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Morning-after pill has not cut abortion rate, says expert - The Guardian 15/09/06
Giving women the morning-after pill makes no difference to either the pregnancy rate or the abortion rate, a family planning expert says today.
Doubts voiced over emergency pill - BBC Health News 14/09/06
Consultant may sue to quit IT upgrade - The Guardian 15/09/06
Accenture, a lead contractor on the £6.2bn upgrade of National Health Service IT systems, is preparing legal action against the government as part of an attempt to extricate itself from the project.
ISoft problems surfaced after NHS pulled plug in April - The Guardian 15/09/06
The government refused a last-ditch request by iSoft, the troubled NHS software supplier, for a multimillion-pound up-front payment - on top of £82m already advanced by the Department of Health - in a move that precipitated the near financial collapse of the company.
The new world of NHS plc - The Guardian 15/04/06
Doctors do have their eyes open and can see how system change is adversely affecting patient care and causing the break-up of the NHS (Leaders, September 14). On one hand we hear that A&E and maternity units will be closing and on the other that lucrative contracts are being given to private companies.
Closure planned for hospital A&E - BBC Health News 14/09/06
Growing anger at 'hospital cuts' - BBC Health News 14/09/06
Labour accused of cushioning marginal seats from NHS cuts - The Guardian 15/09/06
No let up in NHS reform - Blair - BBC Health News 14/09/06
Unions discuss NHS supply strike - BBC Health News 14/09/06
Union leaders are meeting to plan what could be the first national strike in the health service for 18 years.
Acupuncture more effective for treating back pain than traditional methods on the NHS - The Independent 15/09/06
Traditional Chinese acupuncture has more to offer 21st century sufferers of back pain than anything modern medicine can provide, researchers report today.
Back-pain acupuncture 'effective' - BBC Health News 14/09/06
Doctors' insurers in turmoil at secrecy over £450,000 pay - The Times 15/09/06
Independent doctors quit in protest at failure to disclose size of chief executive's salary in the annual accounts.
Mother 'killed son with salt overdose' - The Times 15/09/06
A young woman is accused of poisoning her seriously ill baby because she could not cope with him.
Bicycles, bells and pedestrians - The Times 15/09/06
The Liberal Democrat MP Phil Willis needs to try cycling daily, as I do, before making such a song and dance about bells on bicycles (report, Sept 11).
Jamie Oliver and the additive-packed lunch - The Times 15/09/06
I am appalled by Stanley Feldman’s letter (Sept 13) regarding Jamie Oliver’s stance on school nutrition. Though I often find Mr Oliver’s style nauseating, I agree that we should strive for something more than just stopping children going hungry.
Heart defect killed young runner - BBC Health News 14/09/06
An 11-year-old boy who collapsed and died on a school cross country run had a rare undetected heart condition, an inquest has heard.
Tighter alcohol controls rejected - BBC Health News 14/09/06
Calls for tighter controls on alcohol advertising and sponsorship have been rejected by the government.
Hope for tuberculosis blood test - BBC Health News 14/09/06
Scientists have devised a blood test for tuberculosis which they hope will help patients in the developing world.
International News
Role models? Backlash against fashion's thinnest - The Independent 15/09/06
As Madrid's fashion week bans models with a Body Mass Index below 18 and Milan threatens to follow suit, Maxine Frith weighs up whether the catwalks are finally waking up to their responsibility to promote healthy eating.
The first bionic woman celebrates with a steak - The Times 15/09/06
CLAUDIA MITCHELL, a former US Marine who lost an arm in a motorcycle accident, is the first woman to be fitted with a new prosthetic arm controlled by her own nerves.
Thought-powered bionic arm is a touch of genius - The Telegraph 15/09/06
Surprising Results From Major Asian Study - Medical News Today 15/09/06
Diarrhoea remains one of the leading causes of death among children in developing countries. A major study in six countries has found that one microorganism that causes diarrhoea, Shigella, appears to be more common in the poorest communities of Asia than previously thought. Antibiotic-resistant strains were also found to have emerged. Based on their findings, the Korea-based researchers, writing in PLoS Medicine, call for more efforts to reduce the number of cases.
