More than one million blood glucose testing strips are being recalled because ...

<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><a href='http://goo.gl/an7uT5'>Sport News</a><img src="http://cdn3.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/incoming/article29379994.ece/ALTERNATES/w300square/Falcon+9.jpg"/><img src="http://cdn1.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/news/article29499191.ece/ALTERNATES/w300square/cover_media_cmg36d1f81d-758d-413a-8a36-af3304a8d962_0"/><img src="http://cdn1.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/woman/fashion-beauty/article29499197.ece/ALTERNATES/w300square/cover_media_cmg4d4566f9-896b-447e-ad2e-cca097ab1f12_0"/><img src="http://cdn4.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/incoming/article29215954.ece/ALTERNATES/w300square/400+city+hall+statue.jpg"/><br /><p><img src="http://cdn2.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/uk/article29499485.ece/ALTERNATES/h342/PANews+BT_N0136051376489734121A_I1.jpg"/> More than one million blood glucose testing strips are being recalled because they could give inaccurate results</p><br />More than 1.7 million blood glucose testing strips are being recalled over potential false readings.<br /><p>The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) said people with diabetes should not use the strips over fears they could give inaccurate results, leading to a patient injecting too much insulin.</p><br /><p>The strips have been subject to a manufacturing fault. They are GlucoMen LX Sensor blood glucose test strips for use with the GlucoMen LX and GlucoMen LX PLUS blood glucose meter.</p><br /><p>The strips are manufactured by Menarini in Italy and distributed in the UK. There are no reports at present of patients being harmed by using the strips, the MHRA said.</p><br /><p>Just over 1.7 million test strips in the affected lots were sold to pharmacies in the UK between October and November 2012.</p><br /><p>The affected lots are 3212219249 (expiry date 31/08/2014) and 3212214249 (expiry date 31/08/2014).</p><br /><p>The MHRA is investigating why the manufacturer did not alert it to a potential problem with the strips until last month.</p><br /><p>The strips were not distributed in the UK past November last year but officials are worried they may still be on shelves or people may still have them in their homes. The manufacturing fault has now been resolved.</p><br /><p>John Wilkinson, the MHRA's director of medical devices, said: "People who have GlucoMen LX Sensor blood glucose test strips from these specific lots at home should not use them.</p><br /><p>"The manufacturing fault in these test strips could give a misleading reading that may result in people overestimating the amount of insulin they need to take."</p><br /><br/><br /><a href='http://goo.g/uTMMu'>Harga Laptop</a></div>

More than one million blood glucose testing strips are being recalled because ...

Sport News More than one million blood glucose testing strips are being recalled because they could give inaccurate resultsMore than 1.7 million blood glucose testing strips are being recalled over potential false readings.The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) said people wi…

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Alcohol: Kids 'frequently' see peers drunk online

<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><a href='http://goo.gl/an7uT5'>Sport News</a><img src="http://www.nursinginpractice.com/sites/www.nursinginpractice.com/files/imagecache/400xY/Article/mi-34030"/><br /><p>Over a third of children have seen pictures of their friends drunk online, research has revealed.</p><br /><p>The poll, released by alcohol awareness charity Drinkaware, shows that 39% of children ages 10-17 have seen images of their friends drunk on social networking websites.</p><br /><p>More than one in ten (13%) of respondents were as young as 10-13 years old.</p><br /><p>Peer influence increases steeply with age, the research shows, with 7% of 10-11 year olds claiming they have been encouraged to drink by someone their age or younger, rising to 37% by the time they are 15-17 years old.</p><br /><p>Drinkaware marketing and communications director Anne Foster said: "Children as young as 10 are seeing drunkenness normalised through images - whether this is online, in the media or through their own experiences. Undoubtedly, friends are influential in shaping the way young people think about alcohol, but just as influential are parents who can provide support and advice to help children cope with these pressures."</p><br /><br/><br /><a href='http://goo.g/uTMMu'>Harga Laptop</a></div>

Alcohol: Kids 'frequently' see peers drunk online

Sport NewsOver a third of children have seen pictures of their friends drunk online, research has revealed.The poll, released by alcohol awareness charity Drinkaware, shows that 39% of children ages 10-17 have seen images of their friends drunk on social networking websites.More than one in ten (13%…

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Deadly cargo plane crash in Birmingham, Ala.

