General Medical News
Brain probe hope for epileptics
A US study says electrical deep brain stimulation is a promising therapy for epileptics who do not respond to drug treatment.
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Hypnotherapy 'can help gut pain'
Use of hypnotherapy to ease irritable bowel syndrome could help patients and might save money, says an expert.
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Concern over nutrition training
Nutrition needs to be made a more important part of the doctor training system, a leading expert says.
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NIH Clinical Center to Open State-of-the-Art Pharmaceutical Development Facility
Members of the media are invited to tour the new one-of-a-kind National Institutes of Health Clinical Center pharmaceutical development facility. Originally established in 1956, the resource enables NIH intramural researchers to design studies with tailored drug treatment. Facility staff manage, analyze, and create experimental medications and vaccines used in clinical research studies at the Clinical Center, NIH's clinical research hospital
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Hospital death boss in pay appeal
The former boss of a bug-hit NHS trust begins an appeal to claim a £175,000 severance payment she says she is owed.
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'Poor attitude' is blocking organ donations
In this week's health opinion column Scrubbing Up, Dr Paul Murphy says doctors and relatives are blocking patients' wishes to donate organs after death.
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NHS 'should axe many more beds'
Tens of thousands of hospital beds in England must be axed to save money and improve care, a think tank says.
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Morning-after pill stash 'no use'
Giving women their own stash of morning-after pills to keep ready to use "just in case" does not work, findings suggest.
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GP wants 'visitor bed ban' lifted
A doctor calls for the ban on visitors sitting on patients' beds to be removed, saying it is "demeaning" and "joyless".
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Doctor's 'disregard for safety'
A trainee doctor faces a General Medical Council panel following the deaths of patients in her care in south Wales hospitals.
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Bench to Bassinet Program Seeks Congenital Heart Disease Treatments
To help speed the translation of scientific discoveries into usable treatments in congenital heart disease, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health recently launched the Bench to Bassinet Program. This program, which involves several major research institutions across the country, will be highlighted in the March 23 edition of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. Congenital heart disease affects the lives of 40,000 newborns a year in the United States, and up to 2 million adults are living with congenital heart disease.
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Damning hospital probe cost £1.7m
An inquiry into what went wrong at Stafford Hospital cost taxpayers £1.7m, a Freedom of Information request reveals.
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Early balding 'cuts cancer risk'
Men who start going bald at a young age are up to 45% less likely to get prostate cancer in later life, a study has found.
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Forensic role for hand bacteria
The bacteria on our hands could be used in forensic identification, in the same way as fingerprints and DNA, say scientists.
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'Pain' warning over spending cuts
Hospitals, councils and the police are warned to make changes as public services face cuts that will mean "considerable pain".
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GPs 'overrun with minor ailments'
Doctors and health campaigners say too many people are going to see their GP with minor problems such as coughs and colds.
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Sports fans urged to donate sperm
Sports players and fans in Manchester are targeted in a campaign to boost the number of sperm donors.
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Low-quality nursery food warning
Nursery food is poor and could be subjected to new nutritional guidelines, a government-commissioned report says.
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