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National News
NHS shakeups hitting morale, trust chiefs say in survey - The Guardian 1st March 2007
Chief executives of NHS trusts across England are demoralised by government attempts to reorganise the health service and are having to cut back staff and delay operations, a poll revealed today.
NHS shock and awe - The Guardian 1st March 2007
The future of medical care in this country is under vicious attack (Comment, February 26). The attack started on Monday - shock and awe - as 30,000 junior doctors, the heart of the NHS, turned up to work not knowing if they were to continue with the job on which they have based their entire lives. Caring for sick patients and making difficult medical decisions have been made almost impossible.
Warning over danger of salt in bread - The Independent 1st March 2007
Bread sold in some shops is so salty it kills 7,000 people a year, campaigners claim. More than a third of loaves checked by Consensus Action on Salt and Health (Cash) had more salt than the recommended maximum set by the Government's food watchdog. Some were almost 40 per cent over the limit. Excessive consumption of salt causes heart disease and bread is the single biggest source in the UK, contributing about a quarter of the intake. The British eat about 11 grams of salt a day. The Food Standards Agency (FSA) recommends a maximum of 6 grams a day.
Salty bread 'is putting 7,000 lives a year at risk' - Daily Mail 1st March 2007
Some bread still has too much salt, finds study - The Telegraph 1st March 2007
‘Millie kept on fighting and we never gave up hope’ - The Times 1st March 2007
The parents of a baby born at 22 weeks and 6 days who was given just a 1 per cent chance of survival were finally allowed to take their daughter home yesterday. Millie McDonagh was born last October, weighing only 20oz (570g) and measuring 11in (28 cm) from the top of her head to her toes. She is thought to be one of the most premature babies to survive such an early birth in Britain — her twin died.
Baby born at 22 weeks wins fight to survive - The Telegraph 1st March 2007
Mothers of young children face greatest bias when finding a job - The Times 1st March 2007
Mothers who have children aged under 11 face greater discrimination in the job market than any other group, including the disabled and poorest ethnic minorities, a report commissioned by Tony Blair has found. Trevor Phillips, Britain’s new equality leader, who conducted the report, said that he was astonished to discover that it was young mothers who faced the biggest obstacles in finding a job and called on companies to change their attitude.
'Cybrid' exemption for stem-cell research - The Times 1st March 2007
Experiments with embryos created by fusing human DNA with “empty” animal eggs could be exempted from a ban on research using other human-animal embryos, the minister overseeing the legislation said yesterday. While the Government still intends to prohibit “chimeras” — embryos that contain both human and animal cells — and “hybrids” — embryos formed when human eggs are fertilised by animal sperm, or vice versa — it is now open to allowing the creation of this other kind of embryo, Caroline Flint, the Public Health Minister, said. Such experiments promise insights into Alzheimer’s and motor neuron disease.
It’s the thinnest material ever and could revolutionise computers and medicine - The Times 1st March 2007
Scientists have created the thinnest material in the world and predict that it will revolutionise computing and medical research. A layer of carbon has been manufactured in a film only one atom thick that defies the laws of physics. Placed in layers on top of each other it would take 200,000 membranes to reach high enough to match the thickness of a human hair.
Bagpipe band at full blast is ‘louder than a jet’ - The Times 1st March 2007
Hearing experts confirmed yesterday what anybody who has ever stood too close to a bagpipe band has long suspected: the noise they make is louder than a jet aircraft taking off. The Wick Royal British Legion Scotland Pipe Band will issue all its members with earplugs after the music at one of its practice sessions was recorded at 122 decibels — two decibels louder than a private jet. Sheila Mackay, an audiologist from Raigmore Hospital, in Inverness, measured the noise levels from the band. The readings came out at 108 decibels for the pipers on their own, rising to 122 decibels when they were joined by snare drummers. “I think the band members were a bit shocked when I told them that they were louder than a small plane taking off. It was quite a surprise to me too,” she said.
Full scale of NHS cutbacks revealed - The Telegraph 1st March 2007
The full scale of impending hospital closures was laid bare last night as it emerged that three out of four trusts are already restricting patients' access to treatment as they battle soaring deficits. Fears about the number of closures intensified as Patricia Hewitt, the Health Secretary, sent NHS managers a guide on how best to handle decisions to shut down hospitals and units - a document that opposition politicians immediately branded a "spin" blueprint.