<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><a href='http://goo.gl/GBpp1C'>iPhones News</a><br /><p>BIRMINGHAM, Ala. A UPS cargo plane crashed Wednesday morning in an open field just outside an airport in Birmingham, Ala., killing at least two people.</p><br /><p><img src="http://i.i.cbsi.com/cnwk.1d/i/tim2/2013/08/14/us_0814_BIRM_ALA_PLANE_220x157.jpg"/> </p><br /><p>April Odom, a spokeswoman for Birmingham Mayor William Bell, confirmed to CBS News that two bodies were found in the wreckage.</p><br /><p>Earlier, UPS spokesman Jeff Wafford said there were two crew members aboard the plane, and Bell said the two crewmembers on board were the pilot and the co-pilot.</p><br /><p>Witnesses said there were as many as five explosions in the hour since the Airbus A300 plane crashed around 5 a.m. CDT on approach to the airport.</p><br /><p>Reporter Rick Jackson of CBS Birmingham affiliate WIAT-TV reported on "CBS This Morning" on the phone from near the crash site that the plane split in half from the impact.</p><br /><p>A residential area is about two blocks away from the crash site, Jackson reported. A resident walking his dog told Jackson that he was "blessed" that the plane didn't crash in the neighborhood.</p><br /><p>The Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement to CBS News that the plane was en route from Louisville, Ky.</p><br /><p>Toni Herrera-Bast, a spokeswoman for Birmingham's airport authority, said the plane crashed in "open land" she described as a grassy field on the outskirts of Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport. The crash hasn't affected airport operations, she said.</p><br /><img src="http://i.i.cbsi.com/cnwk.1d/i/tim2/2013/08/14/ups_plane_crash_AP977056187650_fullwidth_620x350.jpg"/><br /><p>FAA spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen said the scene is about a half-mile north of Runway 18.</p><br /><p>At 7 a.m. Wednesday, conditions in the area were rainy with low clouds. Smoke was still rising from the scene at 7:47 a.m. There was a piece of the plane's white fuselage near a blackened area on the ground.</p><br /><p>"The plane is in several sections," said Bell, who was briefed on the situation by the city's fire chief. "There were two to three small explosions, but we think that was related to the aviation fuel."</p><br /><p>Previously, a UPS cargo plane crashed on Sept. 3, 2010, in the United Arab Emirates, just outside Dubai. Both pilots were killed. Authorities there blamed the crash on its load of between 80,000 to 90,000 lithium batteries, which are sensitive to temperature. Investigators found that a fire on board likely began in the cargo containing the batteries.</p><br /><br/><br /><a href='http://goo.gl/uTMMu'>Harga Laptop</a></div>

Deadly cargo plane crash in Birmingham, Ala.

iPhones NewsBIRMINGHAM, Ala. A UPS cargo plane crashed Wednesday morning in an open field just outside an airport in Birmingham, Ala., killing at least two people. April Odom, a spokeswoman for Birmingham Mayor William Bell, confirmed to CBS News that two bodies were found in the wreckage.Earlier, U…

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SWAT team storms Louisiana bank, kills gunman who fatally shot hostage

<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><a href='http://goo.gl/GBpp1C'>iPhones News</a> <img src="http://media2.s-nbcnews.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/130814-louisiana-bank-01.photoblog600.jpg"/><br /><p>Rogelio V. Solis / AP</p><br /><p>A gunman killed one hostage and shot another at a Louisiana bank before being slain by a police SWAT team after a 12-hour siege, officials said early Wednesday.</p><br /><p>The suspect - identified by police as 20-year-old Fuaed Abdo Ahmed - took two women and man captive in the Tensas State Bank in St. Joseph, La., at about 12:30 p.m. local time on Tuesday, according to Louisiana State Police superintendent Col. Mike Edmonson.</p><br /><img src="http://media2.s-nbcnews.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/130814-louisiana-bank-02.380;380;7;70;0.jpg"/><br /><p>Rogelio V. Solis / AP</p><br /><p>A bank teller identified as Patricia White, was freed unharmed after about nine hours, State Police spokesman, Albert Paxton added.</p><br /><p>However, as police tried to negotiate the release of other two people, the gunman allegedly told officers that he was going to kill them.</p><br /><p>He wanted to "cause pain," Paxton said.</p><br /><p>After he made his threat, a SWAT team stormed the bank shortly after midnight, Paxton added. Reuters reported that both remaining hostages were shot when police entered the building.</p><br /><p>Edmonson said Ahmed's two hostages suffered gunshot wounds to the upper body. They were taken from the scene in critical condition.</p><br /><p>Paxton added that Ahmed was a paranoid schizophrenic and that he had made a number of demands, including removing a device from his head so he could stop hearing voices.</p><br /><p>He added that investigators were also convinced that the situation was not a bank robbery attempt but a planned attack.</p><br /><p>They found notes in Ahmed's apartment indicating his intentions, he said.</p><br /><p>"He was mad at people that he said were mean to him," Edmonson added. "He had voices in his head."</p><br /><p>The two victims are said to be in critical condition and are being treated at hospitals in Concordia and Rapides Parishes.</p><br /><i>http://islandbeautyshelbe.blogspot.com/ and Reuters contributed to this report</i><br/><br /><a href='http://goo.gl/uTMMu'>Harga Laptop</a></div>

