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Leaked paper reveals Labour fears on NHS - The Guardian 05/12/06
Government must be smarter, health secretary says at private briefing
Hospital closures will save lives, Government says - The Independent 05/12/06
Obesity epidemic may trigger 12,000 cancer cases a year - The Guardian 05/12/06
Britain's soaring rates of obesity are likely to trigger a new wave of cancer, with as many as 12,000 weight-related cases now expected every year by 2010, researchers warned yesterday. Obesity plays a role in nearly 4% of cancers, including breast and womb tumours, and is believed to be linked to others, such as bowel and kidney cancer. In most cases, hormones released from fat are responsible for raising the cancer risk.
Obesity epidemic 'will drive cancer cases to 12,000 a year' - The Independent 05/12/06
Obesity will lead to increase in cancer risk - Daily Mail 04/12/06
Obesity 'to fuel rise in cancers' - BBC Health News 05/12/06
Physiotherapists and nurses are having to change direction as NHS jobs dry up - The Guardian 05/12/06
Physiotherapists and nurses are having to change direction as NHS jobs dry up
Extended homes - The Guardian 05/12/06
Could more schools collaborate with childminders to provide a variety of after-hours care?
Confessions of an aquaholic - The Guardian 05/12/06
On the otherwise fairly mediocre comedy sketch show Smack the Pony, there was a great skit in which two office-bound women tried to outdo each other by drinking from increasingly large vessels of water, graduating from the usual mini bottles to giant 1.5-litre versions before throwing their bladders to the wind and swigging directly from the water cooler.
Shall we dance? - The Guardian 05/12/06
First there was sport. Then came jogging and aerobics. Now, with the popularity of Strictly Come Dancing and the news that the Department of Health is sponsoring schemes to help the nation lose weight, dance has joined the exercise mainstream. This is not surprising when you consider that a 10st 7lb person can burn 3.5 calories a minute by ballroom dancing - so 45 minutes would get rid of half a chocolate bar. But not all dances offer the same workout. To find out which style was best for whom, I spoke to Sharon Morrison, an independent physiotherapist specialising in sport and dance medicine, and Darren Bennett, British Latin champion, who is partnering Emma Bunton on Strictly Come Dancing.
We cannot close the book on historic cases of child abuse - The Guardian 05/12/06
The prosecution of abusers is an important part of their victims' healing process
Michele Hanson on high blood pressure and a plague of mice - The Guardian 05/12/06
My poor friend Fielding has galloping high blood pressure. So have several more friends, and more friends of friends and acquaintances. I go out and within minutes, odds on I hear of someone else with high blood pressure. That is Fielding's only consolation: nearly everyone else has it. But still he lives on a knife edge, expecting a stroke at any minute, then possible death or, worse still, sitting dribbling in his chair for the rest of his life, a useless blob version of his former self. And the doctor is no help. This is the trouble with blood pressure. The minute Fielding hits the surgery for a check-up, his anxiety becomes so intense that the BP goes rocketing up to red-alert. Same if he watches QPR play, or women wandering about in party frocks, or the Ashes. His whole life is risk and fear.
Mental patients 'kill one person a week' - The Times 05/12/06
A senior government adviser appealed to psychiatrists yesterday to think harder about the risks that their patients pose to themselves and to others.
Every week someone is murdered by a mental patient - Daily Mail 04/12/06
Poverty: a scandal - The Times 05/12/06
Now that all the main political parties accept that poverty in the UK exists, it is time to turn warm words into policies and priorities.
Cataract care - The Times 05/12/06
The Royal College of Ophthalmologists seeks to promote quality care for patients. To this end we have published evidence-based guidelines for the practice of cataract surgery (“BUPA takes a stand against ‘poor surgeons who charge excessive fees’,” Dec 2).
Failing trusts face closure - The Times 05/12/06
SPECIAL measures? Bah! We’re shutting you down! Health Service Journal (Nov 30) reports that a new super-regulator will have the power to shut down failing trusts and services.
Elderly find solace in drink - The Times 05/12/06
IF GRANNY is getting through the Christmas sherry at breakneck speed, don’t assume that she’s having lots of visitors.
Cutting adverts 'would pay for 35,000 nurses' - The Telegraph 05/12/06
At least 35,000 more nurses could be employed in the NHS if the Government stopped wasting £700 million a year on advertising public sector jobs in newspapers, it was claimed yesterday.
