My body & soul: Richard Wilson, actor, 72 - The Observer 14th September 2008
How healthy are you?
I'm still working a 12-hour day without any problems. I've got high blood pressure, my hearing has got worse and I'd quite like a new pair of feet, if that were possible, but I'm pretty well.Private equity takes on primary healthcare - The Observer 14th September 2008
Private equity firms are bidding for an estimated £1.25bn worth of NHS contracts to run primary healthcare centres, in a move that is expected to attract strong opposition from doctors and unions.
The contracts will be awarded before the end of the year through the government's Alternative Provider of Medical Services (APMS) initiative.Michael and Henrietta Spink are two of Britain's six million carers. Their lives have been dictated by their son's disabilities for the last 20 years. Like many other carers, they face financial ruin, stress and exhaustion as they battle to cope with the demands of 24-hour care and a bureaucratic system that makes their lives a misery.
'Sarah's Law' pilot police scheme prompts vigilante fears - The Observer 14th September 2008
Some mothers will be able to check from tomorrow whether their partners are convicted sex offenders. Under pilot projects being introduced in response to demands for a 'Sarah's Law', individuals will be given greater information about paedophiles living in their area.
But public protection experts and children's charities have questioned the value of the projects. They warn that the sharing of the information could lead to mob justice and cause paedophiles to adopt lower profiles, making them more difficult to monitor.Brittle bone drug may be lifesaver - The Sunday Times 14th September 2008
Breakthrough could relieve millions of osteoporosis sufferers
THE lives of millions of sufferers from osteoporosis and their carers could be transformed by a new drug, which may be on sale in Britain within two years.
The results of successful trials of Denosumab to treat the crippling bone condition will be unveiled this week. It helped bone to regrow, halved the number of hip fractures and reduced spine fractures by almost two-thirds in patients on whom it was tested.Woodland therapy helps tame unruly teenagers - The Sunday Times 14th September 2008
DISTURBED and troublesome teenagers are having their lives turned around by the calming influence of trees. “Woodland therapy” is credited with helping children learn to remain calm, busy, and self-sufficient.
Young people, often excluded from school for bad behaviour, spend their days being taught traditional woodland management techniques and learning about the environmental importance of trees and the animals they support.Officer set to return MBE in cancer row - The Sunday Times 14th September 2008
A naval commander’s wife is being billed for all her NHS care after paying for a drug privately
A LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER awarded an MBE for services to the Royal Navy is preparing to hand back his decoration in protest after his terminally ill wife had her free NHS cancer care withdrawn for buying a drug privately.FOR 150 years the image of the Lady with the Lamp has symbolised the selfless devotion to duty of Florence Nightingale.
Now, however, a new biography has claimed that the mother of modern nursing toured her wards at night not to cast a caring eye over sick soldiers but to check that her nurses were not drinking with them or sharing their beds.Big Brother's Nikki Grahame: 'For years I was a walking skeleton'- Daily Mail 14th September 2008
Behind the vulnerable, hysterical persona Nikki displayed on Big Brother lies a horrifying battle with anorexia that she has fought for most of her life. Now in recovery, she tells Liz Jones about the devastating long-term effects of the illness
It looks like a photo of a typical family get-together. But there is something about the youngsters in the back row that sets it apart.
They are all members of what they call the 66 Club, named in honour of the father they share – an anonymous sperm donor known only as Donor 66.Doctors told man-about-town Dai Llewellyn give up the drink or die - Daily Mail 13th September 2008
Three months ago, I was visiting friends in Kent when my body gave up on me.
I had received warning signs that my health was shaky for some months; however, this was different. I was in pain so acute that I could not get out out bed. I felt like a wild animal and just wanted to crawl away and lick my wounds clean. Friends rushed me to hospital, where doctors and nurses ran a battery of tests. After four days of poking and prodding, a doctor sat me down and with a sombre face announced I had low cholesterol.Ulrika Jonsson: I hate my huge breasts. They have to go - Daily Mail 13th September 2008
Living as we do in an age where breast enlargements are more common than visits to the dentist, it seems almost violently ungrateful that I, having been endowed with a large bosom, would want to have it reduced.
While every other woman is in pursuit of larger, more prominent and certainly more noticeable breasts, I'm in the process of investigating the best way to 'dispose' of mine.Most dog-owners would not have been best pleased to be woken in the night by the warm nudge of a labrador's nose. Particularly when the dog dashed round the bed, whining to make sure everyone in the room was awake.
But Sam and Keith Beeby-Brown from Sidcup, Kent, could not find praise enough for their new dog, Bianca.Are you a real fidget in bed? This is how to cure restless legs - Daily Mail 13th September 2008
If your legs burn and you can't keep them still at night you may have a condition that is easily treated with over-the-counter medicine - or perhaps an iron or magnesium supplement.
Many women 'do not check breasts' - BBC Health News 13th September 2008
Only 35% of women regularly check their breasts for signs of cancer - and 23% seldom or never do, a survey suggests.
The charity Breathrough Breast Cancer surveyed 2,005 women aged between 18 and 64.
UK Health News 09/14/2008
Sunday, 14 September 2008
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