All Public health articles – Page 118
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Campaign promotes antibiotics best practice
A national campaign is to be launched to remind doctors of the rise in antibiotic resistance and make it clear to patients that antibiotics will not get rid of the common cold.
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EU brings in compulsory food labelling to curb obesity
The European Union yesterday moved to impose standard nutritional information on food labelling across 27 countries.The rules are an attempt to counter the epidemic of obesity in Europe, but disappointed some UK health charities by not making the 'traffic light' system mandatory.
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Burden of obesity 'unmanageable', say Conservatives
Shadow health secretary Andrew Lansley has warned about the increasing burden of obesity on the NHS.
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Prevention is better than cure, but by how much?
Finding the best way to measure the cost-effectiveness and health impact of preventive interventions could help secure more investment, write Julian Le Grand and Robert Sherriff
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Media Watch: donations row
Health secretary Alan Johnson was big news this week, as a row over a donation to his campaign to become Labour deputy leader spread across front pages faster than a hospital superbug.
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Health service can lead on environmental issues
The NHS must take the lead in becoming a 'good corporate citizen', adopting policies and personal habits such as encouraging cycling and reducing waste to help beat global warming.
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Pressure grows on PCTs to increase obesity services
Primary care trusts will be forced to commission more weight management services in an attempt to meet growing demand, the government has warned.
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Smoking cessation jumps by a quarter
Around 165,000 smokers quit between April and September 2007, an increase of 28 per cent compared with the same period last year, according to statistics released today.The figures are from the NHS Stop Smoking Service, which records the number of smokers who have successfully quit at their four-week follow-up interview.
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GPs told to promote weight constancy not loss
Primary care staff should promote weight maintenance rather than loss to improve the health of obese patients, according to a discussion paper in the February edition of the British Journal of General Practice.
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HSJ Knowledge
Born in Bradford project takes on infant mortality
Bradford's infant mortality rate is twice the British average. An ambitious project is tracking the lives of 10,000 babies in the archetypal deprived, multi-ethnic city in the hope of understanding why. Emma Dent reports. Pictures by Rii Schroer
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David Woodhead on patient satisfaction
France and the UK may have different approaches to healthcare delivery, but many of the challenges they face are the same
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Scottish funding to tackle obesity
The Scottish government aims to invest an extra £40m in healthy living and eating programmes targeted at reducing the country's obesity problem.
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Why achieving equality in healthcare is proving tricky
Spending on heart disease detection and treatment perfectly illustrates how the neediest patients often get the rawest deal. Could local scrutiny ensure fair play? Sally Gainsbury reports
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Smoking in decline in the UK, figures show
Smoking in Britain has hit an all-time low, says a report on smoking and drinking habits from the Office for National Statistics.
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NICE promotes stair-climbing for fitness
Ensuring staircases are attractive and clearly signposted is one way public bodies can encourage people to do more exercise, according to new public health guidance.The guidelines from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence encourage NHS organisations, councils and others to create buildings and spaces that boost physical activity.
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Brown's good news for public health
Gordon Brown's New Year commitment to cardiovascular screening is a firm step in the right direction - upstream towards prevention - and although we've heard this kind of thing from government before, this time I get the feeling they really mean it.
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WHO to discuss effects of climate change on health
Issues including the effects of climate change on health are due to be discussed this week by the executive board of the World Health Organisation.The board is also due to discuss flu pandemic preparation and polio eradication.
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HSJ Knowledge
Workplace health trainers
'Ambassadors' in the workplace are being equipped to promote healthier lives. Lynne Greenwood reports
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Heart death rates show a nation of inequalities
Research by HSJ has revealed the huge inequalities between healthcare need and NHS spending throughout England.An HSJ analysis of the latest data on coronary heart disease premature death rates and primary care trust heart disease spending shows that some of the PCTs with the greatest health need spend the least.
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GPs failing to pick up patients at most risk of heart disease
GPs in some of the poorest areas of the country are failing to identify patients with coronary heart disease and treat them effectively, HSJ’s analysis suggests.