Ministers are set to announce a U-turn on forcing patients who buy drugs privately to pay for NHS care. They are considering allowing patients to pay for some top-up drugs not available on the NHS, following a public outcry.
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U-turn likely on patients who pay for top-up drugs - Daily Mail 24th September 2008
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Exercise works as well as nicotine patches to help pregnant women quit smoking - Daily Mail 23rd September 2008
Taking regular exercise can help pregnant women stop smoking, researchers said today. Two studies showed a quarter of women who exercised regularly while expecting a baby managed to quit smoking.
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Cancer drug access varies widely - BBC Health News 24th September 2008
Big disparities in the availability of some cancer drugs - sometimes in adjoining areas - have been uncovered by a UK-wide survey. The poll, carried out for the BBC One series, Dom's on the Case, focused on drugs not yet given approval for widespread NHS use.
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Inhalers may up heart death risk - BBC Health News 23rd September 2008
Inhalers prescribed for serious lung disease may increase the risk of deadly heart problems, say researchers. Trials on more than 15,000 patients found inhaled anticholinergic drugs increased the risk of heart attack, stroke and cardiovascular death by 58%.
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Designer vagina trend 'worrying' - BBC Health News 23rd September 2008
A leading urogynaecologist has spoken out against the growing popularity of cosmetic vaginal surgery. Professor Linda Cardozo, of King's College Hospital, London, says little evidence exists to advise women on the safety or effectiveness of procedures.
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Husband untangles umbilical cord - BBC Health News 23rd September 2008
A hospital has apologised to a mother who had to rely on her husband to deliver their baby because there was no midwife available. Stephen Williams had to unwrap the umbilical cord, which had got tangled round his daughter's neck, during the birth at the Royal Berkshire Hospital.
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Cancer drug death 'like murder' - BBC Health News 23rd September 2008
The mother of a 27-year-old man who died during a cancer drugs trial said she felt like he had been murdered. Gary Foster, from Waltham Abbey, Essex, was given double the amount of chemotherapy he should have been prescribed for testicular cancer.
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Organ decision debate goes public - BBC Health News 23rd September 2008
A series of debates are to be held to gather public opinion on "presumed consent" for organ donations in Wales. Health Minister Edwina Hart wants to gauge public opinion on whether the assembly government should seek a legislative change.
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Skin cancer trebles since 1980s - BBC Health News 23rd September 2008
Cases of a type of skin cancer have trebled in Northern Ireland since the mid-1980s, researchers have found. Malignant melanoma, which causes three quarters of skin cancer deaths, was discovered 254 times in 2006.
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Plea for cash to cut deaths in childbirth - The Guardian 24th September 2008
Government ministers, UN agencies and health officials will meet tomorrow as part of a big effort to slash the high mortality rate of women during childbirth. The talks, at the UN summit on the millennium development goals (MDG) in New York, will focus on persuading governments in poor countries to prioritise women's health.
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The poisoning of China's babies - The Telegraph 24th September 2008
Tens of thousands of infants are sick after drinking tainted baby milk. But this isn't an ordinary health disaster - the authorities colluded with the companies who deliberately contaminated their products and failed to warn the public, reports Richard Spencer
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HIV rates among drug users rising - BBC Health News 24th September 2008
The rate of HIV infection among injecting drug users appears to be rising, researchers say. The report, published in the British medical journal The Lancet, says 3m self-injecting drug users worldwide could now be HIV-positive. In nine countries, more that 40% of drug users were infected.
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Kenyan MPs admit to circumcision - BBC Health News 23rd September 2008
Top politicians from Kenya's Luo community have publicly admitted to getting circumcised as part of a campaign to tackle HIV/Aids.
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Izmir babies died 'of infection' - BBC Health News 23rd September 2008
A bacterial infection is believed be behind the deaths of 13 newborn babies at a hospital in Turkey at the weekend, doctors say. They say initial blood tests have found traces of the infection in five of the dead babies at the state hospital in the western city of Izmir.
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Lose a Million tanker’s date in city centre - Liverpool Echo 23rd September 2008
THE Lose a Million campaign tanker returns to Liverpool city centre tomorrow to encourage new recruits to a health and fitness challenge. The Primary Care Trust’s bright pink tanker, staffed by dieticians, nutritionists and fitness experts, will be in Williamson Square from tomorrow until September 26 and anyone can sign up to lose weight.
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Crackdown ordered on air pollution - Liverpool Daily Post 23rd September 2008
HARMFUL pollutants that can cause respiratory problems such as asthma are too high and must be brought under control in the Liverpool suburbs, according to an environmental survey. Pollution levels in parts of Waterloo, Seaforth and Bootle, in south Sefton, are outstripping Government clean air guidelines, the Daily Post can reveal.
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