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Number waiting over four hours in casualty soars by 40% in one year since targets were scrapped
The figure rose to nearly 900,000 in 2010/11 compared with just under 600,000 in the 12 months before.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...r-40-year-targets-scrapped.html#ixzz1ke5lyKIu
Andrew Lansley calls BMA 'politically poisoned' for opposing NHS shakeup
Health secretary infuriates doctors' union by repeating description first used by founding father of the NHS
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/jan/26/andrew-lansley-doctors-politically-poisoned
Millions of cancer carers missing out on benefits
More than a million cancer carers could be missing out on benefits and support because they are failing to ask their local councils for help to which they are entitled, a charity claims.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/h...of-cancer-carers-missing-out-on-benefits.html
Signs of autism at six months
Early signs of autism can be detected in babies as young as six months by measuring their brain activity, a study has found for the first time. Children are not currently given a conclusive diagnosis of autism until after the age of two as the behavioural signs associated with the condition become more clear.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/9042411/Signs-of-autism-at-six-months.html
Increase in male deaths caused by alcohol
The number of men dying as a result of alcohol ? mostly liver disease ? increased in 2010. The number of deaths among women fell. Figures from the Office for National Statistics show that a total of 8,790 people died of alcohol-related causes in 2010, 126 more than in 2009. The number of deaths among men rose from 5,690 in 2009 to 5,865 in 2010, the latest year for which figures are available.
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-s...in-male-deaths-caused-by-alcohol-6295403.html
Cancer Research UK launches childhood leaukaemia trial into "promising" new drug
The medicine, which blocks the growth of tumours, is aimed at children aged six months to 18 years with acute leukaemia that is no longer responding to treatment. Fifteen children will receive the drug - called AT9283 - in the Cancer Research UK trial, led by Great North Children?s Hospital in High Heaton, Newcastle upon Tyne.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-st...ising-new-drug-115875-23722097/#ixzz1ke8zyKIw
More men 'have oral cancer virus'
Oral human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is more common among men than women, leading to an increased risk for men of head and neck cancers, a US study suggests.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-16746619
The figure rose to nearly 900,000 in 2010/11 compared with just under 600,000 in the 12 months before.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...r-40-year-targets-scrapped.html#ixzz1ke5lyKIu
Andrew Lansley calls BMA 'politically poisoned' for opposing NHS shakeup
Health secretary infuriates doctors' union by repeating description first used by founding father of the NHS
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/jan/26/andrew-lansley-doctors-politically-poisoned
Millions of cancer carers missing out on benefits
More than a million cancer carers could be missing out on benefits and support because they are failing to ask their local councils for help to which they are entitled, a charity claims.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/h...of-cancer-carers-missing-out-on-benefits.html
Signs of autism at six months
Early signs of autism can be detected in babies as young as six months by measuring their brain activity, a study has found for the first time. Children are not currently given a conclusive diagnosis of autism until after the age of two as the behavioural signs associated with the condition become more clear.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/9042411/Signs-of-autism-at-six-months.html
Increase in male deaths caused by alcohol
The number of men dying as a result of alcohol ? mostly liver disease ? increased in 2010. The number of deaths among women fell. Figures from the Office for National Statistics show that a total of 8,790 people died of alcohol-related causes in 2010, 126 more than in 2009. The number of deaths among men rose from 5,690 in 2009 to 5,865 in 2010, the latest year for which figures are available.
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-s...in-male-deaths-caused-by-alcohol-6295403.html
Cancer Research UK launches childhood leaukaemia trial into "promising" new drug
The medicine, which blocks the growth of tumours, is aimed at children aged six months to 18 years with acute leukaemia that is no longer responding to treatment. Fifteen children will receive the drug - called AT9283 - in the Cancer Research UK trial, led by Great North Children?s Hospital in High Heaton, Newcastle upon Tyne.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-st...ising-new-drug-115875-23722097/#ixzz1ke8zyKIw
More men 'have oral cancer virus'
Oral human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is more common among men than women, leading to an increased risk for men of head and neck cancers, a US study suggests.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-16746619