Suicidal Thoughts In Older Adults Reduced By Team Depression Care - Medical News Today 15/09/06
A new study shows that a team-based approach to treating depression in primary care can significantly reduce suicidal thoughts in older adults. The results of the study will be presented to the United States Senate Special Committee on Aging September 14, 2006 as part of National Suicide Prevention Week. In one of the largest depression treatment studies ever, patients receiving IMPACT depression care were half as likely as patients receiving usual depression care to report suicidal thoughts, even up to 12 months after they stopped receiving IMPACT care. (IMPACT stands for Improving Mood: Promoting Access to Collaborative Treatment.) The study results are published online in the October issue of the Journal of the American Geriatric Society.
What Is A Safe Margin In Partial Nephrectomy? - Medical News Today 15/09/06
Traditionally, a one centimeter margin around any resected tumor has been the gold standard for oncology. With nephron sparing surgery, it can, at times, be quite challenging to adhere to this dictum. Furthermore, there are numerous retrospective studies in the literature that suggest that any margin (even less than 1 mm) is adequate for cancer control as long as the cancer is completely excised. Here Timsit and colleagues report on a prospective single institutional study that examines how best to evaluate margins at partial nephrectomy, and what margin is “oncologically adequate”.
Insight On The Pathogenesis Of Varicoceles: Relationship Of Varicocele And Body Mass Index - Medical News Today 15/09/06
The authors have retrospectively analyzed the incidence of varicoceles in men (n=2106) who were referred for evaluation of infertility or erectile dysfunction from 1990 - 1996.
Long-Term Gastrointestinal Side Effects After Radiotherapy For Prostate Cancer Are More Common Than Previously Reported - Medical News Today 15/09/06
External beam radiotherapy (XRT) in commonly employed for the treatment of localized or locally advanced prostate cancer (CaP). Despite advances such as 3-dimensional conformal radiotherapy and intensity-modulated radiotherapy, the bladder and rectum still sustain scatter radiation. Dr. Giordano and colleagues at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston report on late gastrointestinal (GI) toxicity in the July 15th issue of Cancer.
Case Report: Management Of Chylous Ascites Following Laparoscopic Nephrectomy With RPLND - Medical News Today 15/09/06
Chylous ascites is an uncommon complication following retroperitoneal surgery, but can be quite problematic to manage. Refractory cases not responsive to conservative measures frequently will require the placement of a peritoneovenous shunt. Here, Nishizawa and colleagues describe their experience with a case of refractory chylous ascites that occurred after a transperitoneal laparoscopic left radical nephrectomy with para-aortic lymph node dissection.
Rectal Tissue In Prostate Biopsy Specimens Can Mimic Prostate Cancer - Medical News Today 15/09/06
Prostate biopsies, similar to other organ biopsies involve placing the biopsy needle through other organs or structures in order to obtain the desired study tissue. Rectal tissue is commonly included with prostate biopsy specimens, and as another glandular tissue, rectal tissue can be misdiagnosed as prostate cancer (CaP).
Plaque Incision And Fascia Lata Grafting Examined For The Management Of Peyronie's Disease - Medical News Today 15/09/06
Peyronie's disease (PD) is a localized connective tissue disorder that can result in penile pain, penile angulation, penile shortening, erectile dysfunction (ED) and a palpable plaque. The Nesbitt procedure can correct curvature but often results in penile shortening.
Low Dose And High Dose Ketoconazole Demonstrate Similar Outcomes In Patients With Androgen-Independent Prostate Cancer - Medical News Today 15/09/06
Patients on androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) for prostate cancer (CaP) eventually progress with a rising PSA. Definitions of androgen-independence vary, but usually include a documented castrate level of testosterone and failure of second-line hormonal therapy.
Nomogram To Predict The Risk Of Renal Insufficiency Following Radical Or Partial Nephrectomy - Medical News Today 15/09/06
For many years, radical nephrectomy remained the gold standard for oncologic control of renal neoplasms. More recently, nephron sparing has become increasingly used, as it has been shown to maintain oncologic equipoise with more radical surgery, in properly selected patients, while allowing the preservation of more normal nephron mass.
