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• Women called back in after review of cervical cancer screening lab

  04-02-2018 23:32
  NHS trust in Essex is rescreening 2,500 samples, with 17 women so far needing reassessment after problem with testsThousands of cervical smear test samples are being reviewed by an independent screening service after a problem was discovered in a laboratory. Basildon and Thurrock NHS foundation trust in Essex said 2,500 samples from cervical cancer tests were being rescreened after a problem with testing was identified in a routine Public Health England quality assurance visit in June 2017. So f
  
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• Britain comes first in Europe for factory made food

  04-02-2018 23:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Consumers in Britain are least likely among Europeans to buy fresh fruit, vegetables, meat and fish, relying instead on reconstituted meats and high levels of salt and sugar.
  
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• Kylie Jenner Just Announced She Gave Birth To A Baby Girl

  04-02-2018 22:12
  Watch the video she secretly made to document her pregnancy.
  
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• Scarlet Fever on the rise as parents warned of symptoms

  04-02-2018 21:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Public Health England said that cases of Scarlet fever, which usually affects those under 10 years old, had increased over the past three weeks and had also doubled since the start of 2018 (stock image).
  
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• Hospitals cancelling urgent surgery despite NHS bosses' orders

  04-02-2018 20:00
  Exclusive: shortage of intensive care beds in England leading to operations being postponedHospitals have been cancelling urgent surgery for patients with cancer, heart disease and other life-threatening illnesses, despite NHS bosses’ orders not to delay such operations. Some patients have had their procedure cancelled several times, even though their poor health means the surgery is urgent. Others have had operations cancelled on the day they were scheduled to take place.
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• Risks of outsourcing and privatisation laid bare | Letters

  04-02-2018 18:22
  Readers address government blunders, NHS privatisation, and Capita’s and Carillion’s woesIf the Conservatives would look beyond market-fundamentalist theory they would see that outsourcing is more intrinsically flawed the more complex the task and the more uncertain the contingencies around the contractual terms (Report, 1 February). The results can be the worst of public and private regimes. On the supplier side, not only is a lot of outsourcing conducted in markets characterised by
  
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• Reducing the risks of IVF multiple births | Letters

  04-02-2018 18:22
  It is time the UK followed other nations in imposing a single embryo transfer policy, says Professor Dr Geeta NargundAlice Richardson’s article (Doctors urge end to IVF postcode lottery to reduce multiple births, theguardian.com, 2 February) highlights the frustrating irony that the NHS is cutting IVF funding to save money, while inadvertently increasing the number of risky multiple births that cost them significantly more in treatment costs and long-term care. I applaud the Human Fertilis
  
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• School, and not social media, is 'by far the biggest concern' for stressed children

  04-02-2018 11:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  TWO-thirds of children are stressed about life at secondary school while only a tenth are worried about social media. A survey has also discovered that a third of pupils are unhappy at home with a quarter concerned about their weight.
  
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• ‘Cancer I could deal with. Losing my breast I could not’

  04-02-2018 09:00
  When Joanna Moorhead found out she had breast cancer, a mastectomy seemed the best option. So why did she pull out of the operation at the last minute?The taxi arrived at dawn but it could have come earlier. I’d been awake all night: terrified about the day that lay ahead and what it would mean for the rest of my life.At the hospital I changed into a high-tech gown that would keep me warm during the long hours I’d be unconscious, and my surgeon arrived to do a quick pre-operative che
  
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• 'It's a ticking timebomb': NHS set for liver disease crisis

  04-02-2018 08:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  LIVER disease caused by obesity and poor lifestyle is a “ticking timebomb” for the NHS, experts say. Around three million Britons are believed to have dangerous levels of fat building up around their livers which could lead to organ breakdown and the need for transplants.
  
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• Aussie flu symptoms: Doctor recommends the best remedy to ease the cough and fever 

  04-02-2018 08:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  AUSSIE flu is one of of the main strains of the flu virus infecting people across the UK this year. Symptoms have been described as the same as normal flu but more severe, so what is the best form of treatment?
  
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• A quick note to say thank you… to the bookie who took me for a pint

  04-02-2018 07:00
  When Richard Porter, 67, was diagnosed with a serious heart condition, a patient in the next bed taught him to draw on his own resourcesIt was 1972, and I was 21 years old when I was diagnosed with coarctation of the aorta, a very serious heart condition.I was told I needed major surgery, but there was only a 50:50 chance I’d pull through. It was a huge operation, at the National Heart Hospital in London, and I went from being a sporty young man to someone who could hardly sit up. Continue
  
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• Who, or what, defines you as a woman?

  04-02-2018 04:29 via bbc.co.uk
  Why some feminists and trans activists are clashing over the way people legally change gender.
  
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• Death defying

  04-02-2018 03:41 via bbc.co.uk
  We often expect the worst, but there are some reasons to be cheerful.
  
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• How to beat diabetes in 12 weeks

  04-02-2018 03:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Every person with type 2 diabetes longs for one thing: a cure. It would mean an end to the strict drugs regime which maintains blood sugar levels and keeps blood pressure low.
  
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• HEALTH NOTES: Porn viewers could be damaging their brains 

  04-02-2018 02:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Brain scans from a 40-year-old married man who regularly looked at such images showed activity in areas of the brain that are associated with pain, rather than those associated with sex.
  
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• Teen who self-harmed finds boxing refuge

  04-02-2018 01:26 via bbc.co.uk
  Kirsty, 16, has tried to take her own life but says she has found an escape at a boxing gym.
  
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• Disabled comedian faces 'aggressive' abuse over her size

  04-02-2018 01:25 via bbc.co.uk
  Tanyalee Davis is 3ft 6in (109cm) tall because of a bone disorder and is taunted in the street.
  
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• It’s not only in Ireland that we need a new view on abortion | Sarah Ditum

  04-02-2018 01:05
  Dublin might be preparing for change, but in Poland and elsewhere women’s rights are under threatBefore the end of May, Ireland will hold a referendum that could finally give Irish women legal access to abortion in their own country. It feels like the time is right for change. The taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, who made the announcement last week, called himself “pro-life” as recently as 2015; now he says he’ll be campaigning against the repressive eighth amendment that values
  
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• So men are dying because they don’t have women’s brains? Show me the evidence

  04-02-2018 01:02
  Mortality rates for prostate cancer are rising, but not because of any neurological determinismIt is the crossover moment. For the first time, more men are dying of prostate cancer than women are from breast cancer. Any GP surgery will offer a blood test to check a man’s prostate-specific antigen (PSA) indicating cancer. All men have to do is ask.The trouble is that, as we all know, men are from Mars. They don’t go to GPs, don’t talk about illness and believe in their own invin
  
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