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500,000 overweight children 'at risk of liver disease'
Some 500,000 children in England may be at risk of developing life-threatening liver disease because they are overweight, a health adviser has said. Professor Martin Lombard, England's National Clinical Director for Liver Disease, says the four to 14-year-olds could develop "fatty liver disease". Too much fat in liver cells stops the liver from working properly, increasing the risk of heart attack and stroke. It can also lead to diabetes and cirrhosis of the liver later in life.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-13991100
Organ transplant waiting times soar
Waiting times for organ transplant operations have risen by as much as six months because of the burden created by our unhealthy lifestyles, according to NHS figures. Patients requiring an organ transplant now wait an average of three years for a suitable donor to become available, according to NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT). Despite a growing number of people signing up to donate their organs when they die, the donor register is failing to keep pace with the rising demand due to conditions like diabetes, liver and heart diseases
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/8614086/Organ-transplant-waiting-times-soar.html
Social care funding plan revealed
Social care costs in England should be capped so people do not face losing their assets, a review has said. Council-funded home help and care home places for the elderly and adults with disabilities are currently only offered to those with under ?23,250 of assets. The independent Dilnot report says the threshold should rise to ?100,000 and suggests a ?35,000 lifetime cap on costs would be "fair".
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-13980493
Hospitals 'named and shamed' on bedsores record which costs NHS ?4bn a year
Ten have been listed on a league table which outs the worst offenders, with Warrington and Halton Hospitals Trust in Cheshire topping the list. Bedsores kill almost as many patients as the MRSA superbug and health chiefs warn the cost of treating sufferers uses four per cent of the entire NHS budget.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/h...dsores-record-which-costs-NHS-4bn-a-year.html
Some 500,000 children in England may be at risk of developing life-threatening liver disease because they are overweight, a health adviser has said. Professor Martin Lombard, England's National Clinical Director for Liver Disease, says the four to 14-year-olds could develop "fatty liver disease". Too much fat in liver cells stops the liver from working properly, increasing the risk of heart attack and stroke. It can also lead to diabetes and cirrhosis of the liver later in life.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-13991100
Organ transplant waiting times soar
Waiting times for organ transplant operations have risen by as much as six months because of the burden created by our unhealthy lifestyles, according to NHS figures. Patients requiring an organ transplant now wait an average of three years for a suitable donor to become available, according to NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT). Despite a growing number of people signing up to donate their organs when they die, the donor register is failing to keep pace with the rising demand due to conditions like diabetes, liver and heart diseases
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/8614086/Organ-transplant-waiting-times-soar.html
Social care funding plan revealed
Social care costs in England should be capped so people do not face losing their assets, a review has said. Council-funded home help and care home places for the elderly and adults with disabilities are currently only offered to those with under ?23,250 of assets. The independent Dilnot report says the threshold should rise to ?100,000 and suggests a ?35,000 lifetime cap on costs would be "fair".
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-13980493
Hospitals 'named and shamed' on bedsores record which costs NHS ?4bn a year
Ten have been listed on a league table which outs the worst offenders, with Warrington and Halton Hospitals Trust in Cheshire topping the list. Bedsores kill almost as many patients as the MRSA superbug and health chiefs warn the cost of treating sufferers uses four per cent of the entire NHS budget.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/h...dsores-record-which-costs-NHS-4bn-a-year.html