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Relief for diabetes sufferers as new weekly jab replaces need for two injections per day
A weekly diabetes jab has been approved for use on the NHS - replacing the need for twice-a-day injections. Doctors can start prescribing Bydureon immediately to the 2.5million type 2 diabetes sufferers nationwide. It could spell the end of sufferers having to inject themselves with exenatide twice a day bringing relief to millions, the Daily Express reported. The National Institute for Clinical Excellence yesterday provisionally approved the ?19-per-week jab for use on the NHS. Cathy Moulton, Diabetes UK Clinical Advisor quoted.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...-Bydureon-replaces-need-2-injections-day.html
Revealed: how NHS cuts are really affecting the young, old and infirm
Birth centres are closing, patients are being denied pain-relieving drugs and leaflets advising parents how to prevent cot death have been scrapped because of NHS cuts which are increasingly restricting services to patients, evidence gathered by the Guardian reveals. The NHS's ?20bn savings drive also means new mothers receive fewer visits from health visitors, support for problem drinkers is being reduced and families are no longer being given an NHS advice book on bringing up their baby. People with diabetes and leg ulcers are seeing less of the district nurses who help them manage their condition; specialists delivering psychological therapies are under threat and a growing number of hospitals are reducing the number of nurses and midwives to balance their books.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/oct/17/revealed-toll-cuts-nhs-services?newsfeed=true
Thousands of patients struck off by their GPs
Family doctors are adopting a zero-tolerance approach to patients who displease them by striking them off practice lists, in breach of NHS regulations. The tough "one strike and you're out" approach led to a 6 per cent rise in complaints to the Health Service Ombudsman about patient removals last year, which accounted for more than one in five of all complaints about GPs. In one particularly stark case, a terminally ill woman was struck off a GP practice's list after her daughter changed the battery on a device delivering an anti-sickness drug instead of waiting for the district nurse to change it for her. The revelations come in a highly critical report which lambasts the NHS for its failure to deal adequately with patient complaints.
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-s...patients-struck-off-by-their-gps-2372009.html
Have your eggs frozen while you're still young, scientists advise women
Single women who have their eggs frozen so they can put off having a family till later in life may be delaying the procedure too long, fertility specialists warn. Freezing offers women the chance to store their eggs while they are still in good condition, but many wait until their late-30s, when the quality of their eggs has started to decline, scientists found. Researchers said women who had their eggs frozen for non-medical reasons were typically aged 37-39. But flaws that accumulate in eggs over time lead to a rapid decrease in fertility over the age of 35.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2011/oct/18/eggs-frozen-young-women
A tiny drill unblocked my arteries to save me from a heart bypass
Thousands of Britons suffer from completely blocked arteries, which can cause a sudden deadly heart attack. Until now, treatment involved open-heart surgery ? one of the most risky operations. But Chris Hoad, 69, a retired builder from Kent, had a pioneering, minimally invasive procedure, as he tells Oona Mashta.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...ries-save-heart-bypass.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
Antibiotics could protect against bowel cancer
Bowel cancer, the second most common cause of cancer deaths in Britain, may be caused by an infection, researchers claim. For the first time scientists have found a bacterium in colon cancer tissue which is not normally present in the gut. Two independent research teams have identified a potential link between the micro-organism, Fusobacterium, and the cancer.
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-s...uld-protect-against-bowel-cancer-2372016.html
The obesity crisis: it all comes down to peanuts
Andrew Lansley wants you to go on a diet. Five billion calories must be sacrificed by the nation, the health secretary said last week, which he helpfully illustrated with images of Olympic-sized swimming pools of cola, and chocolate bars lined up from Lands End to John o' Groats. Graphic stuff. But if you think about those cola swimming pools or miles of chocolate, do you not feel depressed? Who can cut their calories on such an industrial scale? But Professor Terence Stephenson, president of the Royal College of Paediatrics, put it another way: a five billion calorie cut equates to 100 calories per day per person, which is the equivalent of just 16 dry roasted peanuts. Suddenly, the task looks do-able ? all we have to do is give up a handful of peanuts.
