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Health - Google News Telegraph.co.uk | John Radcliffe heart unit suffered from 'closed culture' The Guardian Today's report of an investigation into children's heart surgery followed reports of "an untoward sequence of deaths" in the paediatric cardiac surgical unit at the John Radcliffe hospital in Oxford between December 2009 and February 2010. ... Ban remains on child heart surgery Children's heart surgery to stay shut after deaths Hospital Faces Child Heart Op Ban |
 Telegraph.co.uk | Health warning for pregnant women BBC News A leading Isle of Man doctor has added his backing to a call for women to retain a healthy weight before and during pregnancy. The UK's health watchdog NICE issued new guidelines encouraging people not to eat for two once they conceive. ... No need to eat for two, pregnant women told Don't eat for two, pregnant women advised Mothers must lose baby weight before getting pregnant again, NICE says |
 The Guardian | Cash crisis hospital paid NHS chief £2557 a day... to cut costs! Daily Mail A cash-strapped NHS hospital paid £2557 a day for an interim boss, it emerged yesterday. For working just 97 days during his ten-month stint in charge, Derek Smith earned a staggering £248041. ... NHS trust pays £2500 a day to hire cost-cutter Call for action over 'overstretched' A&E in Coventry Unions condemn hospital trust's £250000 outlay on interim chief |
 Norfolk Eastern Daily Press | Public health fear in NHS revamp BBC News Under government plans, primary care trusts in England will be abolished and GPs given control of the budget. The shake-up will also mean public health is handed to councils, but the King's Fund health think tank said this could lead the NHS to turn ... GP's role in future public health is uncertain GPs not 'lesser doctors' if they don't commission Local health care commissioning needs better technology |
 TopNews Arab Emirates | Could a drink a day keep arthritis at bay? The Guardian Drinking alcohol may reduce the pain, stiffness, and joint damage caused by rheumatoid arthritis, reports new research. The study also found that people who drink alcohol are less likely to develop this joint disease in the first place, confirming the ... Alcohol "may lower arthritis risk" Alcohol can lessen arthritis symptoms, study claims Drinking alcohol can 'reduce severity' of arthritis |
 The Guardian | Cornwall cancer patients welcome government's drug cash BBC News Cancer patients and campaigners in Cornwall have welcomed a new national fund for life-saving treatments. Health Secretary Andrew Lansley has promised that £50m will be available "within weeks" ahead of the Cancer Drugs Fund planned for next year. ... Banned cancer drugs to be paid for with £50m government fund Emergency fund to pay for 'too expensive' cancer drugs Worry over £50 million cancer drugs boost |
 Herald Scotland | Breast cancer screening concern for women from poorer areas Scotsman WOMEN living in the most deprived areas of Scotland are the least likely to come forward for vital breast cancer screening, official statistics have shown. As latest figures show screening rates across the country exceeded ... Breast screening rate 'lower in deprived areas' Women living in poor areas less likely to have breast cancer test More Funding Needed For Breast, Cervical Cancer Detection Program, Advocates Say |
 Daily Mail | Nurse's sex with heart and lung op patient Mirror.co.uk A nurse has been suspended for a year after having sex with a patient waiting for a heart and lung transplant. Rebecca Bayliss, 29, had a three-month affair with the critically ill man after she treated him in 2008. The cystic fibrosis sufferer needed ... Nurse banned for having sex with critically ill patient UK Nurse Takes Oath To The Extreme Nurse suspended after having sex with patient waiting for heart and lung ... |
 Stuff.co.nz | Say fat not obese, says minister BBC News GPs and other health professionals should tell people they are fat rather than obese, England's public health minister says. Anne Milton told the BBC the term fat was more likely to motivate them into losing ... Call overweight people 'fat' instead of 'obese', says health minister Doctors should tell people they are fat, not obese, minister says Call obese people fat, says minister |
 Reuters India | Early test of stem cell joint repair NHS Choices “Disabled people could soon re-grow damaged or diseased limb joints,” said the Daily Mirror. The newspaper said that the prospect of a new technique, using people's own stem cells rather than transplanted ones “offers hope to millions suffering ... Stem Cell 'Homing' Fixes Joints in Rabbit Experiments Stemcells coaxed to rebuild bone, cartilage Disabled people could soon regrow limb joints |