SWAT team storms Louisiana bank, kills gunman who fatally shot hostage

iPhones News Rogelio V. Solis / APA gunman killed one hostage and shot another at a Louisiana bank before being slain by a police SWAT team after a 12-hour siege, officials said early Wednesday.The suspect - identified by police as 20-year-old Fuaed Abdo Ahmed - took two women and man captive in the…

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Egypt forces launch bloody seige to clear pro

<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><a href='http://goo.gl/GBpp1C'>iPhones News</a><br /><p>CAIRO Egyptian security forces, backed by armored cars and bulldozers, moved on Wednesday to clear two sit-in protests by supporters of the country's ousted president, Mohammed Morsi, showering protesters with tear gas as automatic gunfire rang out at both sites, state television and security officials said.</p><br /><p>The Muslim Brotherhood, the well-organized Islamist group which propelled Morsi into office and continues to demand his reinstatement, said in a statement that at least 60 people were killed and dozens injured in the attack on the larger of the two protest camps, at the Rabaah al-Adawiya mosque in the eastern Cairo district of Nasr City.</p><br /><p>The state news agency said only that two members of the security forces were killed by gunfire.</p><br /><p>CBS News' Alex Ortiz said police and army personnel had blocked every road into the area around the Rabaah camp, and pro-Morsi demonstrators were clashing with police outside the cordoned-off area, too. He said huge plumes of black smoke were rising over the camp and continuing automatic gunfire could be heard coming from the site.</p><br /><p>Eventually Ortiz made it into a field hospital inside the cordoned-off area around the mosque, where he saw at least eight bodies of people killed from gunshot wounds to the head and chest. The youngest fatality seen by Ortiz appeared to be no more than 13 years of age.</p><br /><p>Ortiz reported, however, that field hospital building is five stories high, and there were dead and wounded on every floor which he could not see. The stairs and floors were covered with blood and the sound of automatic gunfire from outside was nonstop.</p><br /><p>Prominent Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohammed al-Biltagi told the Al Jazeera television network that as many as 300 people had been killed in the crackdown on the Rabaah camp, calling it a "crime against humanity."</p><br /><p>"I urge all the Egyptians to take to the streets and protest against the violent break-up of the sit-ins," said al-Biltagi. "By Allah, I have seen toddlers being killed in front of their mothers."</p><br /><p>There was no official word on casualties among the protesters in either camp. State television said only that two security force members were killed.</p><br /><p>Sam Kiley, a veteran war correspondent for CBS News partner network Sky News, reported from the Rabaah camp that "live fire seems to be principle method being used to clear the area," adding that he had seen many dead, but that death tolls being reported were unlikely reliable because the "numbers are escalating constantly."</p><br /><p><img src="http://i.i.cbsi.com/cnwk.1d/i/tim2/2013/08/11/en_0811_Ward_220x157.jpg"/> </p><br /><p>The Interior Ministry, which is in charge of police, warned in a statement that the forces would deal firmly with protesters acting "irresponsibly" and said it would guarantee safe passage to those who want to leave the sites.</p><br /><p>Video shot by army or police helicopters and broadcast by State TV showed what the government claimed were Muslim Brotherhood gunman firing at security forces from behind a sandbag barricade. The video could not be independently verified.</p><br /><p>A former government aide who's been attending the Nasr City protest every day told CBS News that security forces took out a stolen State TV satellite truck first with live ammunition, then began firing volleys of tear gas into the camp.</p><br /><p>The simultaneous actions by the Egyptian forces -- at the pro-Morsi encampment in Nasr City and at the site outside the main campus of Cairo University on the other side of the capital -- began around 7 a.m. local time. Helicopters hovered over the two sites.</p><br /><p>Regional television networks were showing images of collapsed tents and burning tires at both sites, with ambulances on standby at the scene. They were also showing protesters being arrested and led away by the troops.</p><br /><p>There were reports that the clashes had spread to other Egyptian cities, suggesting police and pro-Morsi protesters were facing off in Giza, Alexandria, Assiut and al-Minya.</p><br /><p>At least 250 people have died in clashes in Egypt following Morsi's ouster in a military coup that followed days of mass protests by millions of Egyptians calling for his removal.</p><br /><br/><br /><a href='http://goo.gl/uTMMu'>Harga Laptop</a></div>

Egypt forces launch bloody seige to clear pro

iPhones NewsCAIRO Egyptian security forces, backed by armored cars and bulldozers, moved on Wednesday to clear two sit-in protests by supporters of the country's ousted president, Mohammed Morsi, showering protesters with tear gas as automatic gunfire rang out at both sites, state television and sec…

