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• Inexperienced doctors are being left in charge of A&Es, regulator warns

  26-11-2017 22:30
  General Medical Council says health of patients at risk with trainee medics forced to ‘act beyond clinical competence’The safety of hospital patients is being put at risk because inexperienced young doctors are too often being left in charge of A&E and other units, Britain’s medical regulator has warned. Understaffing and pressures on senior doctors mean trainee medics are being forced to “fend for themselves” by looking after patients whose conditions they are
  
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• How to avoid blame for the underfunding of the NHS | Letters

  26-11-2017 20:00
  Alan Bailey calls current governance structures unfit for purpose, while Jennifer Budden and Pam Lunn are critical of the chancellor’s response to criticism by the head of the NHSThe continuing row about health spending (Intervention by health chief meant NHS got less, 25 November) reflects the current structure of NHS governance, which is not fit for purpose. In the old days the relevant cabinet minister was unambiguously responsible for ensuring that the NHS had sufficient funding to pro
  
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• Revolutionary four-hour 'deep clean' ended gum disease

  26-11-2017 18:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The British actress, who starred as Ronnie Mitchell in the BBC soap, has spent the past 15 years plagued by severe, incurable gum disease – despite being fastidious about her dental hygiene.
  
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• Home Office review over harassment at abortion clinics

  26-11-2017 18:07 via bbc.co.uk
  Concerns about the tactics used by some protesters prompted the Home Office review.
  
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• Urine test can help doctors spot signs of prostate cancer

  26-11-2017 16:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The disease is the most common form of cancer found in men in Britain, with 50,000 new cases diagnosed every year. The test can detect two markers of the cancer found in urine.
  
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• Strictly slimline, it's two-dinners Debbie McGee  

  26-11-2017 16:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 59-year-old English actor told last week how she takes a spoonful of an alternative health supplement called colloidal silver – microscopic silver particles in water.
  
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• Woman reveals how she lost her 'mum tum' in just 12 weeks

  26-11-2017 16:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Mother Sandra Van Den Berg, 38, from Rochdale, Greater Manchester, swapped her 'mum tum' for abs in just 12 weeks by adopting a 'simple' exercise routine and healthy diet.
  
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• Top surgeons call to save Royal Brompton heart unit

  26-11-2017 15:14 via bbc.co.uk
  The congenital heart disease surgery unit at Royal Brompton Hospital is earmarked for closure.
  
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• NHS watchdog staff 'told not to criticise' Welsh Government

  26-11-2017 14:26 via bbc.co.uk
  Staff working for NHS watchdogs facing the axe say they have been told not to embarrass the Welsh Government.
  
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• Tobacco mea culpa: companies to run 'corrective statements' on smoking harm

  26-11-2017 13:01
  Tobacco companies have delayed correcting false statements for eleven years since a federal court ordered them to do so, and now will finally run adsEleven years after a federal court found tobacco companies conspired to deceive the American public, the companies will air television and newspapers ads to correct lies they told over the course of the 20th century.The “corrective statements” to be aired beginning 26 November are part of a 2006 judgment against tobacco companies, which
  
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• Tobacco mea culpa: companies to run 'corrective statements' on smoking

  26-11-2017 13:01
  Tobacco companies have delayed correcting false statements for eleven years since a federal court ordered them to do so, and now will finally run adsEleven years after a federal court found tobacco companies conspired to deceive the American public, the companies will air television and newspapers ads to correct lies they told over the course of the 20th century.The “corrective statements” to be aired beginning 26 November are part of a 2006 judgment against tobacco companies, which
  
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• Tobacco mea culpa: companies to run 'corrective' ads in US on smoking's harm

  26-11-2017 13:01
  Tobacco companies have delayed correcting false statements for eleven years since a federal court ordered them to do soEleven years after a federal court found tobacco companies conspired to deceive the American public, the companies will air television and newspaper ads to correct lies they told over the course of the 20th century.The “corrective statements” to be aired beginning 26 November are part of a 2006 judgment against tobacco companies, which found companies such as RJ Reyn
  
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• Is being a chef bad for your mental health?

  26-11-2017 12:00
  Brutal pressure at work is causing depression in many chefs. In one survey, more than half said they took painkillers or drink to get through shifts. What is happening behind the kitchen doors?In October last year Andrew Clarke, head chef of the much-admired Brunswick House restaurant in Vauxhall, London, posted a picture of himself to Instagram. It’s in black and white. He is sitting at a table against a wall of distressed plaster, his straggly hair unsuccessfully tucked away beneath a ra
  
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• UK mulls tougher laws to protect women from abortion clinic protesters

  26-11-2017 11:57
  Home secretary considers bolstering police and civil powers amid concern about tactics used by some demonstrators outside clinicsNew laws could be introduced to protect women from being harassed and intimidated at abortion clinics, the Home Office has said.The home secretary, Amber Rudd, has ordered an in-depth assessment of protests outside family planning clinics following concerns about the tactics used by some demonstrators.Continue reading...
  
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• Brexit, borders and brains | Daniel Glaser

  26-11-2017 07:00
  Debates about hard and soft borders post-Brexit is one thing, but neuroscientists have been arguing over mapping the brain for more than a centuryThe nature of the Irish border post-Brexit is currently much debated. In neuroscience, historical arguments about the demarcation and definition of borders have played a significant role in investigating how the brain works.There is always interest in locating the area of the brain responsible for love, or the ‘centre’ for religious experie
  
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• FLIES could be infecting humans with bacteria that causes deadly CANCER

  26-11-2017 05:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  CANCER risk could be increased by flies, as they can spread bacteria which raises the chance of developing stomach cancer, a study has revealed.
  
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• Ten reasons why you should keep cool, according to experts

  26-11-2017 02:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Unfortunately, keeping your cool is a problem for many people: almost a third of Britons polled say they have a close friend or family member who has trouble controlling their anger.
  
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• 'The seizures have got more frequent and more violent'

  26-11-2017 01:21 via bbc.co.uk
  Services to diagnose, treat and provide on-going care are failing patients across the spectrum of neurological disorders, according to a latest report
  
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• Pensioner care crisis: Home visits could be 'a thing of the past' as nursing figures drop

  26-11-2017 01:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  NURSING visits to patients in their own homes will become a thing of the past, experts predict after the release of figures that show their numbers have almost halved in the seven years.
  
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• Ten reasons why your bad temper could be killing you

  26-11-2017 00:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Unfortunately, keeping your cool is a problem for many people: almost a third of Britons polled say they have a close friend or family member who has trouble controlling their anger.
  
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• Tiny incision could save thousands from heart surgery

  26-11-2017 00:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Pioneering British surgeons are performing heart-valve surgery via a minute incision in the nipple – sparing patients from a large cut and breaking the breastbone to reach the organ.
  
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