Mothers and babies 'at risk' on wards - The Telegraph 05/12/06
Mothers and babies are being put at risk because there are not enough consultants and midwives on delivery wards, a report shows.
A shot in the arm or a shake-up for drugs research? - The Telegraph 05/12/06
All of the UK's public funding for drug development may be brought under one roof for the first time, under a review to be announced as part of the Pre-Budget Report tomorrow.
Home secretary plays down poison threat - The Telegraph 05/12/06
The Home Secretary, John Reid, has assured home office ministers from across the European Union that traces of polonium 210 found in around a dozen locations, including British Airways planes, posed no risk to public health, despite the extreme toxicity of the substance.
A £2 test could have saved us from agony - Daily Mail 04/12/06
Gordon Brown's baby son was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis days after his birth. But these twins endured THREE YEARS of needless hell - because doctors didn't carry out a simple test.
'My tummy ache was potentially life threatening' - Daily Mail 04/12/06
Singer Jamelia ignored her tummy pains for months ...then discovered she had a potentially deadly hernia.
Tiny heater inside your lungs could end asthma inhalers - Daily Mail 04/12/06
A tiny heater that warms the lungs and airways is being used to treat asthma. The device, which is inserted through the nose or mouth, gives ten-second blasts of mild heat to the muscles to stop them contracting.
NHS supercomputer is a £20bn letdown as data is scaled back - Daily Mail 04/12/06
Controversial plans for a Health Service computer program have been heavily scaled back because of technical failures, secret documents have revealed.
Women told get fit, not fight fat - Daily Mail 04/12/06
Women should stop dieting and focus on becoming healthier instead, experts said today.
Eating fruit and veg 'halves miscarriage risk' - Daily Mail 04/12/06
A good diet is vital in pregnancy. Eating fruit and vegetables daily halves the chance of miscarriage, research shows.
Blood donor decline causes alarm - BBC Health News 05/12/06
Scotland has the lowest number of blood donors since records began more than 20 years ago, according to the Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service.
Quit smoking drug available in UK - BBC Health News 05/12/06
A new type of treatment to help smokers quit is now available in the UK.
Cells give link to breast cancer - BBC Health News 04/11/06
Scientists in Oxford have discovered a new method for identifying people most at risk of breast cancer.
International News
Pfizer withdraws heart drug after trial shows increased risk of death - The Guardian 05/12/06
Trials of a drug that was expected to save millions of people from heart attacks and stroke, ushering in a new era of protective heart medicines, have been abruptly halted after it became clear that it increased the risk of patients dying.
New medical research - The Times 05/12/06
A specific form of brain enzyme may play a significant role in determining whether boys who have suffered maltreatment go on to be criminals, says a New Zealand study reported in the Harvard Mental Health Letter (Dec). The enzyme, monoamine oxidase A, breaks down several neurotransmitters and comes in two forms, long and short. The short form is less efficient and maltreated boys with this form are more likely to commit violent crimes.
Cheshire and Merseyside News
Smiling Rooney ribbed as he tours Alder Hey wards - Liverpool Daily Post 05/12/06
FOOTBALLER Wayne Rooney was teased by patients at Alder Hey yesterday as he and his fiancee made a rare public appearance together.
Revealed: True scale of crime by under-14s - Liverpool Daily Post 05/12/06
ALMOST 1,400 crimes, including rape, abduction, burglary, carrying weapons, wounding and possession of drugs, were committed by children under 14 in our region in the last year.
Cumbria and Lancashire News
New centres to combat teen sex disease - Lancashire Telegraph 04/12/06
SPECIAL sexual health clinics are being set up across East Lancashire in a bid to tackle an explosion in cases of chlamydia.
Children getting free fruit and veg - Lancashire Telegraph 04/12/06
MORE than 11,000 children from low-income families in Blackburn and Darwen can now get free fruit and vegetables as part of a healthy living drive.
Wrong place for a rehab unit - Lancashire Telegraph 04/12/06
I AGREE with Julie Morley about the rehabilitation unit in Windsmoor House School, Blackburn. It should not be used to house alcoholics or drug users.
Greater Manchester News
Herceptin battle nurse back at work - The Bolton News 04/12/06
A BREAST cancer patient, given just two years to live, is back at work after winning the fight to be treated with wonderdrug Herceptin.
Health decision date set - Altrincham Messenger 04/12/06
A DECISION on the way in which children's and maternity services will be delivered across Trafford and the rest of region is due to be made on Friday.
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