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Study doubts MS drug
Money would be better spent on alternative ways of improving quality of life in people with secondary progressive multiple sclerosis than on the drug beta interferon, according to research conducted in Scotland.
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GPs at the sharp end
Meningococcal meningitis deserves its sinister reputation. At the dawn of the 21st century , here we still are at the mercy of a bacterium able to invade the bloodstream and damage vital organs with devastating speed. Even with prompt diagnosis and expert treatment, the mortality rate is around 10 per ...
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The famous five
Tony Blair's bold talk in a TV interview of a 5 per cent spending increase for the NHS sparked much debate as to what he really meant. Patrick Butler sifts through the evidence
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Profile Fanatic who is pro-life and soul of the party
Maverick Conservative right-winger Ann Wintertons luck in winning first place in the recent private member's ballot allows her to lead a fresh charge on prevention of euthanasia - one of several medical ethics bees that have buzzed round her bonnet during her 17-year parliamentary career .
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Funny money: figuring it out
With UK expenditure on health at 6.7 per cent of gross domestic product the consensus is that the Treasury will have to find £12bn over the next five years to match the EU average health spend of 8 per cent of GDP .
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Plans for Welsh taskforce under fire
Plans for a taskforce to look at NHS pressures in Wales look set to be revised in the wake of criticism from opposition parties.
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Have I got news for flu
The National Institute for Clinical Excellences decision to reject the new flu treatment Relenza is a move the drug companies are not taking lying down.
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Just good friends
It takes a certain sort of person to become an NHS board member: someone who cares passionately about the health service, someone who knows their local community and, ideally , someone who has some experience of picking their way through a political minefield.
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Getting the hump with HImPs
Most HAs are failing to prioritise the needs of children and young people in health improvement programmes, despite some good initiatives. Angela Underdown and Carol Sexty report on a nationwide survey
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Global warning
The flu epidemic has sparked concerns about how the health service would cope with a pandemic - and one may be imminent. Wendy Moore reports
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Growing pains
Life-expectancy for people with cystic fibrosis has doubled in the past 20 years, and there are now almost as many adults with the disease as children. The best results are achieved when CF patients are managed in specialised centres.
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As if people mattered
A useful, wide-ranging, reference book, the emphasis here is on involvement in planning and improving standards of services. It will be especially useful in primary care.
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Misconduct proved: 93 axed from register
The UKCC'; professional conduct statistics show that 93 nurses, midwives or health visitors were removed from the register in 1998-99, and a further 34 were cautioned about their conduct.
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Academic takes up chair at Food Standards Agency
Health secretary Alan Milburn has announced key appointments to the new Food Standards Agency. Its chair will be Professor Sir John Krebs, former chief executive of the Natural Environment Research Council and a Royal Society research professor at Oxford Universitys zoology department. His deputy will be Suzi Leather, chair of ...
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BMA calls for GPs to be brought within race act
The British Medical Association is calling for GP practices with five partners or fewer to be brought within the ambit of the 1976 Race Relations Act as the Race Relations (Amendment) Bill makes its way through Parliament. A similar loophole excluding small practices from the Sex Discrimination Act was closed ...