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NHS papers expose risks of health reforms
Health and social care bill could harm patient care and increase costs, internal reports warn
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/feb/14/nhs-health-social-care-bill
David Cameron hints at minimum alcohol price
PM determined to deal with 'one of the scandals of our society', as figures show alcohol abuse is costing the NHS ?2.7bn a year
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/feb/14/david-cameron-minimum-alcohol-price
How a dose of aspirin can help to halt cancer
The humble painkiller aspirin could be the secret weapon to beat cancer after scientists discovered it can stop tumours spreading. The revolutionary finding solves the mystery of how the over-the- counter wonder drug works to halt the disease in its tracks. The breakthrough by experts in Australia will now pave the way for new treatments which may even help cure the disease for good.
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/302223/How-a-dose-of-aspirin-can-help-to-halt-cancer
Lack of sleep is linked to senility
A lack of sleep can raise the risk of getting Alzheimer?s disease, according to research. A study found that it boosts the formation of beta amyloid, the toxic protein that clogs up the brain of Alzheimer?s patients. One third of Britons regularly survive on less than five hours sleep a night, putting them at risk.
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/302222/Lack-of-sleep-is-linked-to-senility
Water ?helps you lose weight?
The key to losing weight could be as simple as just drinking water. People who substitute sugar-laden drinks with water or diet drinks can lose five per cent of their body weight in just six months, research shows. The study, published online in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, compared weight loss for 318 overweight or obese people. Volunteers were divided into three groups ? those who switched from calorie-laden beverages to diet soft drinks; those who switched to water; and those who did not change their drinks, but received general information about healthy choices that would lead to weight loss. The groups were monitored for six months and all three experienced reductions in weight and waist measurements.
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/302216/Water-helps-you-lose-weight-
David Cameron to launch attack on Britain's 'boozing scandal'
The Prime Minister will attack the ?scandal of our society? caused by Britain?s drinking culture which costs the NHS more than ?2.7 billion annually. He will suggest that ?innovative solutions? such as the US-inspired drunk tanks, more police on patrol in A&E departments and ?booze buses? ? vehicles staffed with paramedics who help intoxicated revellers ? be supported by the Government.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/pol...aunch-attack-on-Britains-boozing-scandal.html
Hospital shuts ward amid patient care investigation
It said ''a couple'' of staff working on the 24-bed Wheal Agar ward, which mainly deals with elderly patients, had been suspended as a ''neutral act'' while it investigates allegations about the care of a single patient. The ward at the hospital in Truro, which a spokesman said only contained a ''few'' patients, is reported to have closed temporarily at the weekend. It is the hospital where David and Samantha Cameron's daughter Florence was born.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/h...uts-ward-amid-patient-care-investigation.html
NHS shake-up 'risks safety and patient care'
The assessments, carried out by the four English NHS regions, suggest a high potential of conflict between organisations in the new system. They also find that there is a high chance that the reforms will fail to achieve hoped-for management improvements and budget cuts. Health Secretary Andrew Lansley is under pressure over the shake-up after claims that Conservative Cabinet ministers have criticised his handling of the changes and a Downing Street source was quoted saying he should be ?taken out and shot?. The latest of the regional risk assessments ? which are carried out every three months ? were drawn up in January, the Guardian reported.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/9083172/NHS-shake-up-risks-safety-and-patient-care.html
Cash payments help cut HIV infection rate in young women, study finds
Regular small cash payments to girls and young women can enable them to resist the attentions of older men and avoid HIV infection, according to a new study
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/feb/15/cash-payments-cut-hiv-infection?newsfeed=true
Our production line hospitals, by worries GPs: Family doctors say patients are being put at risk because of 'dangerously poor' care
A third of family doctors say their patients are being put at risk in NHS hospitals because of ?dangerously? poor care, a survey has revealed. They liken wards to ?factory production lines? and admit they would not refer their own family. One in ten thinks that in the past 12 months at least one of their patients died unnecessarily because the hospital either misdiagnosed them or they were not given the correct treatment.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...-say-patients-risk-dangerously-poor-care.html
Bone marrow stem cells give 'some' heart healing
Bone marrow stem cell therapy offers "moderate improvement" to heart attack patients, according to a large UK review of clinical trials. The analysis by the Cochrane Collaboration looked at 33 trials involving more than 1,700 patients. It said longer-term studies were needed to see if the experimental therapy affected life expectancy.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-17025593
