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The government will announce an independent inquiry today into claims that body parts of workers who died in suspicious circumstances at Sellafield and other nuclear plants were secretly taken for medical examination without their families' consent for more than 30 years. It was not immediately clear whether skin samples only or limbs and tissues were taken for laboratory examination from the 1960s until the practice was stopped in the early 90s but there are suggestions that almost 70 bodies may have been affected.
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Sellafield workers' body parts 'removed for tests' - The Independent 18th March 2007
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The Royal College of Nursing voted overwhelmingly yesterday to take industrial action over pay throughout the NHS if the government does not back down within a month to rescind a decision to postpone part of this year's award. Delegates at the union's annual conference in Harrogate voted by a 95% majority for the first nationwide action since it was founded in 1916.
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Nurses threaten action over pay award - The Independent 18th March 2007
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Thousands of schools built before the mid-1970s have potentially lethal levels of asbestos in the fabric of their buildings, teaching unions warn today. Parents will be asked to join teachers' campaigns to speed up the removal of the dangerous substance. Petitions and letter-writing campaigns "organised responsibly so as not to cause panic" might help tackle the threat to staff and pupils, the National Union of Teachers says in a briefing for health and safety representatives.
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Once British tourists were happy to return home from their holidays with a suntan and a cheap bottle of the local hooch. But today's holidaymakers are looking for much more - a greater sense of well-being, a cleansed mind, relaxed body and soul and, increasingly, a new look, thanks to the surgeon's knife.
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Stressed Britons opt for 'well-being' breaks - The Independent 18th March 2007
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Throughout his life Terry Riley kept detailed diaries chronicling his long struggle with depression and mental illness. After he eventually took his own life in 2004, his wife Lynne handed the diaries to actor Steve Huison and asked if the words could be used to illustrate the terrible consequences of a lifetime battling with mental health problems.
I want to make it very clear that trainee nurses must be directly or indirectly supervised at all times on NHS wards (NHS leaving students in sole charge of patients, April 17). Patient safety is of paramount importance to the department and NHS staff, and we would expect nurses immediately to report any incident they feel compromises patients in their care. All NHS trusts are expected to operate a no-blame reporting system.
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Some 2,000 haemophiliacs died after British doctors tested new blood products on them, having ignored safety warnings for the sake of "scientific kudos," it has been claimed. From the early 1970s to the mid-1980s, 4,500 haemophiliacs were exposed to lethal viruses. Around 2,000 have since died of Hepatitis C or HIV, the BBC's Newsnight programme said.
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'Government knew of Factor 8 dangers' - The Telegraph 18th March 2007
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Contaminated blood inquiry begins - BBC Health News 17th March 2007
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A cheap and simple alternative to the £12 billion (£20 billion?) NHS computer project (report, April 17), which also complies absolutely with the Freedom of Information Act is to buy each person in Britain a USB memory stick.
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It sounds like the stuff of science fiction: a new generation of drugs that make people more intelligent. But they are precisely the kind of mind-altering substances that students and businessman could be taking in the future to pass exams and boost work performance.
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Fears over drugs that can boost your brain - Daily Mail 17th April 2007
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Britain could face food shortages within 25 years as a result of growing demand for biofuels and a rising world population, a leading adviser to industry and the Government said yesterday. Competition for land between fuel and food crops, expanding populations in developing countries, and climate change were all going to put pressure on world food supplies, said Prof Bill McKelvey, chief executive of the Scottish Agriculture College in Edinburgh.
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Treatments using stem cells from embryos are flawed on medical as well as ethical grounds, leading scientists claimed yesterday. Research on the use of such cells to provide a 'repair kit for the body' has been controversial as their harvesting typically results in the death of the embryo.
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The 999 nightmare as ambulances battle against increased targets - Daily Mail 17th April 2007
You've broken your leg. You're in agony. You dial 999. Expect an ambulance? Think again. In fact, it's a man in a car with a few days' training. Health trusts call this efficient- paramedics call it crazy When 15-year-old Jonathan Rigby broke his left leg in a PE lesson, his school immediately dialled 999.
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More than half a million people in Britain have glaucoma - a build-up of fluid in the eye. It is usually treated with eye drops, or sometimes surgery to unblock the tubes. But Andrew Coleman, 21, a singer/songwriter from Liverpool, had a new treatment where a tiny 'drain' was stitched into his eyeball. He tells CAROL DAVIS his story, while his surgeon explains the procedure.
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Omega-3 fish oil can help children suffering from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms, a study published today suggests. Results from "the largest, clinical-based omega-3 and omega-6 trial of its kind" bolstered views that fatty acids relieve aspects of the condition.
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It's going to be one of the worst summers ever for hay fever. Even if you’ve never had it before, YOU may fall victim. Here, two of Britain's top allergy experts tell you how to cope Experts are predicting this summer will be the worst for hay fever sufferers - even people who’ve never suffered before are likely to succumb to the characteristic itchy eyes and ears, and streaming or stuffy nose.
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Pernilla hatter, a 35- year-old solicitor from Northamptonshire, has endometriosis, a debilitating disorder of the womb. "The pain was so severe I could barely stand up - and I felt so sick I couldn't eat." Two million women in the UK have the condition - many suffer such excruciating pain that work, let alone a social life, becomes impossible. Its cause is unknown.
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A simple antibiotic used to fight gum infections could offer pain relief to people with chronic low back pain. Up to one in five cases of low back pain might be due to a bacterial infection of a spinal disc that occurs after patients brush teeth, according to some researchers.
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George Melly, jazzman, art expert and writer, has been given only months to live after refusing treatment for lung cancer. When diagnosed two years ago, it was early enough for George to have had surgery, but he decided he would have a better quality of life with no treatment at all. His greatest fear was that after time off for surgery and any other therapy, he would never return to the stage with his band, Digby Fairweather’s Half Dozen.