Go-ahead signalled for animal-human embryos - The Telegraph 1st March 2007
British scientists will be allowed to create part-human, part-animal embryos for research into potentially life-saving medical treatments, the Government signalled yesterday. Caroline Flint, the health minister, is considering removing a ban on such work from a draft bill that will form the basis for new laws on fertility treatment and embryo research.
Aristocrat's coffin could hold key to bird flu - The Telegraph 1st March 2007
The body of an English aristocrat who died almost 90 years ago is to be exhumed in the hope that it could help the fight against bird flu and other potential pandemics. Sir Mark Sykes, 6th baronet and owner of Sledmere House in Yorkshire, was killed by the Spanish flu virus in 1919, aged 39.
International News
UN blames pill abuse on slimming 'obsession' - The Independent 1st March 2007
Soaring use of appetite-suppressing drugs could have a serious impact on users' health and even kill them, the United Nations' drug-control agency warns today. As such drugs become popular around the world, the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) appealed to the Government to take tougher action to curb their spread in Britain.
Athletes getting to grips ‘risk hepatitis B’ - The Times 1st March 2007
Contact sports such as wrestling or rugby could pass on hepatitis B through sweat, a study has suggested. The disease can cause lifelong infection, cirrhosis of the liver, liver cancer, liver failure and death.
UN warns of 'lethal' fake drugs - BBC Health News 1st March 2007
Fake prescription medicines are swamping developing nations with sometimes deadly consequences, a report by the UN drugs watchdog has said. The International Narcotics Control Board report says up to 50% of the medicines in these markets are fake.
Sport fears over sweat virus risk - BBC Health News 1st March 2007
A potentially fatal liver virus could be spread in sweat during contact sports, say Turkish researchers. They are calling for more compulsory testing for Hepatitis B in sports such as wrestling.
Cheshire and Merseyside News
Smokers signing up to stub it out - Magull Star 1st March 2007
MORE than 1000 people in Liverpool have pledged to quit smoking since the start of the year. To date the Roy Castle Fag Ends smoking cessation service has received calls from 1200 smokers seeking help and advice on kicking the habit.
Doctors examine aspirin’s ability to prevent cancer - Magull Star 1st March 2007
DOCTORS in Liverpool are investigating whether aspirin can be used to prevent oesophageal cancer. The painkiller is being used with an anti-ulcer drug to try to prevent a condition called Barrett’s oesophagus from developing into oesophageal cancer.
Healthy co-op for veg - Bootle Times 1st March 2007
BOOTLE residents are on their way to getting five-a-day with the launch of a new food co-operative.
Greater Manchester News
'postcode lottery' of home care - Wigan Today 1st March 2007
Health bosses say they are taking steps to combat a "postcode lottery" which means fewer Wigan folk receive free nursing home care than those in other parts of the country.
Mental health calls 'from 5-year-olds' - Manchester Evening News 1st March 2007
CHILDREN as young as five contacted ChildLine about mental health problems last year, and nearly four out of five calls about suicide were from girls.
'Weight loss' claim for soya beans - Manchester Evening News 1st March 2007
A DIET rich in black soya beans could help control weight and even prevent diabetes. The beans could also lower cholesterol levels, a laboratory study on rats found. Experts in South Korea, allowed 32 male rats in four groups to gorge on a fatty diet for 28 days.
‘Millie kept on fighting and we never gave up hope’ - The Times 1st March 2007
The parents of a baby born at 22 weeks and 6 days who was given just a 1 per cent chance of survival were finally allowed to take their daughter home yesterday. Millie McDonagh was born last October, weighing only 20oz (570g) and measuring 11in (28 cm) from the top of her head to her toes. She is thought to be one of the most premature babies to survive such an early birth in Britain — her twin died.
Baby born at 22 weeks wins fight to survive - The Telegraph 1st March 2007
It’s the thinnest material ever and could revolutionise computers and medicine - The Times 1st March 2007
Scientists have created the thinnest material in the world and predict that it will revolutionise computing and medical research. A layer of carbon has been manufactured in a film only one atom thick that defies the laws of physics. Placed in layers on top of each other it would take 200,000 membranes to reach high enough to match the thickness of a human hair.
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