TripAdvisor-style reviews by patients 'predict worst hospitals'
A study by academics at Imperial College London found hospitals with good patient ratings on the internet tend to have a 5 per cent lower death rate and 11 per cent lower re-admission rates. Hospitals with the best cleanliness ratings had a 42 per cent lower rate of MRSA infections than those rated the dirtiest. The research is based on more than 10,000 reviews of hospitals on the NHS Choices website. This Government-funded forum allows patients to give their feedback on treatment in the same way travellers review holiday destinations on the TripAdviser website.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/h...iews-by-patients-predict-worst-hospitals.html
Talking 'good for menopause'
Psychologists found that women recovering from breast cancer with menopausal symptoms coped much better if they took part in 'talking cure' group therapy, according to the study, published in The Lancet Oncology. Chemotherapy and other cancer-fighting drugs can bring on an early menopause, by causing the ovaries to fail. However, most women in this position are advised against taking hormone replacement therapy (HRT), because it can increase the risk of breast cancer returning. Many healthy women also shun HRT over cancer fears. Although there are other drugs they can go on to lessen menopausal symptoms, these have side effects and results of effectiveness are mixed.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/9082169/Talking-good-for-menopause.html
Eat bananas when they're green and potatoes when they're cold
The type of food you heap on to your plate is not the only thing you need to think about. How you cook, prepare or eat it can dramatically affect its health benefits. Here, dietitian Juliette Kellow reveals the best ways to serve popular kitchen staples...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...e-thatll-transform-enjoy-favourite-foods.html
A lift, a library and a bar is the perfect cocktail for old age
Bill Nighy says the way we have ?warehoused and medicated? our old people is one of society?s ?great scandals?. He is right, of course, but while the system is at fault, so are individuals. Many of us sleepwalk towards factory-farmed care, without taking responsibility for our impending infirmity. If we can devise living wills, surely we can devise living retirement plans?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/e...-bar-is-the-perfect-cocktail-for-old-age.html
Do you like your doctor? It could be the death of you
Satisfaction with the NHS has been rising steadily for the past decade and is at an all-time high ? but that could spell bad news for patients. The more satisfied patients are with their medical care, the more likely they are to die, US researchers have found. More care is not always better care and sometimes doctors have to tell patients things they would rather not hear. The findings run counter to a key aspect of Health Secretary Andrew Lansley's NHS reforms, whose thrust is to increase satisfaction by boosting patient involvement in care ? no decision "about me without me".
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-s...tor-it-could-be-the-death-of-you-6917485.html
Health and social care bill could harm patient care and increase costs, internal reports warn
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/feb/14/nhs-health-social-care-bill
David Cameron hints at minimum alcohol price
PM determined to deal with 'one of the scandals of our society', as figures show alcohol abuse is costing the NHS ?2.7bn a year
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/feb/14/david-cameron-minimum-alcohol-price
How a dose of aspirin can help to halt cancer
The humble painkiller aspirin could be the secret weapon to beat cancer after scientists discovered it can stop tumours spreading. The revolutionary finding solves the mystery of how the over-the- counter wonder drug works to halt the disease in its tracks. The breakthrough by experts in Australia will now pave the way for new treatments which may even help cure the disease for good.
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/302223/How-a-dose-of-aspirin-can-help-to-halt-cancer
Lack of sleep is linked to senility
A lack of sleep can raise the risk of getting Alzheimer?s disease, according to research. A study found that it boosts the formation of beta amyloid, the toxic protein that clogs up the brain of Alzheimer?s patients. One third of Britons regularly survive on less than five hours sleep a night, putting them at risk.
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/302222/Lack-of-sleep-is-linked-to-senility
Water ?helps you lose weight?
The key to losing weight could be as simple as just drinking water. People who substitute sugar-laden drinks with water or diet drinks can lose five per cent of their body weight in just six months, research shows. The study, published online in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, compared weight loss for 318 overweight or obese people. Volunteers were divided into three groups ? those who switched from calorie-laden beverages to diet soft drinks; those who switched to water; and those who did not change their drinks, but received general information about healthy choices that would lead to weight loss. The groups were monitored for six months and all three experienced reductions in weight and waist measurements.
