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Drug watchdog in fraud investigation
The safety of medicines in the UK has been cast into doubt by a fraud inquiry at the European regulator responsible for licensing pharmaceutical drugs across the EU. The European Medicines Agency, based in Canary Wharf, London, is under investigation over alleged conflicts of interest by the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF). If proven, the allegation would undermine confidence in the pharmaceutical industry which is already reeling from a series of disasters involving heavily publicised medicines, which later turned out to have deadly side effects.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/drug-watchdog-in-fraud-investigation-6258244.html
Britain's dementia timebomb
A Dementia timebomb is ticking away, with 400,000 Britons suffering in silence, undiagnosed and without access to vital support. Unidentified by the NHS, they have no drugs, home help or other assistance to ease their plight. At least 820,000 Britons have a form of dementia, with more than half suffering from Alzheimer?s disease. And official figures have now revealed that at least six out of 10 people from an estimated 634,000 sufferers in England alone are going undiagnosed.
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/282186/Britain-s-dementia-timebomb
New cancer fightback
Scientists have discovered a radical new way of knocking out cancer cells and leaving healthy ones unharmed. The breakthrough could save thousands of lives each year from the most aggressive forms of the disease, such as pancreatic or breast cancer. British researchers found that blocking an enzyme which repairs the genetic material in cells enabled them to kill cancer cells *containing faulty genes.
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/282176/New-cancer-fightback
NHS blunders kill 8,000 in 13 years, with a 300 per cent rise in cases from a decade ago
More than 8,000 patients have been killed by NHS errors in 13 years. Some 903 negligence claims involving deaths were made against the Health Service in 2009-10, official figures show ? a 300 per cent rise on 1997-98, Labour?s first year in power. The true number of patients who died needlessly at the hands of bungling doctors, nurses and ambulance staff is likely to be even higher, as not every family will have sued.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ll-8k-13-years-300-rise-cases-decade-ago.html
The 'gastric pacemaker' that warns the brain you're full!
It is the latest hi-tech weapon in the battle of the bulge - a stomach implant that tricks the brain into feeling full. Experts claim the 'gastric pacemaker' can train obese people to eat normal-sized meals without the need for surgery that drastically changes the size of their stomach. The credit card-sized implant detects when food has been eaten and sends signals to the brain to create the impression of fullness, regardless of the portion's size.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...in-obese-eat-healthily.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
Stem cells transformed into brain cells to treat Parkinson's disease
Brain cells that die off in Parkinson's disease have been grown from stem cells and grafted into monkeys' brains in a major step towards new treatments for the condition. US researchers say they have overcome previous difficulties in coaxing human embryonic stem cells to become the neurons killed by the disease. Tests showed the cells survive and function normally in animals and reverse movement problems caused by Parkinson's in monkeys. The breakthrough raises the prospect of transplanting freshly grown dopamine-producing cells into human patients to treat the disease.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2011/nov/06/stem-cells-brain-parkinsons-disease?newsfeed=true
Rise of the 'Super GP': The family doctor who earns ?770,000 a year
The top-earning GP in the country receives an annual salary of more than ?750,000, it emerged yesterday. The astonishing pay packet is his or her pre-tax income even after all outgoings ? including the salaries of all locums, nurses and receptionists they employ ? have been taken into account. The unidentified GP from Kent is believed to be reaping the benefits of a new contract that allows doctors to run several surgeries that rake in NHS cash for providing extra treatment.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2057818/The-family-doctor-earns-750-000-year.html
Cancer toll increases for women in twenties
Cervical cancer cases have soared by 40 per cent among women in their 20s. The rise in youngsters getting the disease, which killed TV's Jade Goody, comes despite an overall 30 per cent FALL across all age groups. The figures ? which cover England in the period from 1992 to 2006 ? were released by Cancer Research UK.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepag...cer-toll-increases-for-women-in-twenties.html
The safety of medicines in the UK has been cast into doubt by a fraud inquiry at the European regulator responsible for licensing pharmaceutical drugs across the EU. The European Medicines Agency, based in Canary Wharf, London, is under investigation over alleged conflicts of interest by the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF). If proven, the allegation would undermine confidence in the pharmaceutical industry which is already reeling from a series of disasters involving heavily publicised medicines, which later turned out to have deadly side effects.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/drug-watchdog-in-fraud-investigation-6258244.html
Britain's dementia timebomb
A Dementia timebomb is ticking away, with 400,000 Britons suffering in silence, undiagnosed and without access to vital support. Unidentified by the NHS, they have no drugs, home help or other assistance to ease their plight. At least 820,000 Britons have a form of dementia, with more than half suffering from Alzheimer?s disease. And official figures have now revealed that at least six out of 10 people from an estimated 634,000 sufferers in England alone are going undiagnosed.
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/282186/Britain-s-dementia-timebomb
New cancer fightback
Scientists have discovered a radical new way of knocking out cancer cells and leaving healthy ones unharmed. The breakthrough could save thousands of lives each year from the most aggressive forms of the disease, such as pancreatic or breast cancer. British researchers found that blocking an enzyme which repairs the genetic material in cells enabled them to kill cancer cells *containing faulty genes.
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/282176/New-cancer-fightback
NHS blunders kill 8,000 in 13 years, with a 300 per cent rise in cases from a decade ago
More than 8,000 patients have been killed by NHS errors in 13 years. Some 903 negligence claims involving deaths were made against the Health Service in 2009-10, official figures show ? a 300 per cent rise on 1997-98, Labour?s first year in power. The true number of patients who died needlessly at the hands of bungling doctors, nurses and ambulance staff is likely to be even higher, as not every family will have sued.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ll-8k-13-years-300-rise-cases-decade-ago.html
The 'gastric pacemaker' that warns the brain you're full!
It is the latest hi-tech weapon in the battle of the bulge - a stomach implant that tricks the brain into feeling full. Experts claim the 'gastric pacemaker' can train obese people to eat normal-sized meals without the need for surgery that drastically changes the size of their stomach. The credit card-sized implant detects when food has been eaten and sends signals to the brain to create the impression of fullness, regardless of the portion's size.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...in-obese-eat-healthily.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
Stem cells transformed into brain cells to treat Parkinson's disease
Brain cells that die off in Parkinson's disease have been grown from stem cells and grafted into monkeys' brains in a major step towards new treatments for the condition. US researchers say they have overcome previous difficulties in coaxing human embryonic stem cells to become the neurons killed by the disease. Tests showed the cells survive and function normally in animals and reverse movement problems caused by Parkinson's in monkeys. The breakthrough raises the prospect of transplanting freshly grown dopamine-producing cells into human patients to treat the disease.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2011/nov/06/stem-cells-brain-parkinsons-disease?newsfeed=true
Rise of the 'Super GP': The family doctor who earns ?770,000 a year
The top-earning GP in the country receives an annual salary of more than ?750,000, it emerged yesterday. The astonishing pay packet is his or her pre-tax income even after all outgoings ? including the salaries of all locums, nurses and receptionists they employ ? have been taken into account. The unidentified GP from Kent is believed to be reaping the benefits of a new contract that allows doctors to run several surgeries that rake in NHS cash for providing extra treatment.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2057818/The-family-doctor-earns-750-000-year.html
Cancer toll increases for women in twenties
Cervical cancer cases have soared by 40 per cent among women in their 20s. The rise in youngsters getting the disease, which killed TV's Jade Goody, comes despite an overall 30 per cent FALL across all age groups. The figures ? which cover England in the period from 1992 to 2006 ? were released by Cancer Research UK.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepag...cer-toll-increases-for-women-in-twenties.html