High-Level Virtual Reality Simulator For Endourologic Procedures Of Lower Urinary Tract - Medical News Today 15/09/06
Virtual reality surgical simulation potentially provides a risk-free environment for trainees to repetitively practice surgical skills and techniques before performing these in the clinical realm. Intuitively, this can only improve psychomotor surgical skill training for surgeons and thereby, improve procedural safety and efficacy for patients.
Epidemic Influenza And Vitamin D - Medical News Today 15/09/06
In early April of 2005, after a particularly rainy spring, an influenza epidemic (epi: upon, demic: people) exploded through the maximum-security hospital for the criminally insane where I have worked for the last ten years. It was not the pandemic (pan: all, demic: people) we all fear, just an epidemic.
Cheshire and Merseyside News
New website offers help and support to head and neck cancer patients - Southport Visiter 15/09/06
A NEW website is offering head and neck cancer patients online reassurance during the course of their treatments.
Hospital food is rated 'excellent' - Crewe Chronicle 13/09/06
THE food at both Leighton Hospital in Crewe and the Victoria Infirmary at Northwich has been given an 'excellent' rating by National Health Service watchdogs.
Hospital rooftop's animal magic display - Ellesmere Port Pioneer 14/09/06
PEOPLE attending a hospital open day may have thought they had wandered into Chester Zoo by mistake.
Comic relief cash for alcohol charity - Runcorn Weekly News 14/09/06
MORE than £100,000 has been secured from Comic Relief to fund an alcohol education worker to help vulnerable young people.
40,000 stranded in a 'food desert' - Runcorn Weekly News 14/09/06
MORE than 40,000 people in Runcorn and Widnes are said to have little access to fresh fruit and veg.
Cumbria and Lancashire News
Alcohol expert drops in to tackle bingeing - Carlisle News & Star 14/09/06
A LEADING expert on alcohol abuse will be in Cumbria next month after a survey pinpointed the county as one of the worst in the UK for binge drinking.
Heart defect killed young runner - BBC Health News 14/09/06
An 11-year-old boy who collapsed and died on a school cross country run had a rare undetected heart condition, an inquest has heard.
Greater Manchester News
Wash your hands or face the sack - Manchester Evening News 15/09/06
DOCTORS and nurses could face the sack for not washing their hands at a Greater Manchester hospital.
Emergency unit closure announced - Manchester Evening News 15/09/06
ROCHDALE Infirmary is to lose its accident and emergency unit in a radical shake-up of hospital services.
Marine chef joins war on obesity - Bolton News 14/09/06
A ROYAL Marine swapped the battlefields of Afghanistan for the kitchen of a secondary school in Bolton - to teach children how to make curry.
Hope for baby unit - Bury Times 14/09/06
FAIRFIELD Hospital's maternity department, including its special care baby unit, could be saved after a rethink by health bosses, the Bury Times can reveal.
Hospital hygiene gets an 'acceptable' rating - Bury Times 14/09/06
HYGIENE standards at Fairfield Hospital have fallen in the last year, according to a new report ranking levels of cleanliness across the region's hospitals.
Bakers fund big slice of new hospital - Bolton News 14/09/06
BOLTON-based family bakers Warburton has pledged £45,000 towards a new children's hospital being built in Manchester.
Fairfield changes to support shortages - Bury Times 14/09/06
FAIRFIELD Hospital is to lose two high dependency beds and some staff will be transferred to help solve a staff shortage in critical care at North Manchester General Hospital.
D-Day today over future care at Hospital - Bury Times 14/09/06
TODAY is D-Day for the future of healthcare in Bury as health chiefs decide whether to strip Fairfield Hospital of its acute surgery services and give multi-million pound medical centres the green light.
Closure planned for hospital A&E - BBC Health News 14/09/06
An accident and emergency department at a hospital in Greater Manchester is to be closed, health bosses have decided.
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