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3 killed in US chopper crash
PRESSTV Mon, 12 May 2008 08:14:36 GMT
A medical helicopter en route Wisconsin University hospital in Madison has crashed shortly after taking off from the La Crosse Airport.
Drinking too much water maybe harmful
PRESSTV Thu, 03 Apr 2008 13:37:22 GMT
Scientists say there is no proof for the urban myth that it is beneficial for the average healthy individual to drink a lot of water.
Chemists 'to offer GP services'
BBC Thu, 03 Apr 2008 07:37:31 GMT
High-street pharmacies should play a greater role in providing care for minor ailments to free up GPs, the government says.
Zawahri says Bin Laden is 'healthy'
PRESSTV Thu, 03 Apr 2008 09:34:47 GMT
Al-Qaeda second-in-command, Ayman al-Zawahri, says Osama bin Laden is healthy and reports speculating about his sickness are false.
Prescription charges drop to £5
BBC Mon, 31 Mar 08 23:09:53 BST
The cost of NHS prescriptions in Scotland are cut from £6.85 to £5, in the first move towards making them free.
How To Get Cheaper Dental Treatment
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Can you think of any unpleasant, traumatic ordeals you'd pay to undergo? For many people, a trip to the dentist comes top of the list. Millions of us are now dipping into our savings - and even getting into debt - to keep our gnashers in good nick.

Worryingly, recent figures from dental clinic Dentale indicate that over 11 million Britons didn't visit their dentist in the past two years - because they couldn't afford it.

So if you're struggling to afford dental costs, what are the options?

Here, I'm going to have a look at why it's so difficult to get affordable dental treatment, what NHS care is still available, and what the other options are.

The "Iron Lady" taken to hospital
PRESSTV Sat, 08 Mar 2008 05:47:36 GMT
Former British Premier, Margaret Thatcher, 82, has been taken to hospital for tests and observation in London.
Privacy fear over NHS card loss
BBC Wed, 06 Feb 2008 13:11:01 GMT
Thousands of NHS computer "smartcards" used to give access to confidential patient records have gone missing.
NHS workers 'paid £120 an hour'
BBC Sun, 03 Feb 2008 17:11:49 GMT
Hospitals have paid over £120 an hour for agency workers to cover for gaps in staffing, latest figures show.
Iraq veterans denied help
GUARDIAN Sun, 03 Feb 2008
Hundreds being refused vital assistance for combat trauma
C.Diff boss fights for more cash
BBC Fri, 01 Feb 2008 19:31:35 GMT
The former chief of the NHS trust in a superbug scandal is attempting to increase her £75,000 payoff.
GP surgery privatisation protest
BBC Thu, 31 Jan 2008 11:03:29 GMT
NHS staff take part in a demonstration after a private company is handed a 10-year contract to run a health centre.
Tories attack ministers over NHS drugs deal
GUARDIAN Thu, 31 Jan 2008
The Conservatives last night accused the government of "dreadful incompetence" after health ministers admitted letting pharmacists make £811m in excess profits dispensing NHS prescriptions.

Andrew Lansley, the shadow health secretary, said parliamentary answers showed pharmacists in England exceeded an agreed maximum profit by 60% in 2005-6 and 102% in 2006-7.

The contract, introduced two years ago, was hailed by the government as a breakthrough for patients and a cost-saving measure for taxpayers. Pharmacists agreed to provide extra services, including management of repeat prescriptions to help patients avoid unnecessary trips to the GP and more advice to improve customers' health, and accepted a cap on profits from dispensing drugs - reducing their take from £800m to £500m a year.
Imperial aims to attract research elite with new centre
GUARDIAN Thu, 31 Jan 2008
First academic health science centre announces ambitious recruitment targets
NHS trusts 'reject homoeopathy'
BBC Wed, 30 Jan 2008 01:02:27 GMT
NHS trusts slash funding for homeopathic services amid concerns about efficacy and the need to cut costs.
Iran-made glue to replace stitches
PRESSTV Mon, 28 Jan 2008 17:09:50 GMT
The Iranian Blood Transfusion Organization has used human blood plasma to produce fibrin glue which can replace surgical stitches.
Exercising in cold a health boon
PRESSTV Sat, 26 Jan 2008 02:28:03 GMT
According to a new study done in US, working out in the cold is not only good for you, but it's safer than working out in the heat.
Minister fails to halt up to £75,000 payoff to superbug hospital's ex-head - Chief executive quit before report on 90 death - She had been awarded a severance package worth more than £250,000
GUARDIAN Fri, 25 Jan 2008
The former head of an NHS trust where at least 90 people were killed by the Clostridium difficile hospital superbug was yesterday given a substantial payoff despite attempts by Alan Johnson, the health secretary, to stop it. Rose Gibb resigned as chief executive of the Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells trust in October, a few days before the Healthcare Commission published a damning report linking the deaths to slack management and poor hygiene.

