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Government Vision For Primary And Community Care Lays Down Challenge To Health Professionals, Says The King's Fund
04.07.2008 04:18
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Responding to Our vision for Primary and Community Care, published by the Department of Health as part of the Next Stage Review of the NHS, Chief Executive of The King's Fund, Niall Dickson, said: 'We welcome this strategy - patients place enormous value on the care they receive from family doctors and community staff but a step change in these services is needed - not least because the reforms to the rest of the health system rely crucially upon them.
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Critical Care Medicine & Anesthesiology
Patient Voice Central To New Direction For Primary Care, UK Department Of Health
04.07.2008 04:18
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A new strategy published by the Department of Health will give patients and the public a stronger voice, enable them to make informed decisions and have greater choice and control in managing their health and healthcare.
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Critical Care Medicine & Anesthesiology
Patient Voice Central To New Direction For Primary Care, UK Department Of Health
04.07.2008 04:18
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A new strategy published by the Department of Health will give patients and the public a stronger voice, enable them to make informed decisions and have greater choice and control in managing their health and healthcare.
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Critical Care Medicine & Anesthesiology
SIDS And Brain Chemical Imbalance Linked In Mice
04.07.2008 04:18
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New research from Italy that is based on studies in mice found that Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) may be linked to an imbalance in the brain signalling chemical serontonin that regulates heartbeat and breathing, and if shown to be true of humans could point to a way to identify babies at risk of SIDS.
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Neurology
Take Preventative Measures Against Infectious Diseases: British Overseas Travellers Warned - Association Of British Hujjaj (Pilgrims) UK
04.07.2008 04:18
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Health experts from the Association of British Hujjaj (Pilgrims) UK (A.B.H) have issued a warning to all British families who are planning to visit their friends and families specifically to South Asian countries and Saudi Arabia during the summer holiday period, that they must take preventative measures against life- threatening infectious diseases like Meningitis, Hepatitis and Malaria.
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Infectious Diseases
HSE Prosecutes HP Bulmer Ltd And Nalco Ltd Following Outbreak Of Legionnaire's Disease, UK
04.07.2008 04:18
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The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has renewed its warning to companies to ensure that water storage and cooling systems are adequately treated to prevent the growth of the legionella bacteria - which affects around 300 people in the UK each year.
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Infectious Diseases
Task Force Recommends Screening For Hearing Loss In All Newborns
04.07.2008 04:17
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All newborn infants should be screened for congenital hearing loss that is present at birth, according to a new recommendation from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. The recommendation and the accompanying summary of evidence appear in the July 7 issue of Pediatrics.
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Hearing Disorders
Blood Vessel Inhibitor Shows Promise Against Metastatic Thyroid Cancer
04.07.2008 04:17
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Thyroid cancer that has spread to distant sites has a poor prognosis, but an experimental drug that inhibits tumor blood vessel formation can slow disease progression in some patients, a research team led by investigators from The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center reports in the July 3rd edition of The New England Journal of Medicine.
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Cancer
Cutting Calories Could Lead To The Fountain Of Youth
04.07.2008 04:17
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Want to slow the signs of aging and live longer? New Saint Louis University research suggests cutting back on calories could be a promising strategy. Calorie restriction has long been shown to slow the aging process in rats and mice. While scientists do not know how calorie restriction affects the aging process in rodents, one popular hypothesis is that it slows aging by decreasing a thyroid hormone, triiodothyronine (T3), which then slows metabolism and tissue aging.
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Biology
Disaster Responses 'Should Be Better Planned'
04.07.2008 04:16
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International healthcare responses to man-made or natural disasters should be co-ordinated and planned to enable the people affected to receive the aid they need, the conference heard this week.
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First Aid
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