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  NHS obesity surgery on the rise
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The number of people in England having obesity surgery has risen by 40% in the last year, figures show.The NHS Information Centre statistics revealed there were 2,724 operations, including stomach stapling and gastric bypasses to reduce stomach size.Overall, hospital admissions in 2007-8 caused directly by obesity topped 5,000 once strokes and hear
  Are there dangers in breast cancer screening?
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GO FIGUREDifferent ways of seeing statsWomen going for routine breast cancer screening are being misled about the risks of being misdiagnosed, a recent report suggested. But it s vital to get the numbers in context, says Michael Blastland in his regular column.Go for a scan and you might end up with surgery you don t need.It s been argued, with som
  NHS trust offers private surgery
A backlog in operations due to a rise in admissions during recent bad weather has led an NHS trust to send patients to a private hospital for surgery.Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust said a small number of patients awaiting simple procedures were being given the option.Those normally done as a day case or with one overnight stay w
  Losing a son
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Carol Nahra s son Dillon died not long after his first birthday from Ohtahara Syndrome, the same condition which afflicted Ivan Cameron.Here she describes the 14 months of his short life.Unlike the Camerons, who had Ivan for six years, Dillon was never really integrated into our home life.We knew something was wrong with Dillon almost immediately a
  Boy, 14, died after acne tablets
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A "fit and healthy" 14-year-old boy died 12 hours after taking tablets for acne, an inquest has heard.Shaun Jones saw his doctor about spots on his back and shoulders, Cardiff Coroner s Court was told.He was diagnosed with mild acne and given a prescription. But the drugs were out of stock at the pharmacy.Shaun, of Pontypridd, who "excelled at rugb
  Nigerian sextuplets mother dies
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A woman who gave birth to a set of sextuplets over the weekend in Nigeria has died of complications.Ajoke Bello, 32, gave birth to the six babies by Caesarean section operation on Thursday and was initially reported to have been in a stable condition.But she developed complications as a result of excessive bleeding at hospital in Sagamu, Ogun State
  UK medics giving frontline help
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A team of medics and nurses who usually treat injured soldiers flown back to the UK are in Afghanistan helping to save the lives of frontline troops.Five from the Royal Centre for Defence Medicine in Birmingham are at a field hospital at Camp Bastion, the UK s main military base in Helmand province.Leading Naval Nurse Sarah Butler said she wanted t
  Music linked to teen sex habits
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Listening to music with degrading sexual lyrics could prompt teenagers to start having sex at an earlier age, a US study suggests.Researchers from Pittsburgh University quizzed 711 teenagers about their sex lives and music listening habits.They found those who regularly listened to music with explicit and aggressive sexual phrases were twice as lik
  Ameilia s chance
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By Matthew HillBBC South West health correspondentChildren with a form of blood cancer are being offered genetic tests to enable chemotherapy doses to be adjusted to match the severity of their condition.The use of the tests is already producing promising results.Amelia Bishop looks like any three-year-old enjoying the recent snow - but she is figh
  Organ donor reassurance urged
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Fear that doctors will not make every effort to save their life tops the list of reasons stopping people becoming organ donors, a survey suggests.Many of those against or unsure about signing up are also worried about the level of respect that would be given to their body after death.The NHS Blood and Transplant website survey of 5,000 people sugge


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