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Google News U.K. - Health BBC News | Prostate cancer drug trials to start in Belfast Belfast Telegraph - By Claire Harrison Patients in Northern Ireland will be among the first to be given a new drug for a killer form of prostate cancer, it can be revealed today. Health: Drug trial hope for men with prostate cancer Drug for deadly prostate cancer |
 BBC News | HIV drugs 'add 13 years of life' BBC News - Life expectancy for people with HIV has increased by an average of 13 years since the late 1990s thanks to better HIV treatment, a study says. New drugs raise life expectancy of HIV sufferers by 13 years Drugs add 13 years to life of HIV patients |
 BBC News | Suicide pills doctor suspended for six months Glasgow Daily Record - A GP who gave sleeping pills to an elderly patient so she could kill herself was suspended for six months yesterday. Dr Iain Kerr, 61, prescribed 30 sodium amytal pills to the former businesswoman in 1998 after she told him she had considered suicide. GP at centre of suicide row suspended GP suspended for six months over suicide |
 Times Online | Our doctors aren't there just to keep us happy Daily Mail - By Viv Groksop On a recent visit to the GP with my toddler son, I got shouted at - loudly. An elderly doctor, the most senior in the practice, took one look at my precious, wilting child and said: 'For goodness sake, woman, he is fine. NHS: BMA agrees need to check doctors' fitness to practise Q&A: Doctor testing |
 Oneindia | Dawn Page receives £800k payout for brain injury caused by high ... Times Online - A mother of two has won more than £800000 at the High Court after she claimed that a radical detox diet left her brain-damaged and epileptic. Health: £800000 for brain injury after detox diet Mother left brain-damaged after 'fad diet' wins £800000 |
 BBC News | Mother's diet taints breast milk BBC News - Flavours in a nursing mother's snack can find their way into her breast milk within minutes, research suggests. A group of 18 women were asked to provide samples of breast milk before and after eating capsules containing various flavours. Breastfed babies get a taste for fruit and vegetables from their ... Breastfeeding could make babies more likely to try new foods |
 ITV.com | Government outlines latest efforts to curb booze culture Nursing Times - Up to 6% of all hospital admissions are due to alcohol, finds data published to coincide with a consultation on tougher measures to control drinking in England. Drinks industry 'flouting voluntary code on sales' Health chiefs call for ban on alcohol happy hours and extra-large ... |
 MSN UK News | Health trust's shortcomings highlighted Peterborough Today - By Asha Mehta ACTION is being taken to improve care for mental health patients in Peterborough after a new report uncovered some shortcomings. Health care action Overcrowding and violence concerns on mental health wards |
 Times Online | Q and A: Julian Hunt Scotsman - Britons are still eating almost 50 per cent more than the recommended levels of salt. Julian Hunt, director of communications at the Food and Drink Federation (FDF), explains what the industry is doing to reduce people's intake. Britons still eating 50pc too much salt Salt intake 'is starting to fall' |
 BBC News | Hospital decision sent for review BBC News - Plans to downgrade a West Sussex hospital as part of reorganisation of NHS services are to be referred to the Secretary of State for Health. Health watchdog urges government re-think Hospitals shake-up plan referred to minister |
 InTheNews.co.uk | Alan Johnson wants anti-obesity movement Politics.co.uk - Health secretary Alan Johnson says the government should lead a national "movement" taking on the obesity challenge. Two-thirds of all adults and one-third of all children in Britain are overweight or obese and the government, recognising the problem, ... Politics: Don't blame obese people for health problems, says Johnson 'Hug a fatty': Health minister calls for end of 'vilification' of ... |
