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Help Cancer Patients with a Tea Party in Enfield

Mon, 05/06/2013 - 07:43

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This summer, you can also contribute towards a good cause while sipping each cup of your tea or coffee.

Yes, members of charity Marie Curie Cancer Care are cheering more and more people in Enfield to hold tea parties during the months of June and July and raise funds.

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UK Adults Report Very Less Amount of Walking

Mon, 05/06/2013 - 07:39

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A YouGov survey has revealed lately that almost 25% of all adults are such in Britain who walk for nearly only an hour in a week.

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New Helpline Concerns GPs with Clinical Failings

Mon, 05/06/2013 - 07:35

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It has been warned recently by a GPs' group that the new NHS 111 helpline system has been, instead of proving helpful for patients, proving risky for their lives.

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NHS Blacklists Private Hospital in Surrey

Sat, 05/04/2013 - 07:46

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The NHS as well as Bupa have blacklisted a private hospital in Surrey. Since, an official report had concluded that the hospital was providing potentially unsafe standards of care.

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Judy Prescott Faces Burden of Cancer Costs

Sat, 05/04/2013 - 07:44

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had been diagnosed with breast cancer two years back and her medical woes have not left her since ever since at any point of time.

On April 1, 2011, the ‘mother-of-two and grandmother-of-three’, 56, was told after a mammogram that she had a tumour of 12 centimetre in one of her breasts. Also, there were calcifications in the other breast.

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CQC Appoints Inspectors to Study Care Home Finances

Sat, 05/04/2013 - 07:41

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The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is ready to inspect the matter of care homes. In order to avoid any Southern Cross crisis, CQC’s Norman Lamb has said 50 out of 60 care homes would be checked.

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Inquest into Harm Caused by Technical Gaffe in 111

Sat, 05/04/2013 - 07:37

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Recently, the telephone advice service number had failed because of some technical reasons. So, currently the NHS is working to decipher whether there was any harm or injury because of the same.

The NHS has called the mishaps as "serious untoward incidents" (SUIs). Patients call on this number when they suffer from any harm of a huge degree.

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CQC Accuses Mount Alvernia Hospital of Breaching Care Standards

Fri, 05/03/2013 - 07:49

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An emergency nurse has reported recently that BMI Mount Alvernia Hospital's resident medical officer in Surrey had halted the attempts of reviving a patient of cancer.

The nurse said he was trying to resuscitate the patient, but he was ordered not to do so. And the hospital even filled in the "Do Not Resuscitate" form following the death of the woman.

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Cancer Patients Suffer Harassment at Workplace, says Charity

Fri, 05/03/2013 - 07:42

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A survey conducted by Macmillan Cancer Support by YouGov exhibits a striking truth. According to the findings, 37% of the people who return to their vocation after getting cured from cancer say they find a change in the behavior of their colleagues.

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Breast Cancer on Rise, says Cancer Research UK

Fri, 05/03/2013 - 07:37

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Cancer has brutally disseminated into the fabric of global health and it seems Cancer Research UK has come up with some facts in order to prove the same.

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Stroke Patients Need Emotional Support after Treatment

Thu, 05/02/2013 - 08:22

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A new report's findings have been strongly suggesting that stroke patients should be given emotional support after they are discharged from hospital.

It has been found that the patients often are not provided with emotional support from the health and social care services. And the same results in their struggle with the emotional effect that they have to go through.

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Trials for Dementia Tracking System

Thu, 05/02/2013 - 08:08

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A new proposal is standing at the door that may not hamper dementia patients' independence. Care Minister Norman Lamb has spoken on the matter as he believes proper procedure must be followed to safeguard the rights of individuals.

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Every Two out of Five People in Scotland are Diagnosed with Cancer, Says Report

Wed, 05/01/2013 - 08:02

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Recent figures have thrown light on the number of diagnosed cases in Scotland. According to them, two in every five people are diagnosed with cancer at some point in life in Scotland.

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Stroke Patients Feel Abandoned, Reveals Survey

Wed, 05/01/2013 - 07:51

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The Stroke Association has carried out a survey as per which more than 33% stroke patients feel they are not provided the needed care. Moreover, they feel abandoned at the time they when leave the hospital.

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Thousands of MS Sufferers not Getting Needed Care

Tue, 04/30/2013 - 07:23

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According to a campaign launched by the MS Society, about 60% of people are devoid of so called disease modifying treatments which reduce the frequency and intensity of the disorder.

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Tamoxifen and Three Similar Drugs Found to Reduce Breast Cancer Occurrence in Women

Tue, 04/30/2013 - 07:20

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As per recent news, women taking tamoxifen and three similar drugs reduce the chances of suffering from breast cancer quite significantly. The study was based on assessment of over 83,000 women who took the pills.

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First Trial of UK Therapy Treating Heart Failures

Tue, 04/30/2013 - 07:12

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Patients suffering from ruthless heart failures are going to be cured with the gene therapy for the first time in the country of Britain.

The former clinical trials of the therapy suggest that the treatment could overturn damaging alterations into the cardiac cells. This will further result in weakening of the muscles and trim down the capability of the heart to pump blood.

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Parents Buffering Act Makes Children More Vulnerable, Says Study

Sat, 04/27/2013 - 11:34

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Excess of everything is bad is the underline of the study carried out by a group of researchers from the University of Warwick. It has been revealed that children, who have either overprotective parents or have harsh parents, become subject of bully.

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Southern Trust Plans NHS Residential Care Homes’ Closure in the Region

Sat, 04/27/2013 - 08:10

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It has recently emerged that Southern trust in Northern Ireland is planning to close all of its NHS residential care homes in the area. The trust revealed the same in an interaction with the BBC's Nolan Show.

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Ongar fundraisers aim to support Marie Curie Cancer Care

Sat, 04/27/2013 - 07:49

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The charity campaigners are expecting that a new fundraising group in Ongar will assist them raise even more cash to help them in a research for the treatment for cancer.

After some years, Barbara MacDonald, 75, who belongs to Marden Ash and her army of around 40 volunteers raised thousands of pounds for Marie Curie Cancer Care.

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