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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
'Is it all about NHS targets?': It's a 21st Century epidemic, costing ?1m an hour but experts fear thousands of the three million diabetes sufferers are misdiagnosed
The Royal College of General Practitioners and NHS Diabetes published evidence from an audit of five GP practices in Surrey, covering 45,000 patients. It revealed that two per cent of those diagnosed with type 2 diabetes didn’t have diabetes at all – the equivalent of 50,000 misdiagnoses nationally. Some experts now believe this figure could be the tip of the iceberg.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...-million-diabetes-sufferers-misdiagnosed.html
Drinkers should have two alcohol-free days a week
The Commons' Science and Technology Committee believed abstaining from alcohol at least twice a week would help people's health.
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-s...have-two-alcoholfree-days-a-week-6287121.html
Restricted embryo growth 'predicts miscarriage risk'
The growth of an embryo during the early stages of pregnancy is linked to its risk of miscarriage, says a University of Nottingham study.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-16441820
The laser that blasts cataracts in seconds: Incredible bladeless treatment set to revolutionise eye surgery
A laser that vaporises cataracts in a fraction of a second is set to revolutionise treatment of an eye condition that affects more than half of Britons over 65.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-revolutionise-eye-surgery.html#ixzz1ix9k9TJF
Patients urged to sue for best types of drug
The chairman of the government’s medicines advisory board has urged patients to sue their health providers if they are not prescribed the best recommended drugs during the economic slowdown.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e8890da0-3a0e-11e1-8707-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1ixCef7rJ
More than half of hospital beds cut were for elderly patients
More than half of hospital beds cut in the past year were for elderly patients as NHS cost-cutting drives take a disproportionate toll on older people, according to new figures.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/e...pital-beds-cut-were-for-elderly-patients.html
More patients sue plastic surgeons over faulty cosmetic operations
Growing numbers of patients are suing plastic surgeons over mistakes during operations designed to improve their appearance, according to the Medical Defence Union, which represents over half of Britain's doctors and surgeons when they are accused or malpractice or negligence.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/jan/08/patients-sue-plastic-surgeons-faulty
The Royal College of General Practitioners and NHS Diabetes published evidence from an audit of five GP practices in Surrey, covering 45,000 patients. It revealed that two per cent of those diagnosed with type 2 diabetes didn’t have diabetes at all – the equivalent of 50,000 misdiagnoses nationally. Some experts now believe this figure could be the tip of the iceberg.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...-million-diabetes-sufferers-misdiagnosed.html
Drinkers should have two alcohol-free days a week
The Commons' Science and Technology Committee believed abstaining from alcohol at least twice a week would help people's health.
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-s...have-two-alcoholfree-days-a-week-6287121.html
Restricted embryo growth 'predicts miscarriage risk'
The growth of an embryo during the early stages of pregnancy is linked to its risk of miscarriage, says a University of Nottingham study.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-16441820
The laser that blasts cataracts in seconds: Incredible bladeless treatment set to revolutionise eye surgery
A laser that vaporises cataracts in a fraction of a second is set to revolutionise treatment of an eye condition that affects more than half of Britons over 65.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-revolutionise-eye-surgery.html#ixzz1ix9k9TJF
Patients urged to sue for best types of drug
The chairman of the government’s medicines advisory board has urged patients to sue their health providers if they are not prescribed the best recommended drugs during the economic slowdown.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e8890da0-3a0e-11e1-8707-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1ixCef7rJ
More than half of hospital beds cut were for elderly patients
More than half of hospital beds cut in the past year were for elderly patients as NHS cost-cutting drives take a disproportionate toll on older people, according to new figures.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/e...pital-beds-cut-were-for-elderly-patients.html
More patients sue plastic surgeons over faulty cosmetic operations
Growing numbers of patients are suing plastic surgeons over mistakes during operations designed to improve their appearance, according to the Medical Defence Union, which represents over half of Britain's doctors and surgeons when they are accused or malpractice or negligence.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/jan/08/patients-sue-plastic-surgeons-faulty