Johnson stepped in after the Guardian revealed she had been awarded a severance package worth more than £250,000. He told the trust to freeze the deal and seek legal advice on how to withdraw from providing her with any further remuneration. He also sacked the trust's chairman and called for a departmental review of his role in agreeing Gibb's redundancy terms.

But yesterday the trust said she would receive a settlement worth up to £75,000. It said she had a legal right to a payoff worth half her annual salary, which had been between £145,000 and £150,000.
Western demand drains Philippines of 85 per cent of its trained nurses
INDEPENDENT Fri, 25 Jan 2008
People in the Philippines are queuing up to train as nurses as they seek ways of escaping dire poverty by working abroad. This year 15,000 Filipinos will leave to nurse the sick and the aged in the West, following the vast majority of the country's trained nurses.
Bug trust NHS chief gets pay-off
BBC Thu, 24 Jan 2008 15:54:21 GMT
The former boss of the NHS trust at the centre of a superbug scandal will be paid off with half her salary.
Brazil confirms 8th yellow fever death since Jan.
XINHUANET Sun, 20 Jan 2008 02:38:00 GMT
BRASILIA, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- Brazilian Health Ministry ...
31 people hospitalized in Brazil for overdose of yellow fever vaccine
XINHUANET Sat, 19 Jan 2008 02:37:16 GMT
BRASILIA, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- Brazil's Health Ministry ...
NHS performance 'kills thousands'
BBC Fri, 18 Jan 2008 01:11:56 GMT
More than 17,000 deaths a year are unnecessary and down to poor NHS performance, a study says.
Hospital A&E under pressure
BBC Thu, 17 Jan 2008 08:12:30 GMT
Officials ask people to only use a hospital's A&E service if really necessary after a "significant increase in admissions".
Worrying about bad health may be what causes it
XINHUANET Wed, 16 Jan 2008 05:41:03 GMT
Want to cause your gums to deteriorate, as well as your heart, and be susceptible to illnesses from the common cold to cancer? Worry about your health.

That's the answer according to a review essay in the Dec. 27 issue of the Association for Psychological Science's magazine Observer that reveals new research crossing the disciplines of psychology, medicine, neuroscience and genetics, the mechanisms underlying stress are rapidly becoming understood.
GP contract 'not value for money'
BBC Wed, 16 Jan 2008 06:47:00 GMT
Patients are not receiving the best service from GPs despite their pay improving, an assembly report finds.
'I've no idea when I'll get a dentist'
BBC Wed, 16 Jan 2008 03:48:50 GMT
Patients are struggling to get access to an NHS dentist. One patient speaks about his fight for treatment.
Dentist shortage hits "millions"
BBC Wed, 16 Jan 2008 03:16:43 GMT
One in six people are struggling to get access to NHS dentistry, a poll shows.
Honesty call over ICU beds move
BBC Fri, 11 Jan 2008 16:26:02 GMT
Politicians are demanding a full explanation of plans to merge some intensive care services.
US DEAD LAST in Avoiding Deaths from Treatable/Preventable Disease
SPARTACUSLIVES Thu, 10 Jan 2008
A new medical study shows that the U.S. ranks last among industrialized nations in avoiding deaths by preventable disease. Researchers at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine found a preventable-disease death rate of 110 for every 100,000 Americans.