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Cory Booker wins Senate primary in New Jersey

<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><a href='http://goo.gl/GBpp1C'>iPhones News</a> <img src="http://www.gannett-cdn.com/-mm-/6b1b0b1b69894da4653e3b5831070835b0164316/c=273-0-4607-3262&r=4334x3262&r=x404&c=534x401/local/-/media/USATODAY/test/2013/08/13/1376439431000-AP-NJ-Senate-Booker.jpg"/><br /><p>Newark Mayor and Senate candidate Cory Booker answers a question after he voted in a primary election Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2013. (Photo: Mel Evans, AP)</p><br /><p>Cory Booker moved a step closer to becoming New Jersey's first African-American U.S. Senator Tuesday when voters gave the Newark mayor a wide victory in the Democratic primary.</p><br /><p>Booker will face Republican Steve Lonegan, former mayor of Bogata, NJ, in a special election October 16.</p><br /><p>Turnout was low for the special election, which was necessitate by the death of Democratic Sen. Frank Lautenberg in June at age 89.</p><br /><p>Booker leveraged his national name into prodigious fundraising: with the help of friends like Oprah Winfrey and Jeff Zuckerberg, he brought in more than $8.6 million, well ahead of his rivals. Booker defeated two members of the state's congressional delegation, Reps. Frank Pallone and Rush Holt, as well as Assembly Speaker Sheila Oliver.</p><br /><p>Booker argued that his high profile would allow him to be more effective in Washington. "I find ways to break through the noise of the country and more effectively advocate and get things done," he told the <i>Asbury Park Press</i> last month.</p><br /><p>Booker, 44, was the frontrunner from the moment he indicated in December that he wanted to run - even before Lautenberg had declared whether he intended to run for re-election. Lautenberg ultimately said he would not run, then died in June, setting up the special election. Booker's choice disappointed Democrats who hoped he would take on popular Republican Gov. Chris Christie, who is up for re-election in November.</p><br /><br/><br /><a href='http://goo.gl/uTMMu'>Harga Laptop</a></div>

Cory Booker wins Senate primary in New Jersey

iPhones News Newark Mayor and Senate candidate Cory Booker answers a question after he voted in a primary election Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2013. (Photo: Mel Evans, AP)Cory Booker moved a step closer to becoming New Jersey's first African-American U.S. Senator Tuesday when voters gave the Newark mayor a wi…

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India submarine blast: Lives lost in Mumbai port

<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><a href='http://goo.gl/GBpp1C'>iPhones News</a> <img src="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/69272000/jpg/_69272050_69271457.jpg"/><br /><p>India's defence minister has said there have been deaths on board an Indian submarine that caught fire after an explosion in a Mumbai dockyard.</p><br /><p>AK Antony said he felt "sad about those navy personnel who lost their lives". Earlier reports said at least 18 sailors were feared trapped.</p><br /><p>The blast on the INS Sindhurakshak took place after midnight and firefighters spent four hours putting out the fire.</p><br /><p>Officials said the diesel-powered vessel was badly damaged.</p><br /><p>It remains partly submerged at its berth.</p><br /><p><i>Send your pictures and videos to yourpics@bbc.co.uk or text them to 61124 (UK) or +44 7624 800 100 (International). If you have a large file you can</i> upload here<i>.</i> </p><br />Read the terms and conditions<br/><br /><a href='http://goo.gl/uTMMu'>Harga Laptop</a></div>

India submarine blast: Lives lost in Mumbai port

iPhones News India's defence minister has said there have been deaths on board an Indian submarine that caught fire after an explosion in a Mumbai dockyard.AK Antony said he felt "sad about those navy personnel who lost their lives". Earlier reports said at least 18 sailors were feared trapped.The b…

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Calif. teen Hannah Anderson: Captor got what he deserved

