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Four out of 10 diabetic hospital patients 'victims of medication errors'
Hospital patients with diabetes suffer as a result of 'worryingly common' medication errors, according to a national audit. The England-wide report for NHS Diabetes found 37 per cent of diabetic inpatients are subject to medication errors by doctors and nurses, including being given the wrong dose of drugs or at the wrong time. Diabetes UK Chief Executive Barbara Young quoted.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...pital-patients-victims-medication-errors.html
NHS reforms a betrayal, Labour's Ed Miliband says
David Cameron will be "betraying the trust" of voters if he pushes ahead with government proposals to reform the NHS in England, Ed Miliband is to say. Labour's leader will say contradictory briefings have led to a sense of "utter confusion" about the plans, which would give GPs new commissioning powers.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-12953646
Five more Alzheimer's genes discovered, scientists say
Five more genes which increase the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease have been identified, scientists say. It takes the number of identified genes linked to Alzheimer's to 10 - the new genes affect three bodily processes and could become targets for treatment.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-12937131
British maternity wards in crisis
The safety of maternity care in Britain's hospitals is under the gravest threat from an over-stretched, underresourced service which is putting mothers and babies in danger, experts have warned. Fourteen NHS trusts have significantly raised baby death rates which are up to twice the national average. Shortages of staff, a rising birth rate, lack of training, inadequate equipment and poor leadership are leaving women in childbirth exposed to unacceptable risks.
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-s...ritish-maternity-wards-in-crisis-2261403.html
Radiation levels from airport full body scans 'safe'
The radiation from airport full body scanners is negligible and poses no real threat to health, say US experts. Many US airports and some UK airports now have the security devices to help combat the threat of terror attacks.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-12880555
Foxgloves could help lower the risk of prostate cancer by a quarter
A traditional remedy made from foxgloves can lower the risk of prostate cancer by a quarter, scientists claim. The drug digoxin is already used to treat congestive heart failure and abnormal heart rhythms.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...-help-lower-risk-prostate-cancer-quarter.html
Hospital patients with diabetes suffer as a result of 'worryingly common' medication errors, according to a national audit. The England-wide report for NHS Diabetes found 37 per cent of diabetic inpatients are subject to medication errors by doctors and nurses, including being given the wrong dose of drugs or at the wrong time. Diabetes UK Chief Executive Barbara Young quoted.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...pital-patients-victims-medication-errors.html
NHS reforms a betrayal, Labour's Ed Miliband says
David Cameron will be "betraying the trust" of voters if he pushes ahead with government proposals to reform the NHS in England, Ed Miliband is to say. Labour's leader will say contradictory briefings have led to a sense of "utter confusion" about the plans, which would give GPs new commissioning powers.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-12953646
Five more Alzheimer's genes discovered, scientists say
Five more genes which increase the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease have been identified, scientists say. It takes the number of identified genes linked to Alzheimer's to 10 - the new genes affect three bodily processes and could become targets for treatment.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-12937131
British maternity wards in crisis
The safety of maternity care in Britain's hospitals is under the gravest threat from an over-stretched, underresourced service which is putting mothers and babies in danger, experts have warned. Fourteen NHS trusts have significantly raised baby death rates which are up to twice the national average. Shortages of staff, a rising birth rate, lack of training, inadequate equipment and poor leadership are leaving women in childbirth exposed to unacceptable risks.
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-s...ritish-maternity-wards-in-crisis-2261403.html
Radiation levels from airport full body scans 'safe'
The radiation from airport full body scanners is negligible and poses no real threat to health, say US experts. Many US airports and some UK airports now have the security devices to help combat the threat of terror attacks.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-12880555
Foxgloves could help lower the risk of prostate cancer by a quarter
A traditional remedy made from foxgloves can lower the risk of prostate cancer by a quarter, scientists claim. The drug digoxin is already used to treat congestive heart failure and abnormal heart rhythms.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...-help-lower-risk-prostate-cancer-quarter.html