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• NHS Health Check: Which part of the UK is doing the best?

  05-02-2017 22:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The NHS is in the middle of its toughest winter for many years. So how are the four UK nations performing?
  
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• Hospital operation 'long waiters' rise by 163%

  05-02-2017 22:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Patients are meant to be seen in 18 weeks in England, but hospitals are struggling to cope with demand.
  
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• Weigh your own babies to save money new mothers are told 

  05-02-2017 22:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Instead of letting health workers track the babies' progress, mothers will have to use weighing scales at children's centres without any supervision. It will be introduced in Nottingham in April.
  
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• NHS Health Check: What the NHS does for you

  05-02-2017 21:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  From the beginning to the end of a lifetime, patients recount their experiences of the NHS.
  
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• Paramedic reveals the reality of life on the 999 frontline

  05-02-2017 20:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A senior paramedic opens up anonymously about the back-breaking work every day working in the British ambulance services and what lies in store for the future with the increasing pressure on our NHS.
  
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• Yorkshireman battling MND keeps accent when he can't speak

  05-02-2017 20:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts have created a voice for Jason Liversidge, of Scarborough, who has been battling Motor Neurone Disease since 2014. His new voice was created from recordings of him speaking.
  
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• Life on an NHS waiting list: Peter's story

  05-02-2017 19:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  One man's experience of life on an NHS waiting list - and the transformation once he left it.
  
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• Modern realities make caring for our aging parents impossible | Letters

  05-02-2017 19:02
  
  David Mowat, a health minister, last week told a select committee that we need “to start thinking as a society about how we deal with the care of our own parents” (Care of elderly parents should be your responsibility, says minister, 31 January). He contrasted the approach with that of looking after children – “it is just what you do” – and argued that looking after our parents “is a similar responsibility in terms of our lifecycle”. The inference
  
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• Nigeria's leader seeks extended medical leave, fanning ill health rumours

  05-02-2017 18:16
  President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday asked parliament to extend his medical leave, his office said in a statement, deepening suspicions amongst many Nigerians that his health worse than officials are publicly admitting. The statement did not say how much extra time off Buhari was seeking. "President Muhammadu Buhari has written to the National Assembly today, February 5, 2017, informing of his desire to extend his leave in order to complete and receive the results of a series of tests recommende
  
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• Mark Austin admits he told anorexic daughter 'starve yourself to death'

  05-02-2017 18:09
  
  Broadcaster calls for walk-in eating disorder centres, saying he ‘failed to grasp’ that his daughter Maddy ‘was seriously mentally ill’The broadcaster Mark Austin has revealed how he struggled to understand his daughter’s anorexia and “failed utterly to grasp that she was seriously mentally ill”.In a candid account, he admits he thought her “crass, insensitive, selfish and pathetic” and became so frustrated he once told her: “If you rea
  
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• Bavarian CSU seeking better relations with ally Merkel as they plot election path

  05-02-2017 17:43
  By Joern Poeltz MUNICH (Reuters) - The leader of Chancellor Angela Merkel's Bavarian allies called for improved relations in their troubled conservative alliance on Sunday as the sister parties met to plan a strategy to defeat a resurgent Social Democratic Party (SPD) in September's federal election. Horst Seehofer, leader of Bavaria's Christian Social Union (CSU), sister party to Merkel's Christian Democratic Union (CDU), has been a thorn in her side for much of the last two years, pressing for
  
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• New dementia pill made entirely from CHOCOLATE

  05-02-2017 17:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Flavanols extracted from cocoa help tackle cholesterol levels and blood flow. Now a pill that has contains the anti-oxidant nutrient in its purest form has hit the shelves in Britain
  
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• Nigeria's president requests extended medical leave

  05-02-2017 17:14
  Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday asked parliament to extend his medical leave, his office said in a statement, after he took two weeks off for medical checks in Britain. Buhari's extended leave could hurt already-shaky confidence in his administration amid criticism that the government is gripped by inertia. "President Muhammadu Buhari has written to the National Assembly today, February 5, 2017, informing of his desire to extend his leave in order to complete and receive the resul
  
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• House GOP lawmakers face tough questions on health care

  05-02-2017 16:14
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Angry constituents confronted Republican lawmakers at separate town halls in California and Florida, fearful of the GOP promise to repeal former President Barack Obama's health care law without a comprehensive alternative.
  