<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><a href='http://goo.gl/GBpp1C'>iPhones News</a><br /><p>SAN DIEGO Online postings apparently by the 16-year-old California girl kidnapped by a close family friend suspected of murdering her mother and 8-year-old brother say he threatened to kill her if she tried to escape and he got what he deserved when he died in a shootout with authorities in the Idaho wilderness.</p><br /><p>Hannah Anderson seems to have gone online barely 48 hours after her rescue Saturday and started fielding hundreds of questions through a social media site. Many were typical teenage fare -- she likes singer Justin Bieber and her favorite color is pink - but the postings also answered queries about how she was kidnapped, how she survived captivity and how she is dealing with the deaths of her mother and brother.</p><br /><p>The postings don't say whether she was raped during her ordeal, reports CBS News correspondent Ben Tracy.</p><br /><p>The postings started Monday night, hours after her father publicly requested that the family be allowed to grieve and heal in private. Brett Anderson didn't respond to a text message seeking comment about his daughter postings, which continued into Tuesday evening.</p><br /><p>Police have said little about their investigation. Jan Caldwell, a spokeswoman for the San Diego County Sheriff's Department, said authorities are aware of the online comments but couldn't confirm the account is Hannah's.</p><br /><p>Tracy says, "We reached out to both Anderson's family and the San Diego Sheriff's Department. Neither denied that this online account is hers. It appears to be authentic because Anderson posted pictures of herself and had conversations before she was kidnapped."</p><br /><p><img src="http://i.i.cbsi.com/cnwk.1d/i/tim2/2013/08/13/CTM_0813_HannahAndeson_220x157.jpg"/> </p><br /><p>The postings appear on the ask.fm social-networking site account for "Hannahbanana722" of Lakeside, the San Diego County community where the teen lived with her mother and brother. At one point during the lengthy series of posts, a questioner asked Hannah to post a photo and she complied. The image shows her with a wide smile.</p><br /><p>Dawn MacNabb, whose son, Alan, is one of Hannah's closest friends, confirmed the postings were by the teen. Alan spoke on the phone with Hannah on Tuesday and urged her to delete some of the postings, MacNabb said.</p><br /><p>"He said she was going to, but I don't know if she will," she said.</p><br /><p>Anderson declined interview requests from news organizations that posted to her account.</p><br /><p>She was kidnapped Aug. 4 by James Lee DiMaggio, 40, her father's best friend who was like an uncle to her and her brother, Ethan. DiMaggio had invited the children and their mother, Christina Anderson, 44, to his house in Boulevard, a rural town 65 miles east of San Diego.</p><br /><p>"He told us he was losing his house because of money issues so we went up there one last time to support him, and to have fun riding go karts up there but he tricked us," Anderson wrote.</p><br /><p>Anderson said DiMaggio tied up his mother and brother in his garage. Their bodies were found after a fire destroyed the home. She said she didn't know they had died until an FBI agent told her at the hospital after rescue Saturday.</p><br /><p>"I wish I could go back in time and risk my life to try and save theirs. I will never forgive myself for not trying harder to save them," she wrote.</p><br /><p><img src="http://i.i.cbsi.com/cnwk.1d/i/tim2/2013/08/11/en_0811_FULL_220x157.jpg"/> </p><br /><p>Anderson said she "basically" stayed awake for six straight days and DiMaggio ignored her requests for food. She couldn't try to escape because DiMaggio had a gun and "threatened to kill me and anyone who tried to help."</p><br /><p>Anderson said she was too frightened to ask for help when four horseback riders encountered the pair in the remote wilderness on Wednesday. The riders didn't report the sightings to police until the next day, after returning home and learning about the massive search spanning much of the western United States and parts of Canada and Mexico.</p><br /><p>"I had to act calm I didn't want them to get hurt. I was scared that he would kill them," she wrote.</p><br /><p>The girl said DiMaggio threatened to kill her if she didn't help hide his blue Nissan Versa with tree branches. Authorities discovered the car Friday, leading to her rescue the following day.</p><br /><p>Asked if she would have preferred DiMaggio got a lifetime prison sentence instead of being killed by FBI agents, she said, "He deserved what he got."</p><br /><p>Anderson acknowledged being uncomfortable around DiMaggio even before the abduction, saying he once told her that he was drawn to her.</p><br /><p>"He said it was more like a family crush like he had feelings as in he wanted nothing bad to happen to me," she wrote.</p><br /><p>She said she didn't tell her parents because DiMaggio was his father's best friend "and I didn't want to ruin anything between them."</p><br /><p>On Monday, Anderson had her nails done -- pink for her mother and blue for her brother. She said she anticipates returning to El Capitan High School in the east San Diego suburb of Lakeside for her junior year.</p><br /><p>She said she was still in shock. When one commenter said her responses appeared to lack emotion, she wrote, "I'm trying to stay strong. You don't know I could be crying answering these questions at the moment."</p><br /><p>Therapists say Anderson faces a long recovery, but support from family and friends can help her lead a happy, productive life. Counselors may focus on acknowledging her trauma but not letting it control decisions.</p><br /><p>Her father has told at least two people he planned to move with Hannah to Tennessee, where he lives.</p><br /><p>Moving would be a father's "very normal reaction," said Jessica Donohue-Dioh, a social work instructor at Xavier University in Cincinnati. She cautioned, however, that it shouldn't be an attempt to bury the past.</p><br /><br/><br /><a href='http://goo.gl/uTMMu'>Harga Laptop</a></div>

Calif. teen Hannah Anderson: Captor got what he deserved

iPhones NewsSAN DIEGO Online postings apparently by the 16-year-old California girl kidnapped by a close family friend suspected of murdering her mother and 8-year-old brother say he threatened to kill her if she tried to escape and he got what he deserved when he died in a shootout with authorities…

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GPs hand out record 42m drugs for diabetes costing the NHS an EXTRA £250m ...

