Overweight people will today be told there are "no excuses" for being obese as the Conservative party launches a new "responsibility" deal on public health.
The shadow health secretary, Andrew Lansley, will use a speech to the thinktank Reform, entitled No Excuses, No Nannying, to set out proposals on how the government and business can work together to address problems caused by poor diet, alcohol abuse and lack of exercise.Treatment to stop blindness finally approved for NHS - The Guardian 27th August 2008
An expensive new drug that could prevent thousands of people from going blind is today approved for use on the NHS after more than two years of deliberations.
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (Nice) says that primary care trusts should foot the bill for Lucentis, which costs £761 for each injection, to prevent people with age-related wet macular degeneration from losing their sight.Doctors are today told to investigate the family history of every patient with high cholesterol in an attempt to track down tens of thousands of people who carry the gene that makes them a prime candidate for early death from heart attack.
Letter: Tory hypocrisy over teenagers' health - The Guardian 27th August 2008
I'm no fan of the Labour's record on public health or on young people, but Tory allegations that the government "neglects teenage health" (Report, August 25) reek of hypocrisy and poor judgment. After all, the Tories opposed the ban on tobacco advertising, failed to support the ban on smoking in public places, voted against increases in alcohol duty and - along with Labour - continue to block improvements in school sex and relationships education. All of these have been shown to have direct beneficial effects on the health of young people.
Ayurvedic medicine: Toxic metals in remedies for sale on internet - The Guardian 27th August 2008
One fifth of Indian herbal medicines available over the internet contain heavy metals such as lead, mercury and arsenic, according to researchers who analysed 193 products obtained online. The scientists called for tighter regulation of so-called Ayurvedic medicines.
Fraud inquiry into fake sick notes sold on web - The Independent 27th August 2008
The NHS fraud squad is investigating a website that sells fake doctors' sick notes for £25 each.
The documents are almost identical to a genuine letter from a GP or hospital, and are printed with real doctors' names and feature notes that are stamped and signed.There's 'no excuse' for being fat, Tory health spokesman declares - The Independent 27th August 2008
There is "no excuse" for people to be too fat, the Conservatives will declare today as they launch a drive to encourage healthier lifestyles.
In a speech which points to Conservative demands for greater personal responsibility across social policy, the Tories' health spokesman Andrew Lansley will insist that people claiming biological or environmental causes for their obesity are simply making excuses.Woman detects cancer in e-mailed picture of girl - The Times 27th August 2008
A mother detected symptoms of cancer in a photograph of a baby girl she had never met.
Madeleine Robb, 32, was chatting online with Megan Santos, 32, from Tampa, Florida, who sent a picture of her one-year-old daughter, Rowan.Eyesight of thousands to be saved after Nice approves drug - The Telegraph 27th August 2008
Patients at risk of going blind will have their sight saved under a unique deal announced by the NHS drugs rationing watchdog.
Timeline of the fight to get drugs to help people going blind - The Telegraph 27th August 2008
Patients at risk of going blind will have their sight saved under a unique deal announced by the NHS drugs rationing watchdog.
The patient, believed to be an asylum seeker in his 30s from Somalia, East Africa, is the first to be diagnosed in Britain with extreme drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR TB).
His case was picked up in Glasgow in January but a court order detaining him in hospital for treatment lapsed after his condition stabilised and he travelled south to Leeds, West Yorks.IVF wife sues over delays that made her use donor eggs- Daily Mail 27th August 2008
A pregnant woman is suing her health trust after she was forced to conceive using a donated egg because of delays in treating her.
Greta Mason, 42, claims a barrage of unnecessary fertility tests followed by a six-year wait for treatment meant her eggs were too old to be used and she could only conceive using a donor.Thousands who are at risk of going blind will be eligible for sight-saving drugs after a U-turn by the Health Service's rationing body.
Wet age-related macular degeneration is the leading cause of blindness.Overweight? It's all your own fault, insist the Tories- Daily Mail 27th August 2008
People who are fat have nobody to blame but themselves and must take responsibility for their condition, according to the Conservatives.
Health spokesman Andrew Lansley will speak out today as he outlines a raft of measures to tackle spiralling levels of obesity.Thousands of heart-risk children to be put on statins - Daily Mail 27th August 2008
Thousands of children whose parents have a genetic defect which causes heart attacks are to be tested to see if they too are at risk.
Under guidelines approved on Tuesday, those young as two will be screened for the inherited cholesterol disorder.
The children could then be put on statins, which can help prevent premature heart disease.Patients to get sight-saving drug - BBC Health News 26th August 2008
All patients in England suffering from a disease which causes blindness are to get access to a sight-saving drug.
Lucentis treats age-related macular degeneration, the leading cause of sight loss in the country.
The drug is already available in Scotland, while Wales and Northern Ireland have said they will fund it.NHS funding 'risk to cancer care' - BBC Health News 26th August 2008
Cancer services risk missing out on vital funds because the system is not sophisticated enough to deal with complex care, a government report says.
Consultants were asked to look at how cancer care was affected by payment by results - a funding system started in 2003 in England to boost competition.Magnets 'could cut NHS drug bill' - BBC Health News 26th August 2008
Cancer and arthritis drugs could become much cheaper to make by using magnets during the manufacturing process, researchers say.
A University of Edinburgh team has developed a more streamlined method of making protein-based drugs, which are made by growing cell cultures in a lab.Super surgery fears remain intense - BBC Health News 26th August 2008
Contracts are being negotiated - bids are going in. The much fought over super surgeries in England are becoming a reality. But who will run them and why are GPs still so angry?
Grimsby is one of the most deprived parts of England.
UK Health News 08/27/2008
Wednesday, 27 August 2008
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