Thursday, April 12, 2007

Another 15 Minutes...Health News from Fade




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National News




85pc of health cash 'goes to Labour areas' - The Telegraph 12th April 2007


As much as 85p in every £1 the Government has spent on health has gone into Labour constituencies, the Conservatives said yesterday. Where the money was spent: Click to enlarge Details from a Parliamentary question show that of the 46 multi-million-pound hospitals built in England since Tony Blair came to power, 33 are in Labour areas. That amounts to £3.5 billion out of a total spend of £4.1 billion.


Could eating oily fish increase the risk of diabetes? - The Daily Mail 12th April 2007


Eating oily fish could increase the risk of developing diabetes because of lethal chemicals found in its flesh, new research shows. Scientists believe that cocktails of manmade chemicals which pollute our sea and soil could be one of key factors which in trigger the disease.


Nurses 'giving out-of-hours care' - BBC Health News 12th April 2007


Doctors providing out-of-hours care are being replaced with less qualified staff such as nurses in some areas, a poll suggests. Pulse magazine found 19 out of 50 primary care organisations it surveyed had replaced doctors with cheaper alternatives in some areas.


Hip operation patients allowed to pick any hospital-The Times 12th April 2007


Patients in England needing new hips will be able to choose to go anywhere in the country for their operation from July, the Health Secretary announced yesterday. The pledge has been made before, but yesterday’s announcement by Patricia Hewitt brings forward the date from which it takes effect by a year.


Doctors and nurses face a ban on dating their ex-patients - The Times 12th April 2007


Doctors and nurses are likely to be banned from dating former patients unless the professional contact with them was minimal, according to new guidelines to regulate sexual behaviour between clinicians and patients. The proposals, the first of their kind, will affect all healthcare professionals and are expected to go before ministers for approval in June, according to Nursing Standard magazine.


Dating rules for healthcare staff - BBC Health News 12th April 2007


Ban on therapy for brain cancer lifted- The Times 12th April 2007


Health regulators have overturned a ban on two drugs that could benefit patients suffering from rare and life-threatening brain cancers. The revised guidance from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) means that up to 800 patients a year will benefit from receiving the drugs, Temodal and Gliadel, on the NHS.


Schools handing out morning after pill to under-age girls backed by Ofsted - The Daily Mail 12th April 2007


The controversial decision for schools to provide under-age girls with emergency contraception has been endorsed by education watchdog Ofsted. The schools inspectorate said that school nurses who administered hormone injections and the morning- after pill to girls who had sex without condoms were performing a "valuable service".


Hospital's 'supermops' replaced - BBC Health News 12th April 2007


Mops and buckets of bleach are being used to clean wards at a hospital after so-called revolutionary supermops failed to combat infections. Russells Hall Hospital in Dudley has introduced the method of bleach cleaning to deal with an outbreak of Clostridium difficile.


It’s back to mops and buckets to beat the superbug-The Times 12th April 2007



International News




New polio vaccine is three times as effective as standard type -The Times 12th April 2007


Vaccinations could soon eradicate polio in the few countries where it stubbornly persists, health experts say. Despite massive immunisation, almost a third of all polio cases occur in India, because poor sanitation and overcrowding allow the virus to thrive.


Scientists find key to kinder cancer drugs - The Times 12th April 2007


A set of genes that can make cancer cells 1,000 times more sensitive to chemotherapy has been identified by scientists, promising a new way of treating tumours with fewer side-effects. The research in the United States suggests that it will be possible to target cancerous tissue with drugs much more efficiently than is now possible, so that healthy cells are not harmed, and patients are spared the debilitating impact of treatments.


Genes control chemotherapy impact - BBC Health News 12th April 2007


Scientists have identified key genes which appear to control the impact of chemotherapy on cancer cells. Researchers from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Centre systematically blocked the function of individual genes to test their effect.


Key to breast cancer spread found - BBC Health News 12th April 2007


Scientists have come closer to working out what makes breast cancer deadly. Four genes have been found to work together to drive the spread of breast cancer to the lungs.

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