<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><a href='http://goo.gl/an7uT5'>Sport News</a>Official figures reveal a 57% rise from 27.1 min only seven years in England Cost increased by nearly half from £514million to £764.1 million last year<br /><p>By Daily Mail Reporter</p><br /><p><strong>PUBLISHED:</strong> 17:51 EST, 13 August 2013 | <strong>UPDATED:</strong> 17:51 EST, 13 August 2013</p><br /><p>The number of prescriptions for diabetes drugs has soared by more than half to a record 42.5 million in less than a decade.</p><br /><p>Official figures reveal a 57 per cent rise from 27.1 million in only seven years in England.</p><br /><p>In the same period, the cost of the medicines increased by nearly half from £514million to £764.1 million last year.</p><br /><img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/08/13/article-2392403-1AFDA137000005DC-786_634x399.jpg"/><br /><p>This is costing the Health Service an extra £250 million a year to treat the country's 3 million diabetics.</p><br /><p>The report from the Health and Social Care Information Centre said the rise in prescriptions and bills is driven by the increasing prevalence of diabetes.</p><br /><p>Other factors include greater use of newer and more costly medicines.</p><br /><p>Experts believe another 850,000 people are unaware they have the condition.</p><br /><p>However, increasing numbers have been identified since the start of a system rewarding GPs financially for diagnosing and treating patients.</p><br /><p>Items for diabetes now account for 9.3 per cent of the total cost of prescribing in the NHS and 4.3 per cent of all items.</p><br /><img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/08/13/article-2392403-16B91BAF000005DC-867_634x400.jpg"/><br /><p>This compares with 6.6 per cent of the bill and 3.8 per cent of items in 2005-6.</p><br /><p>Simon O'Neill, director for health intelligence at the charity Diabetes UK, said more investment is needed to ensure that patients receive the right treatment earlier.</p><br /><p>This would help cut the estimated £8billion a year spent on treating the complications of the condition, he said.</p><br /><p>Nine out of ten of patients have type 2 diabetes, when the body cannot process blood sugar. This leads to high levels which can damage organs and lead to years of ill-health.</p><br /><p>Type 2 is strongly linked to lifestyle factors, including being overweight, eating a poor diet and not exercising enough.</p><br /><p>According to Diabetes UK, 24,000 people with diabetes in England and Wales die early each year because of the condition.</p><br /><br/><br /><a href='http://goo.g/uTMMu'>Harga Laptop</a></div>

GPs hand out record 42m drugs for diabetes costing the NHS an EXTRA £250m ...

Sport NewsOfficial figures reveal a 57% rise from 27.1 min only seven years in England Cost increased by nearly half from £514million to £764.1 million last yearBy Daily Mail ReporterPUBLISHED: 17:51 EST, 13 August 2013 | UPDATED: 17:51 EST, 13 August 2013The number of prescriptions for diabetes dru…

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Whipps Cross hospital had 'systematic failings', finds NHS watchdog