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The UK has an unusually severe drugs problem and the government's strategy has had a very limited impact on drug use, a new watchdog body has been told. The report for the independent UK Drug Policy Commission said more addicts were being treated.
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Footballers and nurses are world's apart. The highest-earning Premiership players take home in excess of £100,000 a week - it takes the average nurse four years to earn that.
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A centre to undertake the largest study into the genetic and environmental causes of disease has opened its doors in Manchester. The Biobank will take DNA samples from people aged 40 to 69 and track their health over a number of years.
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People have been asked not to make visits to Southampton's hospitals if they have experienced diarrhoea or vomiting in the last 72 hours. The appeal by Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust follows a series of outbreaks of the highly contagious Norovirus in Hampshire's hospitals.
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Bishen Swarup gingerly fries slices of potato in a large shallow pan before picking up the hot pieces with his bare hands. The 71-year-old then ladles on tamarind sauce, drops in some ginger and adds salt and a few slices of fruit. Around his stall, just off Old Delhi's Chandni Chowk market, customers line up for the 15 rupee (18p) bowls of Mr Swarup's tangy fruit chaat. The Swarup family have run their street kitchen business for more than 80 years. But perhaps not for much longer. The purveyors of Delhi's hot, spicy snacks could be pushed off the pavements thanks to a government drive to clean up the Indian capital ahead of the Commonwealth Games in 2010.
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Two million people in poor countries are now being kept alive by Aids drugs, but children still lose out and more money will be needed to reach all those in need, according to a UN report. The report from UN-Aids and the World Health Organisation says there has been a 54% rise in those treated over the last year. In sub-Saharan Africa, the worst-hit region, 1.3 million are now on antiretroviral drugs, which represents coverage of 28% compared with 2% in 2003.
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Flu can trigger a potentially fatal heart attack in those with heart disease and thousands of lives could be saved if all those at risk were vaccinated every winter, scientists said today. Researchers in Texas are urging doctors to ensure that anybody with risk factors for heart disease has a flu jab each winter. One in three people with heart disease does not realise flu is potentially dangerous to them and fails to go for vaccination, they said.
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Flu vaccine could prevent heart attacks - The Times 18th March 2007
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Flu jabs 'could stop thousands of heart deaths' - The Telegraph 18th March 2007
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A widely used herbal supplement taken to aid digestion has been found to have powerful anti-cancer properties. Triphala, made from the dried and powdered fruit of three plants, is the most popular Ayurvedic remedy in India. It is used to stimulate the appetite, treat intestinal disorders and act as a laxative. Indian scientists have claimed for years that Triphala has value as a detoxifying and anti-cancer agent. Now researchers at the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute say they have shown that it can prevent or slow the growth of pancreatic cancer tumours implanted in mice.
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Indian herbal remedy cancer hope - BBC Health News 17th March 2007
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People who are overweight and claim they have 'heavy bones' or 'a slow metabolism' are often jeered at for making excuses. Now it looks as if they may be right. Last week, scientists announced they'd found the gene that puts one in six of us at increased risk of obesity. If you have this gene - called FTO - you are 70 per cent more likely to become overweight.
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Ethanol vehicles may have worse effects on human health than conventional petrol, US scientists have warned. A computer model set up to simulate air quality in 2020 found that in some areas ozone levels would increase if all cars were run on bioethanol.
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Just 28% of poor people with HIV have access to the antiretroviral drugs that could save their lives, a study shows. The report is published by the World Health Organization, UNAids and Unicef.
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Eating large quantities of cured meats like bacon could damage lung function and increase the risk of lung disease. A Columbia University team found people who ate cured meats at least 14 times a month were more likely to have COPD - chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
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Bullet removed 39 years after war - BBC Health News 17th March 2007
Doctors have removed a bullet from the heart of a Vietnamese soldier 39 years after he was shot by US troops. Le Dinh Hung, 60, is said to be recovering well after surgery in Hanoi to remove the 2.5cm (1 inch) bullet and replace a damaged heart valve.
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Cheshire and Merseyside News
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THE North West’s Centre for Spinal Injuries has been able to buy vital equipment thanks to a £19,000 donation. The funding, supplied by Southport-based law firm Fletchers, has provided the centre, at Southport and Formby General Hospital, with much-needed machines.
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Call for Tories to reduce care costs for the elderly and disabled - Crewe Guardian 17th April 2007
AFTER months of Tory rhetoric in the press about the cuts to health facilities locally, in particular the Accident and Emergency Unit at Leighton Hospital.
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AN inquiry into claims that staff at the Sellafield nuclear plant who died in the 1960s and 70s had body parts removed for medical tests without permission is to be announced. Trade and Industry secretary Alistair Darling will appoint a leading QC to lead an independent investigation into claims that up to 70 people may have had tissue, bones and body parts taken for medical examination without their family’s knowledge.
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Limit on hospital milk is poppycock - Lancashire Telegraph 17th April 2007
YOUR headline on March 30 about patients being limited to milk is absolutely disgraceful, and the NHS Trust officials' reply that they were trying to ensure that its consumption was reasonable is totally unprofessional poppycock, and I would ask the question of what they consider is reasonable.
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IDENTICAL twins Amanda Firth and Debbie Crowder have defied huge odds to both beat breast cancer - twice. Experts at Withington Hospital say the 38-year-old sisters had significant chance of developing the killer disease because they carry a defective gene.
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Genetic study centre is launched - BBC Health News 17th March 2007
A centre to undertake the largest study into the genetic and environmental causes of disease has opened its doors in Manchester. The Biobank will take DNA samples from people aged 40 to 69 and track their health over a number of years.
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