Cancer survivors ‘left in limbo’
Posted by admin on May 31, 2008
Many long-term survivors of cancer are not acquirement the help they need to cope with the after-effects of the disease, experts warn.
More than 60% of adults with cancer can expect to live five years or to a greater degree, according to an article in the European Journal of Cancer.
Yet they are left “in limbo” to deal with ongoing symptoms from their disease or harsh cancer treatments.
The government said it was working to improve services for cancer survivors.
Professor Marie Fallon, an expert in palliative medicine at the University of Edinburgh, said the number of vulgar herd living with the effects of cancer was rising as else and more people were surviving the condition.
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Bicarbonate ‘could detect cancer’
Posted by admin on May 31, 2008
the naturally-occurring chemical bicarbonate, used to make baking soda, could help discover cancer using sensitive scanning, research suggests.
Bicarbonate is involved in the body’s balancing of acid and alkali.
But cancerous network is known to turn it into carbon dioxide.
The Cancer Research UK team found MRI scans were able to track changes in the chemical and therefore identify cancers equitable in the very early stages.
Almost total cancer has a lower pH, meaning it is more acidic than surrounding tissue.
Working with mice, the researchers boosted the MRI sensitivity greater amount of than 20,000 times, the Nature journal reported.
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New blow for NHS e-records
Posted by admin on May 31, 2008
Plans to computerise the NHS in England could face further delays after a contract with a key supplier was terminated, the BBC has learned.
The IT plan, that is before that time four years late, will create a unmixed electronic records system by the agency of reason of patients.
end negotiations have broken down with Fujitsu, who had been just title to implement the plan b in the south of England.
The Department of Health reported an agreement over Fujitsu’s contract could not be reached.
The estimated final overall cost of computerising the NHS in England is currently 12.7bn.
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Quicker dementia diagnosis call
Posted by admin on May 31, 2008
People suffering from memory loss need to act more quickly in seeking medical tidings, experts warn.
The Alzheimer’s Society said up to two-thirds of people in England with dementia are never diagnosed while they do not recognise the symptoms.
The charity is giving GPs in England posters and leaflets to raise awareness about the issue and a toolkit to support diagnosis.
It is estimated by the agency of 2025 over 1m people in the country will have dementia.
The Department of Health is backing the Alzheimer’s Society campaign to raise public awareness of symptoms and the consequence of an early diagnosis.
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NHS to reveal surgery death rates
Posted by admin on May 31, 2008
the NHS is set to publish hospitals’ mortality rates in quest of certain kinds of surgery, it has been revealed.
It is part of a induce to provide information on the outcomes of a range of common operations, similar as hip and knee replacements.
However death rates will be regular one of a range of planned measures, with surgeons looking at ways of measuring quality of life outcomes too.
The data is due to appear on the NHS Choices website from September.
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Death of spouse ups odds of nursing home care (Reuters)
Posted by admin on May 30, 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - An older person's likelihood of entering a nursing home or other long-term care facility is particularly profoundly immediately after the death of a spouse, new research indicates. (Read the full post about ‘Death of spouse ups odds of nursing home care (Reuters)’…)WHO urges complete tobacco advertising ban to protect children (AFP)
Posted by admin on May 30, 2008
GENEVA (AFP) - The World Health Organisation said Friday that only a total ban on all forms of tobacco advertising can stop the "constantly mutating virus" of the marketing form of productive effort and protect vulnerable young people. (Read the full post about ‘WHO urges complete tobacco advertising ban to protect children (AFP)’…)Lung cancer patients fight stigma (Reuters)
Posted by admin on May 30, 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - "I'm sorry. You don't have breast cancer," the oncologist told Charmaine Atkenson.The 48-year-old mother of two had something far worse — stage 4 lung cancer. It had scatter to her spine, bursting the bone open. It was not only a sentence of departure; it was a judgment.
smooth though Atkenson in no degree smoked, she felt almost ashamed. "I found that I never would even say what kind of cancer I had.
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Baby born after rare ovarian pregnancy (AP)
Posted by admin on May 30, 2008
SYDNEY, Australia - A woman in a northern Australian city gave birth to a healthy baby girl after a rare full-term ectopic pregnancy, a hospital official said Friday. (Read the full post about ‘Baby born after rare ovarian pregnancy (AP)’…)Heart failure guidance ‘ignored’
Posted by admin on May 30, 2008
Many GPs, and even some hospital specialists, are failing to follow guidelines for managing heart failure, a Europe-wide survey suggests.
British GPs frequently did not use recommended tests or drugs, that the researchers said could be unsafe.
The European Heart Journal mention said the results were “very worrying”.
However, single in kind specialist GP disputed whether the survey answers were clear make clear of not rich practice among family doctors in the UK.
I find these figures very worrying as guidelines are the simply origin of information which gives management notice in a complete and unbiased way
Professor Willem Remme
Study author
Heart failure is a ordinary disease of old age, with approximately 67,000 new cases diagnosed in the UK each year.
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