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Treat more patients at home, says NHS report - The Guardian 07/12/06

Some patients with life-threatening conditions, including ectopic pregnancies and blood clots on the lung, should normally be cared for at home by GPs and visiting nurses instead of being admitted to hospital, according to a draft NHS report.

New coordinating body to oversee health research - The Guardian 07/12/06

Gordon Brown announced yesterday the government would set up a new body to oversee medical research after a report criticised its current approach to public health research and drug development.

Science: Health research bodies to be merged - The Independent 07/12/06

Health sector welcomes plan to speed research - The Telegraph 07/12/06

Cash fears over medical research - BBC Health News 06/12/06

Private lives: My family have ignored my illnesses, but crave their respect and support - The Guardian 07/12/06

My family - whom I love - have ignored my illnesses and constantly criticise my lifestyle. I am now 30 and crave their respect and support. What can I do?

Judge allows death with dignity for woman as 'miracle' drug fails - The Guardian 07/12/06

A 53-year-old woman in a permanent vegetative state (PVS) can be allowed to die with dignity, a high court judge ruled yesterday. The woman, known as J, was given a miracle drug that might have restored consciousness against the fervent wishes of her family. Giving permission to an NHS trust to withdraw life-sustaining treatment, Sir Mark Potter, the president of the court's family division, said the brief course of treatment with the drug zolpidem had produced no positive effect.

Mother will be allowed to die after 'wake-up' drug fails - The Telegraph 07/12/06

Vegetative state woman 'may die' - BBC Health News 06/12/06

Teenager refuses further treatment for terminal leukaemia - The Guardian 07/12/06

A teenage girl with terminal leukaemia who has endured two bone marrow transplants has decided to forego any further hospital treatment, opting instead to make the most of the time she has left with her family.

Stop treating me, says teenager with leukaemia - The Independent 07/12/06

Take me home to die, says cancer girl - The Times 07/12/06

Courage of leukaemia girl facing her last Christmas - Daily Mail 06/12/06

Cancer girl shuns extra treatment - BBC Health News 06/12/06

Children are too scared of strangers to take exercise - The Times 07/12/06

Fear of strangers is deterring children from walking to school, researchers say, raising concern about the development of unhealthy lifestyles that persist into adulthood.

Cannabis sales 'not for profit' - The Times 07/12/06

A giftshop owner with multiple sclerosis supplied chocolate laced with cannabis to 2,000 people only because she wanted to relieve the pain of fellow sufferers, Carlisle Crown Court was told.

Trio 'posted cannabis chocolate' - BBC Health News 05/12/06

'Decapitated' boy recovers - The Times 07/12/06

A boy who received severe head injuries in a motor racing accident has made a remarkable recovery after surgery at Southampton General Hospital. Chris Stewart, 12, was driving a Mini in a junior grass track event near Alton, Hampshire, when he crashed head-on into a corrugated metal barrier at

Talking therapy is natural, effective, fast and so cheap - The Times 07/12/06

Imagine if a new drug had been recommended for breast cancer by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), yet was available to hardly any sufferers. The vast majority were told that they would have to wait more than a year for it, others that they couldn’t have it at all. There would be uproar, wouldn’t there? Petitions to Downing Street, letters to The Times, questions to the Prime Minister, legal action, the works.

Psst . . . the whole family's ill . . . pass it on - The Times 07/12/06

The season of snot and vomit is in full swing and I have had to rethink the Whitworth family’s lurgy early warning system. I have railed before about parents who bring sick offspring to social engagements. Colds are fine. If you tried to avoid kids with colds you’d never have contact with another human. But anything more serious should, at the very least, come with a public contamination warning and a genuine offer to reschedule. Casually mentioning that your kids have bubonic plague and that it’s nothing to worry about and then making it clear that you don’t expect your friends to cancel is unacceptable. This sort of thing has infuriated me in the past. Now it’s possible that I may be the guilty party.

'Nutrition nannies' to help obese families shop - Daily Mail 06/12/06

A three year £3 million programme of keep fit classes and healthy eating advice for 5,000 obese children has been unveiled.

Thousands will lose care home places as NHS 'can no longer pay bills' - Daily Mail 06/12/06

Tens of thousands of sick and elderly people are set to lose their free care home places under a clampdown on Health Service spending.

City to pioneer child medicines - BBC Health News 07/12/06

A £20m programme to develop medicines specifically for children is to be carried out in Liverpool.

Scans 'can predict schizophrenia' - BBC Health News 07/12/06

Brain scans could help predict schizophrenia, research suggests.

Bone rings exchanged by couples - BBC Health News 06/12/06

Couples are being given the opportunity to exchange jewellery made from samples of their bone grown in the laboratory.

Fears over maternity ward closure - BBC Health News 06/12/06

A midwife is claiming the lives of mothers and their babies are being put in jeopardy by the closure of one six-bed hospital maternity ward.

