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| Mental health problems caused by the recession will be dealt with better by Christians according to mind and soul. Rob Waller, consultant psychiatrist and Director of Mind and Soul, the mental health charity, made the claim while speaking to Premier Radio. | |
| Health | Church of England- August 2009 |
| Pregnant women and those suffering from asthma, diabetes and heart disease will be among the first in the UK to get the swine flu vaccine, the Government has announced. More than 13 million people are in the groups to be vaccinated first including those aged six months to 65 in high risk groups. | |
| Health | The Sentinel- 14 August 2009 |
| Twenty thousand more people will have access to an NHS dentist in Stoke-on-Trent under plans to build two new surgeries and expand a third. Eight new dentists are set to work from the two 9,000-patient surgeries which should be open by May next year. | |
| Health | The Sentinel- 13 August 2009 |
| Sunbeds can increase the chances of developing skin tumours by 75% and pose the “highest” risk of cancer, a report said. The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) said ultra-violet-emitting tanning devices were more dangerous than previously suggested. | |
| Health | The Sentinel- 29 July 2009 |
| Orders have been placed to secure enough swine flu vaccines for the entire population under plans from being drawn up by the NHS to tackle the spread of the virus, it has emerged. The Department of Health said the vaccine was still being developed but it expected supplies to start becoming available by early autumn. By the end of the year, around 60 million doses will be available, a spokesman said. | |
| Health | The Sentinel- 13 July 2009 |
| Doctors attending the annual conference of the British Medical Association have rejected calls for a change in the law to allow assisted suicide. In a motion presented by Tameside doctor Kailish Chand, doctors were asked to change legislation to allow assisted death for mentally competent, terminally ill patients and for protection from persecution for those accompanying a patient at an assisted death. In a reaffirmation of its long-held opposition to assisted suicide, the BMA position reflected opinion polls which regularly find that two-thirds of doctors do not wish to see a change in the law. Dr Brian Keighley, deputy chairman of the BMA in Scotland, said: “It is clear that doctors do not wish to play a role in assisting a patient’s death”. | |
| Health | The Universe- July 2009 |
| Doctors should be free to act in accordance with their consciences and should be able to pray for patients, participants in the British Medical Association’s (BMA) annual meeting in Liverpool were told. A number of BMA’s divisions, and the BMA’s Agenda Committee, put forward motions implicitly critical of the suspension of Baptist nurse Caroline Petrie for praying with patients. The Agenda Committee said that ‘offering to pray for a patient should not be grounds for suspension’, and called on Health Departments ‘to allow appropriate consensual discussion of spiritual matters within the NHS, when done with respect for the views and sensitivities of individuals’. | |
| Health | Salvationist- July 2009 |
| A tenth of deaths in Europe and one in twenty-five worldwide can be attributed to drinking alcohol, a report said today. Alcohol also accounted for five per cent of years lived with disability around the world, said researchers. The findings, published in The Lancet medical journal, found that average global alcohol consumption was around 12 units per person per week. A pint of mild beer contains two units as does a large glass of wine. In Europe, people drink 21.5 units a week – almost twice the world average – while average consumption in the U.S.A. is 18 units. | |
| Health | The Sentinel- 26 June 2009 |
| Vitamin D could boost brain function and offer protection against dementia, new research suggests. Middle-aged and older men with higher levels of the nutrient in their blood were found to have better cognitive function than those with lower amounts. The study, published in the Journal of Neurology and Psychiatry, examined 3,133 men aged 40 to 79 at eight test centres across Europe. | |
| Health | The Sentinel- 21 May 2009 |
| Doctors issued a new warning on the dangers of buying drugs over the internet today. It emerged that one in four GP’s has treated patients made ill by online medicines. According to the Royal pharmaceutical society of great Britain, more than two million people in the UK regularly buy drugs over the internet. | |
| Health | The Sentinel- 16 April 2009 |
| Around one in six NHS trusts have seen spending on obesity rise more than seven-fold in just three years. High demand for stomach surgery for obese patients as well as the cost of specialist equipment – such as larger examination couches – means the cost to primary care trusts (PCT) have shot up. The new statistics come after official figures published in February revealed that weight-loss stomach surgery for obesity has risen 40% in a year. | |
| Health | The Sentinel - 9th April 2009 |
| Twenty-one NHS trusts have failed to meet hygiene standards set by a new “super-regulator”. All trusts were told they had to meet Government standards on cleanliness as part of their registration with the new Care Quality Commission. Ten acute hospital trusts, six primary care trusts, four mental health care trusts and one ambulance trust have failed to fully meet the criteria. | |
| Health | The Sentinel - April 3 2009 |
| Women who have just one alcoholic drink each day are increasing their risk of cancer, according to a new study. Consuming just one drink a day causes an extra 7,000 cancer cases in women in the UK each year, researchers found. Around 5,000 of these cases are related to breast cancer but others are cancers of the rectum, liver, mouth and throat. | |
| Health | The Sentinel - 25th February 2009 |
| A drug targeting genetic flaws in blood cancer cells was launched in the UK today, the first medicine to treat the cause of the disease. Vidaza, generic name azacitidine, can be used to treat sufferers of high-risk myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), chronic myelomonocytic leukaemia (CMML) or acute myeloid leukaemia. It targets genetic faults in the cells which cause the cancer, and can help the body to produce healthy blood cells. | |
| Health | The Sentinel - 2nd March 2009 |
| Firefighters are being asked to help lift fat patients at least once a week on average, a fire chief said today. David Johnson head of Essex fire service, said crews were called to help paramedics move obese people 86 times in 2008. He said the problem Indicated a “wider” social issue and highlighted the “broadening” of the fire service’s role. | |
| Health | The Sentinel - 13th March 2009 |
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