Health news 3rd August 2010

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Platinum sensor used in promising new glucose sensor
A new fully-implantable device which detects levels of glucose in the blood is set to be trialled on humans, it has been revealed.

Dr Iain Frame, Director of Research mentioned

http://www.platinum.matthey.com/hom...in-promising-new-glucose-sensor/19914758.html


?40k payout after wife fell into tragic coma
The mental health service provider in Reading has been ordered to pay ?40,000 in compensation after a Caversham woman in its care fell into a fatal diabetic coma

http://www.getreading.co.uk/news/s/2075713_40k_payout_after_wife_fell_into_tragic_coma


Eat less but still feel full: How you can shed pounds by playing tricks on your brain

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1299780/Eat-feel-How-shed-pounds-playing-tricks-brain.html

Red tape ?obstructing? medical research
Red tape is seriously delaying trials of drugs which could cut the number of people having heart attacks and strokes, a group of leading medical academics said on Monday.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/7923024/Red-tape-obstructing-medical-research.html

Fit heart can slow brain ageing, US researchers say
A Boston University team found healthy people with sluggish hearts that pumped out less blood had "older" brains on scans than others.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-10839021

Ministers to review curb on doctors hours
Ministers are to review European rules that restrict the number of hours doctors can work.

Surgeons have long challenged the 48-hour limit on their working week saying it puts patients' lives at risk.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-10831736
 
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