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NHS reform bill must be resisted, leading doctors tell royal colleges
More than 150 scientists, surgeons and doctors have written to NHS professional bodies calling on the medical establishment to demand that the government withdraws its controversial health bill. Co-ordinated by the NHS Consultants' Association, the medics have written to presidents of the royal medical colleges urging them to stop co-operating with the government's proposed NHS reforms.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/sep/11/doctors-letter-resists-nhs-reform
Experts targeting obesity raise hope of drugs to stop us feeling hungry
Breakthroughs in our understanding of digestion suggest it will soon be possible to suppress the appetite. Research into digestion has focused on the chemicals that relay messages about what we are eating between the brain and the gut.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2011/sep/11/obesity-food-appetite-suppressant
Crocus offers scientists hope in the battle against cancer
A substance found in a native British flower has been turned into a powerful "smart bomb" drug that can work against a range of cancers. The drug, based on colchicine found in the autumn crocus, cuts off the blood supply to solid tumours, curbing their growth and stopping cancer cells from spreading to other parts of the body.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/s...ope-in-the-battle-against-cancer-2353157.html
Bowel cancer risk varies across UK
People living in certain parts of the UK are three times more likely to die from bowel cancer, research has suggested. The Beating Bowel Cancer charity has launched an interactive map where internet users can put in their postcode to see how their area fares. The worst in the UK is Glasgow, with 31 people per 100,000 dying per year from the disease, while the best is Rossendale, Lancashire, where there are nine deaths per the same number of people.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/latest/2011/09/12/bowel-cancer-risk-varies-across-uk-115875-23414284/
Putting baby in nursery 'could raise its risk of heart disease'
Sending babies and toddlers to day-care could do untold damage to the development of their brains and their future health, a leading psychologist has claimed. Aric Sigman, a fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine, has warned that spending long periods being cared for by strangers in the first years of life can send levels of stress hormones soaring.This could raise the odds of a host of problems, from coughs and colds in the short-term, to heart disease in the years to come.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...disease-risk-sends-stress-levels-soaring.html
How to store your medicines safely
All medicinal products, prescription or over the counter, are labelled with the ideal temperature range at which they should be stored. This is an important precaution because extremes of temperature can affect all drugs and possibly render them useless.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/advice/miriam/2011/09/12/how-to-store-your-medicines-safely-115875-23413737/
High blood pressure genetic clues
More than 20 new sections of genetic code have been linked to blood pressure by an international team of scientists. Almost everyone will carry at least one of the genetic variants, according to studies published in Nature and Nature Genetics. Researchers believe their findings could be used to develop new treatments.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-14851651
Phantom patients net GPs millions
Dishonest GPs are defrauding the taxpayer of millions of pounds by claiming money for ?ghost patients?. Some family doctors are retaining the details of patients who have died or left the country so they still receive annual NHS payments of up to ?100 for every person registered with them.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...on-existent-treatments.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
More than 150 scientists, surgeons and doctors have written to NHS professional bodies calling on the medical establishment to demand that the government withdraws its controversial health bill. Co-ordinated by the NHS Consultants' Association, the medics have written to presidents of the royal medical colleges urging them to stop co-operating with the government's proposed NHS reforms.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/sep/11/doctors-letter-resists-nhs-reform
Experts targeting obesity raise hope of drugs to stop us feeling hungry
Breakthroughs in our understanding of digestion suggest it will soon be possible to suppress the appetite. Research into digestion has focused on the chemicals that relay messages about what we are eating between the brain and the gut.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2011/sep/11/obesity-food-appetite-suppressant
Crocus offers scientists hope in the battle against cancer
A substance found in a native British flower has been turned into a powerful "smart bomb" drug that can work against a range of cancers. The drug, based on colchicine found in the autumn crocus, cuts off the blood supply to solid tumours, curbing their growth and stopping cancer cells from spreading to other parts of the body.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/s...ope-in-the-battle-against-cancer-2353157.html
Bowel cancer risk varies across UK
People living in certain parts of the UK are three times more likely to die from bowel cancer, research has suggested. The Beating Bowel Cancer charity has launched an interactive map where internet users can put in their postcode to see how their area fares. The worst in the UK is Glasgow, with 31 people per 100,000 dying per year from the disease, while the best is Rossendale, Lancashire, where there are nine deaths per the same number of people.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/latest/2011/09/12/bowel-cancer-risk-varies-across-uk-115875-23414284/
Putting baby in nursery 'could raise its risk of heart disease'
Sending babies and toddlers to day-care could do untold damage to the development of their brains and their future health, a leading psychologist has claimed. Aric Sigman, a fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine, has warned that spending long periods being cared for by strangers in the first years of life can send levels of stress hormones soaring.This could raise the odds of a host of problems, from coughs and colds in the short-term, to heart disease in the years to come.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...disease-risk-sends-stress-levels-soaring.html
How to store your medicines safely
All medicinal products, prescription or over the counter, are labelled with the ideal temperature range at which they should be stored. This is an important precaution because extremes of temperature can affect all drugs and possibly render them useless.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/advice/miriam/2011/09/12/how-to-store-your-medicines-safely-115875-23413737/
High blood pressure genetic clues
More than 20 new sections of genetic code have been linked to blood pressure by an international team of scientists. Almost everyone will carry at least one of the genetic variants, according to studies published in Nature and Nature Genetics. Researchers believe their findings could be used to develop new treatments.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-14851651
Phantom patients net GPs millions
Dishonest GPs are defrauding the taxpayer of millions of pounds by claiming money for ?ghost patients?. Some family doctors are retaining the details of patients who have died or left the country so they still receive annual NHS payments of up to ?100 for every person registered with them.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...on-existent-treatments.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