Private operation scheme queried - BBC Health News 06/12/06

A coroner has criticised a scheme to use private hospitals to cut operation waiting times.

Infant deaths 'linked to poverty' - BBC Health News 06/12/06

Poverty has been named as the single biggest contributor to the high number of infant deaths in Bradford.

Students treat dummies that 'die' - BBC Health News 06/12/06

New hi-tech dummies that bleed, speak and die, if given the wrong treatment, are being used by medical students.

Slimmers warned over laxative use - BBC Health News 06/12/06

Young women are being warned not to put their lives at risk by taking laxatives in a bid to lose weight.

Man told 'lose 24 stone or die' - BBC Health News 06/12/06

A 21-year-old County Durham student who weighs 41 stone (260.3kg) has been told to lose weight or die before he is 30.

International News

Smokers face additional risk - The Times 07/12/06

Men who smoke run a greater risk of arthritis in the knee and suffer twice as much cartilage damage as non-smokers, according to a study at the Mayo Clinic.

Smokers 'suffer more knee pain' - BBC Health News 07/12/06

Weakness found in flu virus opens door to new remedies - The Times 07/12/06

An Achilles’ heel of the flu virus has been identified by scientists, suggesting a new target for drugs that are effective against many of its different strains.

Researchers find flu 'weak spot' - BBC Health News 07/12/06

Boredom 'causes heart attack' - The Times 07/12/06

Half of all those prescribed statins to protect against heart attacks have given up taking them within two years, a Dutch study shows.

New evidence in case of HIV nurses - The Telegraph 07/12/06

Scientists have produced evidence that casts doubts on charges against five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor accused of deliberately infecting 426 Libyan children with HIV in 1998.

Study backs Libya HIV case medics - BBC Health News 06/12/06

Australia overturns cloning ban - BBC Health News 06/12/06

Australia's parliament has lifted a ban on cloning human embryos for stem cell research, despite opposition from the prime minister and other party leaders.

Cheshire and Merseyside News

City to pioneer child medicines - BBC Health News 07/12/06

A £20m programme to develop medicines specifically for children is to be carried out in Liverpool.

Liverpool to lead UK battle against MRSA - Liverpool Daily Post 07/12/06

LIVERPOOL is to become the centre of the UK's battle against some of the most deadly infectious diseases, including HIV and hospital "superbugs" like MRSA.

Alert over stomach bug - Liverpool Daily Post 06/12/06

A HIGHLY infectious bug could strike thousands in Merseyside and Cheshire if people aren’t vigilant, health officials warned last night.

Hospital ward cuts vital in saving lives - Liverpool Daily Post 06/12/06

BITTERLY-FOUGHT moves to axe five wards at Runcorn hospital are vital to save lives, a key report handed to Tony Blair said yesterday.

Surgery shake-up starts - Crewe Chronicle 06/12/06

HEALTH services in Alsager are being reorganised ahead of building work on a multi-million pound surgery starting in the New Year.

Hospital error led to death - Crewe Chronicle 06/12/06

A CORONER has found that neglect contributed to the death of an Alsager man at Crewe's Leighton Hospital, in June.

Experts hit the road to prevent carers missing out on vital support - Northwich Chronicle 06/12/06

THOUSANDS of people looking after a sick or disabled relative at home may be missing out on support due to them.

Carers are serving people well - Warrington Guadian 06/12/06

SOCIAL care services in Cheshire are serving most people well according to Government performance assessors.

Cumbria and Lancashire News

Watchdog chief dubious on cuts - Lancashire Telegraph 06/12/06

A WATCHDOG boss said he remained "sceptical" after health chiefs said cash-saving bed cuts would not damage patient care.

Cannabis sales 'not for profit' - The Times 07/12/06

A giftshop owner with multiple sclerosis supplied chocolate laced with cannabis to 2,000 people only because she wanted to relieve the pain of fellow sufferers, Carlisle Crown Court was told.

Trio 'posted cannabis chocolate' - BBC Health News 05/12/06

In the operating theatre - Carlisle News & Star 06/12/06

HOSPITAL staff from the Cumberland Infirmary will swap their uniforms for pantomime outfits tomorrow when they put on their annual Christmas show, Robin Hood, The Prince of Thieves.

Extra parking at hospital - Carlisle News & Star 06/12/06

VISITORS to Whitehaven’s hospital may find it easier to find a place to park in the future.

Greater Manchester News

Tragic parents win aid for A and E battle - Manchester Evening News 06/12/06

THE grieving parents of a disabled child who died aged five have been granted Legal Aid to fight the planned closure of their local Accident and Emergency department.

A&E shake-up is welcomed - Lancashire Telegraph 06/12/06

Mental health protesters take to the streets - Manchester Evening News 06/12/06

NURSES caused a stir in Manchester when 100 health workers drove through city centre streets protesting against mental health care changes which they say will mean cuts.