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/302216/Water-helps-you-lose-weight-
David Cameron to launch attack on Britain's 'boozing scandal'
The Prime Minister will attack the ?scandal of our society? caused by Britain?s drinking culture which costs the NHS more than ?2.7 billion annually. He will suggest that ?innovative solutions? such as the US-inspired drunk tanks, more police on patrol in A&E departments and ?booze buses? ? vehicles staffed with paramedics who help intoxicated revellers ? be supported by the Government.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/pol...aunch-attack-on-Britains-boozing-scandal.html
Hospital shuts ward amid patient care investigation
It said ''a couple'' of staff working on the 24-bed Wheal Agar ward, which mainly deals with elderly patients, had been suspended as a ''neutral act'' while it investigates allegations about the care of a single patient. The ward at the hospital in Truro, which a spokesman said only contained a ''few'' patients, is reported to have closed temporarily at the weekend. It is the hospital where David and Samantha Cameron's daughter Florence was born.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/h...uts-ward-amid-patient-care-investigation.html
NHS shake-up 'risks safety and patient care'
The assessments, carried out by the four English NHS regions, suggest a high potential of conflict between organisations in the new system. They also find that there is a high chance that the reforms will fail to achieve hoped-for management improvements and budget cuts. Health Secretary Andrew Lansley is under pressure over the shake-up after claims that Conservative Cabinet ministers have criticised his handling of the changes and a Downing Street source was quoted saying he should be ?taken out and shot?. The latest of the regional risk assessments ? which are carried out every three months ? were drawn up in January, the Guardian reported.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/9083172/NHS-shake-up-risks-safety-and-patient-care.html
Cash payments help cut HIV infection rate in young women, study finds
Regular small cash payments to girls and young women can enable them to resist the attentions of older men and avoid HIV infection, according to a new study
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/feb/15/cash-payments-cut-hiv-infection?newsfeed=true
Our production line hospitals, by worries GPs: Family doctors say patients are being put at risk because of 'dangerously poor' care
A third of family doctors say their patients are being put at risk in NHS hospitals because of ?dangerously? poor care, a survey has revealed. They liken wards to ?factory production lines? and admit they would not refer their own family. One in ten thinks that in the past 12 months at least one of their patients died unnecessarily because the hospital either misdiagnosed them or they were not given the correct treatment.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...-say-patients-risk-dangerously-poor-care.html
Bone marrow stem cells give 'some' heart healing
Bone marrow stem cell therapy offers "moderate improvement" to heart attack patients, according to a large UK review of clinical trials. The analysis by the Cochrane Collaboration looked at 33 trials involving more than 1,700 patients. It said longer-term studies were needed to see if the experimental therapy affected life expectancy.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-17025593
TripAdvisor-style reviews by patients 'predict worst hospitals'
A study by academics at Imperial College London found hospitals with good patient ratings on the internet tend to have a 5 per cent lower death rate and 11 per cent lower re-admission rates. Hospitals with the best cleanliness ratings had a 42 per cent lower rate of MRSA infections than those rated the dirtiest. The research is based on more than 10,000 reviews of hospitals on the NHS Choices website. This Government-funded forum allows patients to give their feedback on treatment in the same way travellers review holiday destinations on the TripAdviser website.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/h...iews-by-patients-predict-worst-hospitals.html
Talking 'good for menopause'
Psychologists found that women recovering from breast cancer with menopausal symptoms coped much better if they took part in 'talking cure' group therapy, according to the study, published in The Lancet Oncology. Chemotherapy and other cancer-fighting drugs can bring on an early menopause, by causing the ovaries to fail. However, most women in this position are advised against taking hormone replacement therapy (HRT), because it can increase the risk of breast cancer returning. Many healthy women also shun HRT over cancer fears. Although there are other drugs they can go on to lessen menopausal symptoms, these have side effects and results of effectiveness are mixed.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/9082169/Talking-good-for-menopause.html
Eat bananas when they're green and potatoes when they're cold
The type of food you heap on to your plate is not the only thing you need to think about. How you cook, prepare or eat it can dramatically affect its health benefits. Here, dietitian Juliette Kellow reveals the best ways to serve popular kitchen staples...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...e-thatll-transform-enjoy-favourite-foods.html
A lift, a library and a bar is the perfect cocktail for old age
Bill Nighy says the way we have ?warehoused and medicated? our old people is one of society?s ?great scandals?. He is right, of course, but while the system is at fault, so are individuals. Many of us sleepwalk towards factory-farmed care, without taking responsibility for our impending infirmity. If we can devise living wills, surely we can devise living retirement plans?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/e...-bar-is-the-perfect-cocktail-for-old-age.html
Do you like your doctor? It could be the death of you
Satisfaction with the NHS has been rising steadily for the past decade and is at an all-time high ? but that could spell bad news for patients. The more satisfied patients are with their medical care, the more likely they are to die, US researchers have found. More care is not always better care and sometimes doctors have to tell patients things they would rather not hear. The findings run counter to a key aspect of Health Secretary Andrew Lansley's NHS reforms, whose thrust is to increase satisfaction by boosting patient involvement in care ? no decision "about me without me".
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-s...tor-it-could-be-the-death-of-you-6917485.html