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NHS forgetting needs of care home residents, warns review
The healthcare needs of older care home residents are being neglected in some areas of the country, according to a review published by the British Geriatrics Society and the Care Quality Commission.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/mar/07/nhs-care-home-residents-review
David Cameron and Andrew Lansley on the sick list
That the Health Secretary was unable to enter a hospital without a police escort says it all about his destruction of the NHS
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/david-cameron-and-andrew-lansley-on-the-sick-753967
Too fat for surgery: Patients refused treatment unless they change their lifestyles
The NHS has been accused of rationing vital treatments after refusing to help ?undeserving? patients unless they lose weight or quit smoking.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...fused-treatment-unless-change-lifestyles.html
Kellogg's slammed for saying sugar is not related to obesity or ill-health
Kellogg's has been censured by the advertising watchdog after it falsely claimed that sugar is not related to obesity or ill-health.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ted-obesity-ill-health.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
NHS managers set aside just 10p a day for dementia patients
As little as 10p a day is being set aside by NHS managers to treat each patient with dementia, an investigation has revealed.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...-day-dementia-patients.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
Change your DNA with just 20 minutes of regular exercise
A series of experiments have revealed that just a few minutes of relatively strenuous exercise can dramatically change a person?s DNA.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...nutes-regular-exercise.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
HRT may give cancer protection
Women who take daily combined HRT may be better protected against cancer of the lining of the womb than those who do not use it, a new study has found.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-131279/HRT-cancer-protection.html
?NEGLECT? OF ELDERLY IN HOMES
THE healthcare needs of elderly people are considered a ?secondary requirement? in some care homes, according to a new report.
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/306541/-Neglect-of-elderly-in-homes
More than half care home residents denied basic care, unpublished data shows
More than half of elderly and disabled people in care homes are being denied basic health services while staff are failing to to do enough to preserve their dignity, according to an official review.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/e...denied-basic-care-unpublished-data-shows.html
Mother infected with hepatitis C in childbirth by midwife who hid illness from hospital bosses
A Cambridge researcher has spoken of her "constant fear" after being infected with hepatitis C by a midwife while giving birth.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/h...ife-who-hid-illness-from-hospital-bosses.html
MMR doctor wins High Court appeal
A doctor found guilty of serious professional misconduct over the MMR controversy has won his High Court appeal against being struck off.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-17283751
Fewer premature births after smoking ban in Scotland
Since Scotland introduced a ban on smoking in public places in 2006 there has been a 10% drop in the country's premature birth rate, say researchers.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-17262897
An end to 13 years of heartbreak: Baby for nurse who suffered 14 miscarriages, a stillbirth and death of two-week-old son
After the devastation of losing 16 babies, Maria Pridmore had given up hope of ever becoming a mother.
Over 13 heartbreaking years, she suffered 14 miscarriages, a stillbirth and the death of her son at just two weeks old.
But now the 32-year-old nurse and her partner have their long-awaited family, in the form of seven-week-old Mia Shannon ? helped into the world by a daily dose of aspirin.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...scarriages-stillbirth-death-week-old-son.html
The healthcare needs of older care home residents are being neglected in some areas of the country, according to a review published by the British Geriatrics Society and the Care Quality Commission.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/mar/07/nhs-care-home-residents-review
David Cameron and Andrew Lansley on the sick list
That the Health Secretary was unable to enter a hospital without a police escort says it all about his destruction of the NHS
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/david-cameron-and-andrew-lansley-on-the-sick-753967
Too fat for surgery: Patients refused treatment unless they change their lifestyles
The NHS has been accused of rationing vital treatments after refusing to help ?undeserving? patients unless they lose weight or quit smoking.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...fused-treatment-unless-change-lifestyles.html
Kellogg's slammed for saying sugar is not related to obesity or ill-health
Kellogg's has been censured by the advertising watchdog after it falsely claimed that sugar is not related to obesity or ill-health.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ted-obesity-ill-health.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
NHS managers set aside just 10p a day for dementia patients
As little as 10p a day is being set aside by NHS managers to treat each patient with dementia, an investigation has revealed.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...-day-dementia-patients.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
Change your DNA with just 20 minutes of regular exercise
A series of experiments have revealed that just a few minutes of relatively strenuous exercise can dramatically change a person?s DNA.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...nutes-regular-exercise.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
HRT may give cancer protection
Women who take daily combined HRT may be better protected against cancer of the lining of the womb than those who do not use it, a new study has found.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-131279/HRT-cancer-protection.html
?NEGLECT? OF ELDERLY IN HOMES
THE healthcare needs of elderly people are considered a ?secondary requirement? in some care homes, according to a new report.
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/306541/-Neglect-of-elderly-in-homes
More than half care home residents denied basic care, unpublished data shows
More than half of elderly and disabled people in care homes are being denied basic health services while staff are failing to to do enough to preserve their dignity, according to an official review.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/e...denied-basic-care-unpublished-data-shows.html
Mother infected with hepatitis C in childbirth by midwife who hid illness from hospital bosses
A Cambridge researcher has spoken of her "constant fear" after being infected with hepatitis C by a midwife while giving birth.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/h...ife-who-hid-illness-from-hospital-bosses.html
MMR doctor wins High Court appeal
A doctor found guilty of serious professional misconduct over the MMR controversy has won his High Court appeal against being struck off.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-17283751
Fewer premature births after smoking ban in Scotland
Since Scotland introduced a ban on smoking in public places in 2006 there has been a 10% drop in the country's premature birth rate, say researchers.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-17262897
An end to 13 years of heartbreak: Baby for nurse who suffered 14 miscarriages, a stillbirth and death of two-week-old son
After the devastation of losing 16 babies, Maria Pridmore had given up hope of ever becoming a mother.
Over 13 heartbreaking years, she suffered 14 miscarriages, a stillbirth and the death of her son at just two weeks old.
But now the 32-year-old nurse and her partner have their long-awaited family, in the form of seven-week-old Mia Shannon ? helped into the world by a daily dose of aspirin.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...scarriages-stillbirth-death-week-old-son.html