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The doctor who linked the MMR jab to autism, prompting one of the biggest medical controversies of the past 10 years, paid children attending his son's birthday party to donate their blood for his research, it was alleged yesterday. The charge is one of more than 40 laid against Andrew Wakefield, a surgeon who became a gastroenterologist, at the General Medical Council yesterday. Many of them related to giving children interventions such as lumbar punctures, barium meals and colonoscopies which allegedly they did not need.
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MMR scare doctor 'paid children £5 for blood samples' - The Independent 17th July 2007
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MMR scare doctor 'paid children £5 for blood samples' - The Independent 17th July 2007
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Scientists have discovered a link between obesity and asthma which may explain why overweight people are up to twice as likely to develop the respiratory condition. The finding suggests there is a common underlying process behind many cases of combined obesity and asthma, leading doctors to believe it could pave the way for new drugs to treat both conditions.
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Hunger 'links asthma and obesity' - BBC Health News 17th July 2007
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The confectionery giant Cadbury was fined £1m yesterday over a national salmonella outbreak which gave 42 people food poisoning and put three of them in hospital. The Birmingham-based company was forced to recall more than a million chocolate bars last June, after changing its policy on testing for the bacteria from permitting none to allowing a "tolerance level".
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Cadbury fined £1m after last summer's salmonella outbreak - The Independent 17th July 2007
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Jonathan Glancey on a housing project that could be just what the new PM wants Ironically, it is known as the New Islington Project - but it has nothing to do with Tony Blair's former stamping ground. No, this New Islington is up in Manchester and if Gordon Brown's fledgling government is as committed to shaking up social housing as he claims, it should take a train up to Manchester en masse, where the New Islington Project is showing what can be achieved if design quality and liveability are given proper weight.
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Marc Leverton reports on moves to prevent prisoners self-harming or committing suicide Jez Spencer, safer custody manager, South West and Wales Jez Spencer: 'Self-harming gets prisoners the attention that they crave.' "We have seen scratching, head banging, people setting fire to themselves, severe lacerations, pulling out of tendons, people sewing their own lips up, even cutting parts of their bodies off," says Jez Spencer, describing a less typical day in his role managing the safer custody team in 14 regional prisons.
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Women who put up with tyrannical husbands must liberate themselves mentally first.
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Many GPs are being paid at least £250,000 a year, it emerged yesterday. Official figures show that almost half of family doctors now have annual earnings in excess of £100,000, while one in ten receives more than £150,000.
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Alexandra Best had always feared she might be at risk from breast cancer because her mother and grandmother died from the disease. But she could never have imagined what scientists already knew about her chances of developing the illness.
Family life is under threat from rising divorce rates and the longest working hours in Europe, the Children's Society has warned. The charity says 21st century life is 'pulling families apart' and risking the development and well-being of future generations.
Talking about your troubles is often said to be the first step toward dealing with them. But that advice does not hold good for teenage girls - or so researchers think.
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International News
The Malawian government launched a campaign yesterday to test all sexually active adults for HIV to try to identify thousands of people infected with the virus. An estimated 14% of Malawi's 12 million population are HIV positive but most do not know their status, which prevents them from getting effective treatment and also hampers efforts to curb the spread of the disease.
Combining cancer drugs with certain foods could save millions of pounds by reducing the dose needed, according to scientists in the United States. Researchers have found that patients with advanced breast cancer need a lower dose of lapatinib if taken with a meal, rather than on an empty stomach as recommended.
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Right foods 'may help drugs work' - BBC Health News 17th July 2007
Eating grapefruit can increase the risk of breast cancer by almost a third, a study suggests. It is thought the fruit boosts blood levels of oestrogen, the hormone associated with the risk of the disease.
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Grapefruit link to breast cancer - BBC Health News 15th July 2007
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People with diabetes are more likely to spend longer in intensive care and pick up an infection after an accident than those without, a US study suggests. Researchers at the Penn State College of Medicine looked at nearly 26,000 patients who were hospitalised after trauma injuries between 1984 and 2002.
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A student's research on how cataract surgery on the elderly can help them care for children orphaned by Aids in Africa has led to donations and help. Ruth Anderson graduated from Aberdeen University after spending two months researching the project in Swaziland.
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Cheshire and Merseyside News
MILLIONS of pounds of NHS cash meant for patient care on Merseyside is being used to cover the fees of lawyers pursuing medical negligence claims, it was claimed last night. In an exclusive interview with the Daily Post, the chief executive of the NHS Litigation Authority revealed his “very real concerns” at the growing amounts being spent to cover legal fees.
RESEARCH into the malaria parasite at Liverpool University is being helped by new technology. Liverpool is one of only two universities in the UK to install a new machine which can read up to 100 million DNA letters in a few hours, compared with technology currently in use that can only process 50,000.
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ABOUT 200 people are still waiting to find out if they still have a job following the collapse of a city home care agency. Lyndhurst, which provided home helps to around 500 vulnerable residents, folded last Friday, leaving some workers without wages.
A GROUP of Merseyside’s leading performers are teaming up to help African children orphaned by HIV and AIDS. Poet Levi Tafari, singer-songwriter Lee Broderick and film and TV actress Gillian Kearney are among those taking part in a weekend of fundraising.
IDEAS to help transform health care are in demand at Warrington Primary Care Trust. It has set up a new panel to consider suggestion from staff, professionals and the public - all aimed at making Warrington a healthier place to live.
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Staff fury over parking permits from October - Warrington Guardian 16th July 2007
HOSPITAL bosses have wrote to staff to say they are pushing ahead with car parking charges. The letter says staff will have to buy permits from October 1, or use the existing pay and display machines. The permits do not guarantee getting a space.
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Cumbria and Lancashire News
THERE is a growing body of evidence pointing to an emerging epidemic of childhood obesity in Cumbria, according to the latest research. Health chiefs say that about 12 per cent of four to five years olds in the county – around 500 children – are obese by the time they enter primary school.
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A DENTIST who groped a teenage dental nurse in East Lancashire will today begin a fight to save his professional career. Dr Martin Kono Abe, 36, has maintained his innocence over the April 2005 incident, for which he was convicted of sexual assault at Preston Crown Court earlier this year.
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Dentist's plea to continue working - Lancashire Telegraph 16th July 2007
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Greater Manchester News
HEALTH campaigner Pat Morris is holding a drop in' event to canvass views and answer questions on the closure of inpatient wards at Altrincham General Hospital. Earlier this month, Trafford Healthcare Trust's board unanimously agreed the 26 beds at the hospital woHEALTH campaigner Pat Morris is holding a drop in' event to canvass views and answer questions on the closure of inpatient wards at Altrincham General Hospital.
A COURSE is being launched to help people living with a long-term health condition. It is part of the Expert Patient Programme (EPP) and starts in September.
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Jonathan Glancey on a housing project that could be just what the new PM wants Ironically, it is known as the New Islington Project - but it has nothing to do with Tony Blair's former stamping ground. No, this New Islington is up in Manchester and if Gordon Brown's fledgling government is as committed to shaking up social housing as he claims, it should take a train up to Manchester en masse, where the New Islington Project is showing what can be achieved if design quality and liveability are given proper weight.
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Alexandra Best had always feared she might be at risk from breast cancer because her mother and grandmother died from the disease. But she could never have imagined what scientists already knew about her chances of developing the illness.
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