater Manchester News
Health minister turns wards cleaner - Bolton News 12/09/06
HEALTH minister Andy Burnham rolled up his sleeves and took on the job of a hospital cleaner in a bid to find out how front line NHS staff cope.
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