<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><a href='http://goo.gl/an7uT5'>Sport News</a><img src="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/About/General/2013/8/13/1376420503232/Whipps-Cross-University-h-008.jpg"/><br /><p>NHS inspectors have uncovered "a catalogue of failings" at a London hospital including uncaring staff, blood-stained equipment, poor hygiene standards, patients not being helped to eat and a high mortality rate.</p><br /><p>The Care Quality Commission (CQC), the NHS care watchdog, has castigated Barts Health NHS Trust for the "very serious concerns" its inspectors found when they staged two unannounced inspections in several key departments at Whipps Cross University hospital in east London in May and June.</p><br /><p>During the visits a midwife was seen being sarcastic and unsympathetic to a new mother in a blood-stained gown who complained of being in pain. The midwife brought her tablets but did not explain what they were. She then also brought the woman the wrong sort of formula milk for her baby, did not accept that she had done so and did not then offer to bring her the right one.</p><br /><p>"We found that, in places, the hospital was unsafe and dirty, and that staff didn't always show patients the compassion that people deserve," said Matthew Trainer, the CQC's regional director for London. "Patients were not receiving the care and support they should have been able to expect, and in some cases this was putting them at risk of harm. If staff have uncaring attitudes, are not supported properly to do their job, or if they are not properly supervised, the consequences for patients can be very worrying," he said.</p><br /><p>In an unusually critical assessment, inspectors said the hospital was in breach of 10 of the 16 national standards for quality and safety of care. Some failings were so grave that patients' safety was in danger.</p><br /><p>Barts Health, which is the biggest NHS trust and runs five other hospitals, has been issued with three formal warnings to improve Whips Cross's performance - on cleanliness and infection control; safety, availability and suitability of equipment; and support to staff. The CQC has demanded urgent action in these areas.</p><br /><p>"We saw examples of poor care, unacceptable staff behaviour and poor infection control in maternity services. In surgery, theatre processes and communication arrangements put people's safety at risk. Surgery and maternity were both too busy, did not have enough staff to look after people's needs, and lacked bed capacity, which meant they were not as effective as they should be and not always responsive to people's needs," one of the CQC's two reports into the hospital said. Management had not done enough to tackle these problems, it added.</p><br /><p>In the maternity unit, staff on the postnatal ward were found to be uncaring, while in the labour ward inspectors found blood stains on a stainless steel bowl in a room that staff said was ready to use. In another there were also stains on the disposable curtains.</p><br /><p>Care was "not always delivered safely" and some newborns ended up in intensive care "related to a failure by midwives to carry out the correct observations at the right time and escalating mothers [for treatment] when required", the CQC said. A lack of maternity beds meant the unit occasionally had to shut temporarily, with women who expected to give birth there being sent instead to other hospitals when they were already in labour.</p><br /><p>In surgical services, a lack of staff on two wards inspected "led to people receiving unacceptable levels of care", while a bed shortage "meant that people waited too long in the recovery areas after surgery" and operations were often cancelled. In addition, "people were having poor outcomes after surgery as the 90-day post-surgery mortality rate was higher than the national average".</p><br /><p>The A&E unit had not met the key NHS target of treating 95% of patients within four hours for six months before the inspection and patients arriving in ambulances sometimes ended up receiving medical attention while still on a trolley.</p><br /><p>In the elderly care department, some wards had to share equipment and inspectors saw that some patients had to wait to be helped to eat their meal or received no help at all, while water was sometimes put out of their reach. Five patients had developed pressure sores after admission, while checks on feeding tubes were not done.</p><br /><p>Peter Morris, Barts Health's chief executive, said it was "extremely sorry for the failings" the CQC had found.</p><br /><p>He said it had already introduced "robust action plans", including improvement in training and care standards for maternity staff, bringing in personnel from its other hospitals and ensuring that the 500 staff who look after elderly patients always provided excellent care.</p><br /><p>The Department of Health said: "It is unacceptable that Whipps Cross hospital is failing to meet fundamental care standards. It is right that the regulator has exposed these problems, and that this hospital takes urgent steps to improve."</p><br /><br/><br /><a href='http://goo.g/uTMMu'>Harga Laptop</a></div>

Whipps Cross hospital had 'systematic failings', finds NHS watchdog

Sport NewsNHS inspectors have uncovered "a catalogue of failings" at a London hospital including uncaring staff, blood-stained equipment, poor hygiene standards, patients not being helped to eat and a high mortality rate.The Care Quality Commission (CQC), the NHS care watchdog, has castigated Barts …

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Neon Roberts should not be subjected to 'unproven treatments', court told