According to the new study, the deaths include deaths from infections, treatable cancers, diabetes, and heart and vascular disease. The study’s authors say it is difficult to ignore the likely connection to the rising number of medically uninsured Americans.
Doctors 'face assaults epidemic'
BBC Thu, 10 Jan 2008 00:44:39 GMT
One in three doctors have been either physically or verbally assaulted in the last year, research suggests.
Debt-ridden hospitals get handout
BBC Wed, 09 Jan 2008 20:52:58 GMT
A deal is brokered to bail out two debt-ridden hospitals using money from a regional NHS budget.
MP attacks NHS emergency system
BBC Mon, 07 Jan 2008 09:22:59 GMT
There are not enough beds to cope with emergencies across Worcestershire, an MP claims.
In full: Brown speech on the NHS
BBC Mon, 07 Jan 2008 13:20:32 GMT
Here is the full text of Prime Minister Gordon Brown's speech on the NHS and health screening plans.
NHS 'now four different systems'
BBC Wed, 02 Jan 2008 00:02:40 GMT
There are now four different NHS systems in operation since devolution, according to health chiefs.
The carve up of the NHS
BBC Wed, 02 Jan 2008 00:01:44 GMT
Devolution has heralded in four distinct approaches to the NHS. Is there still such a think as the 'national' health service?
Blacks, Hispanics less likely to get strong pain drugs in U.S. emergency rooms
XINHUANET Tue, 01 Jan 2008 22:25:34 GMT
Despite increases in the overall use of opioid drugs to relieve severe pain, black and Hispanic patients remain significantly less likely than whites to receive these pain-relievers in emergency rooms, according to a new study released Tuesday in Journal of the American Medical Association.
NHS 'e-records' programme launch
BBC Mon, 31 Dec 2007 00:02:02 GMT
The first patients' electronic records are uploaded to the NHS online database, part of a £12bn IT project.
'Five-a-day' fruit and veg advice ignored
GUARDIAN Sun, 30 Dec 2007
A campaign to encourage Britons to eat five portions of fruit and vegetables a day has flopped, a report will reveal
Cosmetic surgery deals criticised
BBC Fri, 28 Dec 2007 08:24:17 GMT
Cosmetic surgery clinics are rushing people into procedures by offering limited time discounts, consumer group Which? says.
Doctors fear 'GP privatisation'
BBC Wed, 26 Dec 2007 00:01:05 GMT
Doctors accuse the government of trying to privatise general practice over guidance on new practices.
'Worried well' scans 'must stop'
BBC Wed, 19 Dec 2007 10:31:20 GMT
Private firms should stop offering body scans to people without any symptoms, a key government advisory panel says.
'NHS plot? I wish there was' "there does not seem to be any planning. It is being done on the hoof"
BBC Mon, 10 Dec 2007 07:39:08 GMT
Businessman Sir Gerry Robinson has returned to the NHS. He is shocked by what he has found.

It is not all good news. In fact, Rotherham is in danger of becoming a victim of NHS reforms.

There is a polyclinic being built just two miles from the hospital. It will replicate a lot of what the hospital does from minor surgery to diagnostics.

The government says it wants to move care "out into the community". But the hospital is in the community - it is the heart of the community.

When this centre is up-and-running it will deprive the hospital of valuable patients which it needs to keep the money coming in.

What gets me is that there does not seem to be any planning. It is being done on the hoof.

I don't know what is going to happen to the hospital. It could end up struggling and that will be a shame.

The government says it wants these "centres of excellence" well Rotherham is a centre of excellence for a district general hospital.

Fair enough, if there was a long-term plan. I could understand it then, but there isn't.
NHS care 'favours middle classes'
BBC Wed, 28 Nov 2007 00:07:00 GMT
The NHS is a "divisive influence" which favours the middle classes over the poorer people, a study says.
Sickness bug hits two hospitals
BBC Mon, 26 Nov 2007 14:05:57 GMT
Hospitals in Brighton and Haywards Heath work to control an outbreak of the Norovirus winter vomiting bug.
Priority health care for soldiers
BBC Fri, 23 Nov 2007 07:42:07 GMT
Injured soldiers are to be given fast-track NHS treatment when they return home from action.
More beds blocked at crisis hospital
BBC Thu, 22 Nov 2007,
The number of days lost to bed blocking at the hospital at the centre of a crisis in which ambulances queued to admit patients has risen by more than 50% in the past year.
Half of trauma patients in A&E receive 'poor care'
GUARDIAN Wed, 21 Nov 2007
Investigation led by senior doctors expresses concern about the care of patients before they even reach hospital
GCC to establish unified blood transfusion center
XINHUANET Wed, 21 Nov 2007 07:27:23 GMT
The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) will establish a unified blood transfusion center within five years to meet a possible surge in demand in case of a crisis, local newspaper Gulf News reported on Wednesday.