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Upheaval, distraction and confusion ? fears for future of the NHS
As politicians and medical bodies wrangle over the health and social care bill, those on the front line face the growing fallout
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/jan/18/nhs-reforms-hit-front-line
NHS plans for credit rating agencies to vet hospitals
Credit rating agencies such as Standard & Poor?s and Moody?s will be asked to assess whether hospitals are financially robust enough to treat patients under proposals put forward by the government?s NHS regulator.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/jan/19/credit-rating-agencies-hospital-finances
Doctors threaten first strike in 40 years ? over ?48,000 pensions
Doctors' leaders escalated their dispute with the Government over planned changes to their pensions yesterday after a British Medical Association survey showed almost two out of three would back some form of industrial action.
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-s...in-40-years--over-48000-pensions-6291595.html
Would you want to know? Blood test tells you whether you will (or won't) live to be 100
Scientists could soon tell which of us are likely still to be here at the age of 100. They are working on a blood test which would reveal who will be a centenarian.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2088625/Blood-test-reveal-likely-live-100.html#ixzz1jtYBEeK5
How diets are destroyed by home cooking: Large portions and clearing a plate blamed
Dieters relying on healthy home-cooked meals wreck their efforts to slim by dishing up large portions and feeling obliged to finish everything on their plate, a survey has found.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...ions-clearing-plate-blamed.html#ixzz1jtYKbIyT
One in five choosing to die in their own homes as figures reach highest level for ten years
A study suggests the recent trend for Britons to die in hospital against their wishes may have been reversed. A total of 102,416 deaths took place at home in 2010, or just over 20 per cent, compared with 93,907 in 2004 (18.3 per cent). The previous highest figure was 108,086 home deaths in 1999.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-reach-highest-level-years.html#ixzz1jtYT56f2
NHS trusts ordered to remove 'no win, no fee' adverts
Hospitals are being instructed to remove advertisements for personal injury lawyers featured in NHS leaflets issued to patients, it has emerged.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/9024365/NHS-trusts-ordered-to-remove-no-win-no-fee-adverts.html
Mediterranean diet cuts risk of Parkinson's disease by 46%, say scientists
Eating lots of fish, fruit and vegetables can almost halve the risk of *developing Parkinson?s disease. Researchers found people following a *Mediterranean-style diet rather than eating lots of red meat were up to 46% less likely to get the *incurable brain disorder.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-st...disease-by-46-say-scientists-115875-23706738/
Tamiflu effects 'uncertain' says report - but officials say vulnerable should still take it
Vulnerable people such as cancer patients should get Tamiflu in another outbreak, despite doubts over its *effectiveness, officials say.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/health...ctiveness-government-insists-115875-23706632/
As politicians and medical bodies wrangle over the health and social care bill, those on the front line face the growing fallout
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/jan/18/nhs-reforms-hit-front-line
NHS plans for credit rating agencies to vet hospitals
Credit rating agencies such as Standard & Poor?s and Moody?s will be asked to assess whether hospitals are financially robust enough to treat patients under proposals put forward by the government?s NHS regulator.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/jan/19/credit-rating-agencies-hospital-finances
Doctors threaten first strike in 40 years ? over ?48,000 pensions
Doctors' leaders escalated their dispute with the Government over planned changes to their pensions yesterday after a British Medical Association survey showed almost two out of three would back some form of industrial action.
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-s...in-40-years--over-48000-pensions-6291595.html
Would you want to know? Blood test tells you whether you will (or won't) live to be 100
Scientists could soon tell which of us are likely still to be here at the age of 100. They are working on a blood test which would reveal who will be a centenarian.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2088625/Blood-test-reveal-likely-live-100.html#ixzz1jtYBEeK5
How diets are destroyed by home cooking: Large portions and clearing a plate blamed
Dieters relying on healthy home-cooked meals wreck their efforts to slim by dishing up large portions and feeling obliged to finish everything on their plate, a survey has found.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...ions-clearing-plate-blamed.html#ixzz1jtYKbIyT
One in five choosing to die in their own homes as figures reach highest level for ten years
A study suggests the recent trend for Britons to die in hospital against their wishes may have been reversed. A total of 102,416 deaths took place at home in 2010, or just over 20 per cent, compared with 93,907 in 2004 (18.3 per cent). The previous highest figure was 108,086 home deaths in 1999.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-reach-highest-level-years.html#ixzz1jtYT56f2
NHS trusts ordered to remove 'no win, no fee' adverts
Hospitals are being instructed to remove advertisements for personal injury lawyers featured in NHS leaflets issued to patients, it has emerged.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/9024365/NHS-trusts-ordered-to-remove-no-win-no-fee-adverts.html
Mediterranean diet cuts risk of Parkinson's disease by 46%, say scientists
Eating lots of fish, fruit and vegetables can almost halve the risk of *developing Parkinson?s disease. Researchers found people following a *Mediterranean-style diet rather than eating lots of red meat were up to 46% less likely to get the *incurable brain disorder.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-st...disease-by-46-say-scientists-115875-23706738/
Tamiflu effects 'uncertain' says report - but officials say vulnerable should still take it
Vulnerable people such as cancer patients should get Tamiflu in another outbreak, despite doubts over its *effectiveness, officials say.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/health...ctiveness-government-insists-115875-23706632/