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Only 6% of Welsh population meets four pillars of healthy lifestyle, warns retiring chief doctor Tony Jewell
Wales' top doctor has laid out the scale of the threat to the population?s health as it emerged just 6% of people are following the four pillars of healthy lifestyle advice.
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/w...e-warns-retiring-chief-doctor-91466-30000326/
Patients should have online access to medical records, says report
NHS patients will be allowed to see and edit their medical records under proposals in a government-commissioned report. The plan is contained in a report that an expert advisory group, headed by Professor Steve Field, the coalition's NHS troubleshooter, is finalising before handing it to the Department of Health.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2011/dec/23/patients-online-access-medical-records
Beef can be just as good for you as white meat or fish, a medical study shows.
For years meat-lovers have been told to cut down on burgers and steaks in favour of "healthier" chicken or fish. Now researchers have found that lean beef has the same benefits as other protein-rich foods ? including the ability to lower cholesterol.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepag...s-of-beef-as-good-as-white-meat-in-tests.html
Could stem cells help a damaged heart fix itself?
Hearts could be made to mend themselves after scientists discovered a way of transforming ordinary tissue into beating muscle cells. The revolutionary treatment works by coaxing stem cells to develop into cardiac cells.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...over-way-transform-tissue-beating-muscle.html
Mediterranean diet 'extends life by up to three years'
People who stick to a healthy Mediterranean diet extend their lives by an average of two to three years, a study has found.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/h...n-diet-extends-life-by-up-to-three-years.html
Norovirus cases 'double in a week'
The number of NHS beds closed due to a norovirus outbreak has doubled in a week, official figures have revealed. The average number of beds closed per day rose from 720 to 1,545 between December 11 and December 18, Department of Health data for England has shown.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/8973534/Norovirus-cases-double-in-a-week.html
'Baby brain' syndrome IS real... and it makes you a better mother
Pregnant women have long complained that their condition makes them forgetful. Now a researcher has claimed there may be scientific truth in this ?baby brain? syndrome ? and that there is a very good reason why expectant mothers develop short-term memory loss.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...ain-syndrome-IS-real-makes-better-mother.html
Hospitals being charged 'extortionate' sums by PFI sums to carry out basic DIY jobs
Hospitals are being charged ?extortionate? sums by private companies for basic DIY such as ?240 to replace a padlocks and ?466 for new light fittings, official figures disclosed yesterday.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/pol...-by-PFI-sums-to-carry-out-basic-DIY-jobs.html
Wales' top doctor has laid out the scale of the threat to the population?s health as it emerged just 6% of people are following the four pillars of healthy lifestyle advice.
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/w...e-warns-retiring-chief-doctor-91466-30000326/
Patients should have online access to medical records, says report
NHS patients will be allowed to see and edit their medical records under proposals in a government-commissioned report. The plan is contained in a report that an expert advisory group, headed by Professor Steve Field, the coalition's NHS troubleshooter, is finalising before handing it to the Department of Health.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2011/dec/23/patients-online-access-medical-records
Beef can be just as good for you as white meat or fish, a medical study shows.
For years meat-lovers have been told to cut down on burgers and steaks in favour of "healthier" chicken or fish. Now researchers have found that lean beef has the same benefits as other protein-rich foods ? including the ability to lower cholesterol.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepag...s-of-beef-as-good-as-white-meat-in-tests.html
Could stem cells help a damaged heart fix itself?
Hearts could be made to mend themselves after scientists discovered a way of transforming ordinary tissue into beating muscle cells. The revolutionary treatment works by coaxing stem cells to develop into cardiac cells.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...over-way-transform-tissue-beating-muscle.html
Mediterranean diet 'extends life by up to three years'
People who stick to a healthy Mediterranean diet extend their lives by an average of two to three years, a study has found.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/h...n-diet-extends-life-by-up-to-three-years.html
Norovirus cases 'double in a week'
The number of NHS beds closed due to a norovirus outbreak has doubled in a week, official figures have revealed. The average number of beds closed per day rose from 720 to 1,545 between December 11 and December 18, Department of Health data for England has shown.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/8973534/Norovirus-cases-double-in-a-week.html
'Baby brain' syndrome IS real... and it makes you a better mother
Pregnant women have long complained that their condition makes them forgetful. Now a researcher has claimed there may be scientific truth in this ?baby brain? syndrome ? and that there is a very good reason why expectant mothers develop short-term memory loss.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...ain-syndrome-IS-real-makes-better-mother.html
Hospitals being charged 'extortionate' sums by PFI sums to carry out basic DIY jobs
Hospitals are being charged ?extortionate? sums by private companies for basic DIY such as ?240 to replace a padlocks and ?466 for new light fittings, official figures disclosed yesterday.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/pol...-by-PFI-sums-to-carry-out-basic-DIY-jobs.html