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-s...sis-it-all-comes-down-to-peanuts-2371940.html
A weekly diabetes jab has been approved for use on the NHS - replacing the need for twice-a-day injections. Doctors can start prescribing Bydureon immediately to the 2.5million type 2 diabetes sufferers nationwide. It could spell the end of sufferers having to inject themselves with exenatide twice a day bringing relief to millions, the Daily Express reported. The National Institute for Clinical Excellence yesterday provisionally approved the ?19-per-week jab for use on the NHS. Cathy Moulton, Diabetes UK Clinical Advisor quoted.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...-Bydureon-replaces-need-2-injections-day.html
Revealed: how NHS cuts are really affecting the young, old and infirm
Birth centres are closing, patients are being denied pain-relieving drugs and leaflets advising parents how to prevent cot death have been scrapped because of NHS cuts which are increasingly restricting services to patients, evidence gathered by the Guardian reveals. The NHS's ?20bn savings drive also means new mothers receive fewer visits from health visitors, support for problem drinkers is being reduced and families are no longer being given an NHS advice book on bringing up their baby. People with diabetes and leg ulcers are seeing less of the district nurses who help them manage their condition; specialists delivering psychological therapies are under threat and a growing number of hospitals are reducing the number of nurses and midwives to balance their books.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/oct/17/revealed-toll-cuts-nhs-services?newsfeed=true
Thousands of patients struck off by their GPs
Family doctors are adopting a zero-tolerance approach to patients who displease them by striking them off practice lists, in breach of NHS regulations. The tough "one strike and you're out" approach led to a 6 per cent rise in complaints to the Health Service Ombudsman about patient removals last year, which accounted for more than one in five of all complaints about GPs. In one particularly stark case, a terminally ill woman was struck off a GP practice's list after her daughter changed the battery on a device delivering an anti-sickness drug instead of waiting for the district nurse to change it for her. The revelations come in a highly critical report which lambasts the NHS for its failure to deal adequately with patient complaints.
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-s...patients-struck-off-by-their-gps-2372009.html
Have your eggs frozen while you're still young, scientists advise women
Single women who have their eggs frozen so they can put off having a family till later in life may be delaying the procedure too long, fertility specialists warn. Freezing offers women the chance to store their eggs while they are still in good condition, but many wait until their late-30s, when the quality of their eggs has started to decline, scientists found. Researchers said women who had their eggs frozen for non-medical reasons were typically aged 37-39. But flaws that accumulate in eggs over time lead to a rapid decrease in fertility over the age of 35.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2011/oct/18/eggs-frozen-young-women
A tiny drill unblocked my arteries to save me from a heart bypass
Thousands of Britons suffer from completely blocked arteries, which can cause a sudden deadly heart attack. Until now, treatment involved open-heart surgery ? one of the most risky operations. But Chris Hoad, 69, a retired builder from Kent, had a pioneering, minimally invasive procedure, as he tells Oona Mashta.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...ries-save-heart-bypass.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
Antibiotics could protect against bowel cancer
Bowel cancer, the second most common cause of cancer deaths in Britain, may be caused by an infection, researchers claim. For the first time scientists have found a bacterium in colon cancer tissue which is not normally present in the gut. Two independent research teams have identified a potential link between the micro-organism, Fusobacterium, and the cancer.
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-s...uld-protect-against-bowel-cancer-2372016.html
The obesity crisis: it all comes down to peanuts
Andrew Lansley wants you to go on a diet. Five billion calories must be sacrificed by the nation, the health secretary said last week, which he helpfully illustrated with images of Olympic-sized swimming pools of cola, and chocolate bars lined up from Lands End to John o' Groats. Graphic stuff. But if you think about those cola swimming pools or miles of chocolate, do you not feel depressed? Who can cut their calories on such an industrial scale? But Professor Terence Stephenson, president of the Royal College of Paediatrics, put it another way: a five billion calorie cut equates to 100 calories per day per person, which is the equivalent of just 16 dry roasted peanuts. Suddenly, the task looks do-able ? all we have to do is give up a handful of peanuts.
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-s...sis-it-all-comes-down-to-peanuts-2371940.html