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Google News U.K. - Health ITV.com | Mobile phones are finally passed fit for use in hospitals Times Online - As one of the golden rules of hospital visits, the mobile phone ban was the most likely to be obeyed: do it, or risk unsettling a pacemaker or shutting down a high-dependency unit. Hospitals told to lift mobile phone ban Hospital mobile bans can be eased |
 BBC News | Neonatal ward sealed off after baby dies Times Online - A baby has died and seven others have been put into isolation after a deadly bug outbreak in a hospital's neonatal unit. Two premature babies were found to be infected with serratia bacteria at the special care baby unit of Birmingham Heartlands ... Deadly bug kills baby and puts seven more in isolation in hospital Baby dies as bug strikes hospital |
 ITV.com | Detox claims a 'myth' Healthcare Today - Experts have warned that there is no proof that products which are advertised as helping to "detox" the body actually work. Scientists dismiss 'detox myth' Detox remedies a waste of money |
 Daily Mail | NHS patient error deaths 'rising' BBC News - More than 3000 hospital patients have died because of errors by NHS staff in England over the past year, figures show. Hospitals reported 3645 deaths in 2007-8 from patient safety incidents, data from the Lib Dems showed. 3600 patients killed by blunders Deaths caused by hospital mistakes 'up 60 per cent in two years' |
 Daily Mail | Woman advised to give paracetamol to dying son Times Online - Reading A 12-year-old boy died after his mother requested doctors to make a house call to examine him but was advised to give him paracetamol. Boy dies after out-of-hours doctors recommend Paracetamol, mother ... Dying boy, 12, ignored by docs |
 BBC News | Self-harm charities funding fears BBC News - A Scottish mental health charity which helps children who self-harm has warned it may have to close because local authorities are withdrawing funding. Research reveals extent of teenage self-harming Schools urged to monitor mental health |
 Telegraph.co.uk | Females 'less physically active' BBC News - Females are less physically active at both ends of life than their male counterparts, two studies suggest. Researchers studied activity levels in school children and the over 70s - and in both cases found males tended to be more active. Girls play less energetically than boys 'because they prefer to chat' Women less active than male counterparts |
 LIVENEWS.com.au | Suicide rates fell after bombings The Press Association - Suicide rates fell in England and Wales after the London bombings on July 7 2005, according to researchers. A second significant reduction occurred with the second wave of terrorist attacks on July 21 the same year. Terror attacks cause drop in suicide rates as they invoke 'Blitz ... Suicide rates fall after terror attacks |
Pint of beer for 99p? That'll do nicely! Kent Online - by Adam Williams The offer of beer for 99p a pint and a meal for £2.99 has had budget-conscious customers flocking to Wetherspoon pubs in the area. A pint for a quid? The £1 fad hitting the high street Fancy a pint? That'll be 99p please |
 BBC News | Prince's Trust: One in ten young people feel life is meaningless Communitycare.co.uk - One in ten young people in Britain think life is not worth living, a report published today has claimed. Of 2000 16- to 25-year-olds young men and women surveyed for the Prince' Trust, 12% said their life was “meaningless”, whilst 14% thought “life ... Study highlights youths’ anxieties Study reveals 'alarming' level of depression among young people |
 ITV.com | NHS organs sold to foreign patients Telegraph.co.uk - Organs from 50 British NHS donors have been given to foreign patients paying up to £75000 for private transplants. By David Barrett Information revealed following requests under Freedom of Information laws have revealed the liver transplants took place ... 50 foreigners given organ donations Surgeon attacks foreign use of British organs |
 Daily Mail | Winter vomiting bug and flu put NHS under pressure Telegraph.co.uk - Hospitals are being forced to shut wards to new patients to combat the winter vomiting bug which is still spreading while the flu outbreak is expected to worsen, European experts warned. Flu outbreak 'worst I've ever seen', says top GP NHS ON 'A KNIFE EDGE' AS FLU CRISIS GRIPS HOSPITALS |
