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Drug for severly asthmatic children 'available in Scotland but not England'
A drug which can radically reduce the number of attacks suffered by severely asthmatic children will not be available on the NHS in England after the Government?s drug rationing body ruled it was too expensive. The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (Nice) said that the medication was not cost effective, despite the fact that it will be available to patients in Scotland.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/h...en-available-in-Scotland-but-not-England.html
Doctors fail to agree tests on competence
Ten years after the reputation of the medical profession was ripped apart by the Bristol children's heart surgery disaster and the Harold Shipman murders, efforts to introduce regular checks on doctors' competence, known as the medical MOT, have foundered again.
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-s...ail-to-agree-tests-on-competence-1987998.html
New blood test detects cancer before it grows
A SIMPLE blood test that can detect cancer before a tumour has taken shape has been developed by British scientists. Due to be introduced in Britain by early next year, it is described as offering a "paradigm shift" in cancer diagnosis. The test is the first to identify accurately the signals sent out by a person's immune system as a cancer germinates.
Comment: Britain has one of the worst records in Europe in the detection and early treatment of cancer. Last year government figures showed that the late diagnosis of cancer killed up to 10,000 patients each year who might have lived had their disease been recognised in time?
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/health/article7141460.ece
Cancer patients see hope in drug salvage initiative
Scores of terminally ill cancer patients are being given fresh hope as part of a pioneering project to rescue potentially life-saving medicines from drug company vaults. The pharmaceutical industry has hundreds of new drugs sitting on company shelves, but most will never see the light of day. Paul Watkins, 43, who has untreatable tumours in several organs, is the first person to benefit from a deal struck by a British cancer charity to unearth some of these potential blockbusters.
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-s...-hope-in-drug-salvage-initiative-1987043.html
Obesity ills are a 'myth'
ACCEPTED medical wisdom that overweight people are more susceptible to diabetes, heart disease and high blood pressure is a myth, a shock new report suggests. Even people who are obese suffer no adverse health effects until they turn 40. The research flies in the face of Government attempts to combat the so-called ?obesity timebomb?, which it has been claimed will lead to a generation of youngsters dying before their parents.
http://www.dailyexpress.co.uk/posts/view/178045/Obesity-ills-are-a-myth-/
Trophy hunters fund rhino charity
SAVE THE RHINO, the British charity set up to protect one of the world?s most endangered animals, is endorsing the shooting of them for fun and is directly profiting from ?trophy hunts? of other species. The London-based charity has decided to endorse the controversial practice of rich hunters shooting rhinoceroses after being approached by a hunting lobby group offering money.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article7140128.ece
Scottish 'drug recovery' charity launched
A national charity aimed at helping addicts to come off drugs has been launched in Scotland. The Scottish Drug Recovery Consortium, funded by the Scottish government, is intended to deliver the national drugs strategy, The Road To Recovery.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/10198244.stm
A drug which can radically reduce the number of attacks suffered by severely asthmatic children will not be available on the NHS in England after the Government?s drug rationing body ruled it was too expensive. The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (Nice) said that the medication was not cost effective, despite the fact that it will be available to patients in Scotland.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/h...en-available-in-Scotland-but-not-England.html
Doctors fail to agree tests on competence
Ten years after the reputation of the medical profession was ripped apart by the Bristol children's heart surgery disaster and the Harold Shipman murders, efforts to introduce regular checks on doctors' competence, known as the medical MOT, have foundered again.
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-s...ail-to-agree-tests-on-competence-1987998.html
New blood test detects cancer before it grows
A SIMPLE blood test that can detect cancer before a tumour has taken shape has been developed by British scientists. Due to be introduced in Britain by early next year, it is described as offering a "paradigm shift" in cancer diagnosis. The test is the first to identify accurately the signals sent out by a person's immune system as a cancer germinates.
Comment: Britain has one of the worst records in Europe in the detection and early treatment of cancer. Last year government figures showed that the late diagnosis of cancer killed up to 10,000 patients each year who might have lived had their disease been recognised in time?
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/health/article7141460.ece
Cancer patients see hope in drug salvage initiative
Scores of terminally ill cancer patients are being given fresh hope as part of a pioneering project to rescue potentially life-saving medicines from drug company vaults. The pharmaceutical industry has hundreds of new drugs sitting on company shelves, but most will never see the light of day. Paul Watkins, 43, who has untreatable tumours in several organs, is the first person to benefit from a deal struck by a British cancer charity to unearth some of these potential blockbusters.
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-s...-hope-in-drug-salvage-initiative-1987043.html
Obesity ills are a 'myth'
ACCEPTED medical wisdom that overweight people are more susceptible to diabetes, heart disease and high blood pressure is a myth, a shock new report suggests. Even people who are obese suffer no adverse health effects until they turn 40. The research flies in the face of Government attempts to combat the so-called ?obesity timebomb?, which it has been claimed will lead to a generation of youngsters dying before their parents.
http://www.dailyexpress.co.uk/posts/view/178045/Obesity-ills-are-a-myth-/
Trophy hunters fund rhino charity
SAVE THE RHINO, the British charity set up to protect one of the world?s most endangered animals, is endorsing the shooting of them for fun and is directly profiting from ?trophy hunts? of other species. The London-based charity has decided to endorse the controversial practice of rich hunters shooting rhinoceroses after being approached by a hunting lobby group offering money.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article7140128.ece
Scottish 'drug recovery' charity launched
A national charity aimed at helping addicts to come off drugs has been launched in Scotland. The Scottish Drug Recovery Consortium, funded by the Scottish government, is intended to deliver the national drugs strategy, The Road To Recovery.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/10198244.stm