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• Israel takes step toward allowing export of medical marijuana

  05-02-2017 15:20
  An Israeli government committee gave an initial nod on Sunday for the export of medical marijuana in what could be a windfall for companies in Israel, widely regarded as a leader in research in the field. In the United States, 28 states have legalised marijuana for medical use and since 2012, Colorado, Alaska, California, Maine, Massachusetts, Nevada, Oregon and Washington, D.C. have also approved marijuana for recreational use. Israel is widely regarded as one of the world leaders in medical ma
  
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• Stoke's Hughes irked by Pulis handshake snub

  05-02-2017 11:55
  (Reuters) - Stoke City boss Mark Hughes believes West Bromwich Albion counterpart Tony Pulis showed him lack of respect by failing to offer a handshake following the Baggies' 1-0 win on Saturday. Relationship has soured between the managers after it was revealed that striker Saido Berahino, whom Stoke bought from West Brom in January, had served an eight-week suspension for "an FA disciplinary matter" allegedly for an "FA disciplinary matter".
  
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• Motor neurone disease man given Yorkshire voice

  05-02-2017 11:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A man with motor neurone disease tests his Yorkshire accent voice synthesiser live on air.
  
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• Teen angst... or is it the first sign of a deadly tumour?

  05-02-2017 09:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Brain tumours are going undiagnosed in teenagers because symptoms like mood swings and tiredness are mistaken for adolescent angst or exam stress, says a Nottingham University professor.
  
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• Why the need for empathetic citizens has never been greater

  05-02-2017 07:00
  
  Health, justice and the arts would all benefit from tackling the empathy deficitWe are in the midst of an empathy deficit, according to Peter Bazalgette in his latest book, The Empathy Instinct. He believes focusing on empathy can contribute to ‘kinder health and social care, and more effective criminal justice’.Neuroscientific findings shows that empathy works in more complex and subtle ways and has particular relevance to arts and culture. Studies conducted at UCL a decade ago prov
  
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• TV star reveals horse riding helps her grieve baby loss

  05-02-2017 02:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tessa Dunlop, a BBC Coast presenter, opens up about her experience with equine therapy in Grange Farm, Chapel-Y-Fin on the Welsh borders, that helps her cope with her grief after the loss of her baby.
  
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• Nine in 10 carers are giving patients the wrong drugs

  05-02-2017 01:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sick and elderly patients are being given the wrong drugs, overdoses, or no medication at all. 92 per cent of carers have made at least one potentially serious mistake, according to researchers.
  
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• Fitbits can exaggerate your step count by 25% every day 

  05-02-2017 01:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Fitness monitors use an accelerometer to arm movements, which can be deceptive. Researchers from the University of Ireland, Galway, found all devices counted 'false positive' steps.
  
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• A £40 DIY kit that can save babies

  05-02-2017 01:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Doctors have welcomed the introduction of a £40 kit which allows expectant mothers to test themselves for Group B Strep, which is harmless in adults but can trigger deadly illnesses in children.
  
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• My twins couldn’t bear the sound of me eating lunch. Now we know why

  05-02-2017 01:05
  
  Neurologists revealed last week that misophonia, hatred of sound, is a real ailmentWhen the scientific research backs one’s hunches, when the data strongly suggests that one is on the right side of history in a  family argument, it’s always encouraging, a morale-booster. So I was delighted to read on Friday morning of a report published in Biology Today of research conducted by a team of neurologists at Newcastle University confirming that misophonia does exist. It is that acme
  
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