Patients Wait for Longer in Northern Ireland
Have you ever thought about waiting for more than 21 weeks to get the first outpatient appointment in the hospital? Department of Health figures, released yesterday shows that 8,581 people had to wait longer, for a first outpatient appointment in Northern Ireland Hospitals.
WHO Reports are Industry Influenced: Says Investigation
A joint investigation by the BMJ and the Bureau of Investigative Journalism has revealed that the key scientists suggesting World Health Organization on planning for flu were paid by pharmaceutical firms. This advice by WHO led various Governments in the world to store antiviral drugs worth billions of dollars as global epidemic attentiveness plans. These stockpiling gave industry the profit worth $7bn.
Little Hands for a Noble Cause
The youngsters, backed and aided by their mums are reported to have lent a helping hand for a noble task of raisings funds for other unfortunate children surviving with physical and learning disabilities, autism and behavioral problems
More than Half Suffer From Gunshot Wounds on the Face- Cumbrian Medic
A senior medic has revealed that many victims of Cumbrian killer Derrick Bird has been wounded on the face with gunshot.
Charles Brett, Clinical Director of emergency services at the West Cumberland Hospital in Whitehaven, posited, "It appears this gentleman was firing out of a car window at head height. It is clear that he was directing at the face and head".
LEWISHAM: Hospital Trust Cherishes its Name in Top 40 List
A Hospital trust is reported to have been selected out for praise after having its name in a top 40 national list compiled by Lewisham Hospital NHS Trust for the second consecutive year.
Man Arrested for Faking Illness for Hospital Accommodation
A homeless man who is alleged to repeatedly fake his illness in a ruse so that he could stay in hospital longer is reported to have been imposed with a three-year ASBO ban, prohibiting him from every NHS building in England and Wales.
Homeless Christopher Dearlove, aged 41, was taken into the custody at Rochdale Infirmary last year after being found to target many hospitals across the UK, duping them from 15 years.
Kellogg Not to Make Any Baseless Health Claims for Cereal
The Federal Trade Commission on Thursday posted that the Kellogg Company have agreed to advertising limitations to resolve an investigation into its claims related to the health benefits of its Rice Krispies cereal.
Last year, Kellogg faced a warning by the Feds for its claims that Frosted Mini Wheats were medically proved to improve kids' attentiveness by up to 20 percent.
McDonald’s Recalls 12 Million Drinking Glasses in U.S.
McDonald's Corp., the world's largest restaurant web, announced to have recalled 12 million collectible drinking glasses manufactured in U. S themed on the movie character Shrek, claiming the painted design on the glasses contains cadmium as the primary reason.
The U. S. Consumer Product Safety Commission made the recall early Friday, warning not to use the 16-ounce glasses.
Drinking binge could risk long term effects on teens
The best evidence was shown by post mortems of the adolescent monkeys that drank binge which proved that drinking heavily at a young age could damage the brain prominently.
The damage would first hit those stem cells that were to become neurons that were responsible for awareness of space and significantly memory.
Dementia sufferers to get more care
The Scottish ministers published on the eight point blueprint that many nursing homes and hospitals depended a lot on the usage of antipsychotic medications to control the patients that suffered.
Killer doctor,almost inexperienced
A ‘hearing’ reported that the doctor who killed a pensioner from Cambridge shire said that he was ‘unaware’ oh his actions, that resulted in him giving an overdose of a drug that led to the patient’s death.
man dupes NHS for 15 years!
In a bizarre incident, a criminal Asbo has been given to a homeless man who became an expert in faking illnesses in order to stay at a hospital.
The experts at countering frauds say that this man actually cost NHS over ten thousand pounds with his fake illness.
weekly updates of infection rates up at local hospitals!
The government recently announced that the weekly MRSA and the clostridium difficile rates could now be checked by the people at the local hospitals.
The figures quoted for infections for all hospitals in England would be published early next month for every week on the data. gov. uk website.
Getting Angry is Bad for Health
A recent research has found out that expressing anger increases blood flow to a part of the brain thought to be involved in feelings of happiness. The findings are appearing to support the common psychological theory that expressing emotions is better for mental health than keeping them locked up.
Belfast’s Maternity Unit Expected to be Built Five Years Ahead of Schedule
It has been revealed by Belfast's Royal Victoria Hospital that its long-delayed new maternity unit could be built five years ahead of schedule. The review will now be scrutinized to look at the best clinical use of part of the new Critical Care building in Belfast, which is presently under construction.
Patients Lives at Risk because of Poor DVT Policies
It has been claimed by the Lifeblood charity that NHS bosses are failed to take adequate steps to prevent the patients developing deep vein thrombosis, so their lives are at risk. Patients are two to three times more likely to die from DVT than from hospital acquired diseases such as MRSA.
Older men and women are more prone to depression
A new study reveals that older men and women are more prone to depression because they have lower levels of vitamin D in their blood.
Older people are tend to have lower Vitamin D which can be associated with heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure, and more severe asthma, fractures, worse physical function, greater frailty, and a wide variety of chronic illness.
Joint pains can be treated by sunlight
A new study reveals that people suffering from joint pains cane be treated by sunlight. It is recommended that exposure to sun in the morning will help in getting rid of Arthritis.
It has been examined that now a day's people are suffering from arthritis in their early 20's rather than 50's because of modern living style, stress, heavy work load and imbalanced diet.
Clarksburg’s Holds Its First Relay For Life Saturday
Clarksburg High School’s Class of 2010 hoping to leave a lasting legacy in the community, has organized a Relay for Life to help raise funding for the American Cancer Society.
Without Effective Drugs, Costs Of Alzheimer’s Soaring
A report issued by the Alzheimer’s Association Wednesday, called on Congress to increase drug research funding, as the next 40 years will see Alzheimer’s disease racking up over $20 trillion in treatment costs.