Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
The NHS saved my life, Mr Lansley... and it wasn't 'liberated' then
Sitting in my doctor?s waiting room the other day, I saw as usual that all human life was there: the clearly schizophrenic guy in distress, the screaming toddler, the woman who needed a translator, the old man in for what he told me was ?a chlorophyll test?. All of them were treated with the usual gentle patience by the staff and doctors. ?These people should run everything,? I found myself thinking. Of course, I am lucky to have such a good local practice. Diabetes UK mentioned.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/a...--wasnt-liberated-then.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
1 in 4 cancer cases missed: GPs send away alarming number of patients, delaying vital treatment
A quarter of cancer sufferers are being sent away by GPs with their early warning signs dismissed as minor ailments, a study reveals today. Tens of thousands of patients are initially told that their symptoms are ?nothing to worry about? or advised to take painkillers or antibiotics for months.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...cancer-patients-delaying-vital-treatment.html
Education reduces blood pressure
Despite exam stress, a long stint in education is good for people's blood pressure, according to researchers in the US. High blood pressure, or hypertension, is linked to heart attacks, strokes and kidney failure.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-12577353
Doctors offered meningitis 'red flag' advice
Doctors should check for leg pain, confusion, stiff neck and sensitivity to light in children as the "red flags" for meningitis, a study says. Headaches, pale colour and cold hands and feet are not reliable early signs of the disease, says the report in the British Journal of General Practice.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-12577352
Fever medicines 'given to children too readily'
A misplaced "fever phobia" in society means parents too frequently use both medicines to bring down even quite slight temperatures, say the paediatricians, who warn that children often receive accidental overdoses as a result. A high temperature is usually the body's way of fighting an infection, according to advice issued today by the American Academy of Pediatrics, so to bring it down could actually lengthen the time a child suffers.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/h...-medicines-given-to-children-too-readily.html
Sitting in my doctor?s waiting room the other day, I saw as usual that all human life was there: the clearly schizophrenic guy in distress, the screaming toddler, the woman who needed a translator, the old man in for what he told me was ?a chlorophyll test?. All of them were treated with the usual gentle patience by the staff and doctors. ?These people should run everything,? I found myself thinking. Of course, I am lucky to have such a good local practice. Diabetes UK mentioned.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/a...--wasnt-liberated-then.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
1 in 4 cancer cases missed: GPs send away alarming number of patients, delaying vital treatment
A quarter of cancer sufferers are being sent away by GPs with their early warning signs dismissed as minor ailments, a study reveals today. Tens of thousands of patients are initially told that their symptoms are ?nothing to worry about? or advised to take painkillers or antibiotics for months.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...cancer-patients-delaying-vital-treatment.html
Education reduces blood pressure
Despite exam stress, a long stint in education is good for people's blood pressure, according to researchers in the US. High blood pressure, or hypertension, is linked to heart attacks, strokes and kidney failure.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-12577353
Doctors offered meningitis 'red flag' advice
Doctors should check for leg pain, confusion, stiff neck and sensitivity to light in children as the "red flags" for meningitis, a study says. Headaches, pale colour and cold hands and feet are not reliable early signs of the disease, says the report in the British Journal of General Practice.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-12577352
Fever medicines 'given to children too readily'
A misplaced "fever phobia" in society means parents too frequently use both medicines to bring down even quite slight temperatures, say the paediatricians, who warn that children often receive accidental overdoses as a result. A high temperature is usually the body's way of fighting an infection, according to advice issued today by the American Academy of Pediatrics, so to bring it down could actually lengthen the time a child suffers.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/h...-medicines-given-to-children-too-readily.html