<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><a href='http://goo.gl/an7uT5'>Sport News</a><img src="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2012/12/20/1356031309095/Neon-Roberts-010.jpg"/><br /><p>Alternative therapies a mother wishes to explore to prevent her seven-year-old from having radiotherapy to treat a brain tumour, were "not an option", the high court has heard.</p><br /><p>Sally Roberts, 37, was refused extra time to seek experts in alternative treatments including immunotherapy, boron neutron capture therapy, photo-dynamic therapy and hyperbaric oxygen therapy for her son Neon, who is receiving treatment for medulloblastoma.</p><br /><p>Refusing her application to adjourn the case until the new year, judge Mr Justice Bodey said any further delays would be detrimental and not in Neon's "best interests". Roberts, had wanted to call evidence from alternative and integrated medical practitioners about the treatments, which also included Tyrosine-Kinase inhibitors and molecular targeting therapy.</p><br /><p>But counsel for the hospital trust treating him, which cannot be named, said Neon should not be subjected to "experimental therapies" and "unproven treatments". The judge is expected to rule on Friday if Neon must undergo radiotherapy.</p><br /><p>Neon underwent an emergency operation on Wednesday after the judge ordered the surgery against the mother's wishes. Roberts asked for a delay, saying she was "not persuaded of the need and not persuaded of the urgency" of surgery, and wanted a second opinion to investigate whether the growth was residual or regrowth tumour from a previous operation in October, or if it could be "inflamed scar tissue".</p><br /><p>Bodey ordered surgery, after medical practitioners treating Neon said it was "highly, highly, likely he would die over a relatively short period of time".</p><br /><p>Even at the eleventh hour Roberts tried to prevent it, applying to the court of appeal in the early hours of Wednesday morning, just hours before he was due to be operated on. Her appeal failed.</p><br /><p>The judge heard that surgeons had "found evidence of a tumour nodule" which a biopsy showed was "consistent with medulloblastoma". After the second operation surgeons now felt no obvious tumour had been left behind, but that adjuvant therapies such as radiotherapy and chemotherapy were required "because of the risk of microscopic tumour being left behind". He was now "standard" rather than "high risk", which was "very, good news".</p><br /><p>Roberts made headlines when she went missing with Neon for four days earlier this month to prevent him having radiotherapy following his first operation.</p><br /><p>The court heard doctors want to start radiotherapy no later than 16 January, and ideally by 9 January. Roberts has prevented her son from taking antiemetic drugs, which control nausea, after the operation, the court heard.</p><br /><p>Ian Peddie, QC, representing Roberts, whose case is being funded by legal aid, said: "The mother remains concerned that radiotherapy is not in [Neon's] best interests." She required time to find doctors who could offer alternative "credible medical treatment to the therapy proposed".</p><br /><p>But, opposing any further delays, Victoria Butler-Cole, representing the hospital trust, said it was clear that at least one on the list of four private practitioners provided by Roberts, "was not familiar or remotely expert" in the treatment of medulloblastoma. The diseasemedulloblastoma, she said, "is spelled wrongly" and his description of it seemed to have been from the internet or newspaper cuttings.</p><br /><p>Another was "not GMC-registered". None of them was "on the specialist [GMC] register", meaning it was highly unlikely they were specialists in paediatric oncology. The website of the doctors described using "herbs, nutritional supplements, enzymes, diet and psychological healing strategies in treatment for cancer", added Butler-Cole. She compared this with treatment at "a hospital and centre of excellence that offered the gold standard treatment being offered to all other children in this country who have this disease".</p><br /><p>The prospect was that Neon would not be admitted to any "formal proper research programme" but rather to "unproven treatments".</p><br /><p>It was unlikely any such alternatives would be funded on the NHS. Butler-Cole said: "The dose of realism that is required is whatever these doctors may be prepared to say or prepared to do, provided funding could be found from a private source, the prospect of the court accepting their views in preference to the gold standard in this country is so small as to enable the court to take a robust approach to the mother's position today."</p><br /><p>Neon's father, Ben, 34, an IT consultant from west London, who is estranged from Roberts, was "anxious" that an order on the radiotherapy be made this week. He had supported the second surgery, and was at his son's hospital bedside on Thursday. A leading paediatric oncologist, treating Neon, known only as Dr A said none of Roberts' proposed therapies "are alternatives to standard treatment" for medulloblastoma.</p><br /><p>Cross-examined by Peddie, he said the chance of a someone undergoing radiotherapy of having another benign or malignant tumour in the future was between 2% and 4%. He said any decline in a seven-year-old's IQ as a result of radiotherapy was "very marginal", just 0.42 points per year over four years, using a standard 100-point IQ.There was an 86% five-year survival rate for medulloblastoma for those undergoing radiotherapy treatments. Of the effects on Neon, he said: "I can't guarantee that somebody would be exactly the same as if they didn't have a medulloblastoma tumour. But this is a medulloblastoma that we can cure." But Roberts told the judge: "I still feel the same, that there are other ways." She had spent "many, many hours of research and study", she said, and had been "inundated" with emails about other treatments due to the publicity of her case. Regarding proposed applications that Neon would live with his father during treatment, Roberts, a mother-of-two originally from New Zealand, said she agreed "as long as I can see my son every day and be part of his recovery".</p><br /><p>Asked about Neon's passport, and fears she might return to New Zealand, she said her son had no current passport. "I would never take him away from his father," she said. "I had my children with an Englishman and I can't take them away from their father." The case continues.</p><br /><p>* The above article was amended on 21 December 2012. An editing error led to us calling antiemetic drugs anti- hermetic drugs. This has been corrected.</p><br /><br/><br /><a href='http://goo.g/uTMMu'>Harga Laptop</a></div>

Neon Roberts should not be subjected to 'unproven treatments', court told

Sport NewsAlternative therapies a mother wishes to explore to prevent her seven-year-old from having radiotherapy to treat a brain tumour, were "not an option", the high court has heard.Sally Roberts, 37, was refused extra time to seek experts in alternative treatments including immunotherapy, boron…

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Half of patients believe tax rises 'needed to pay for NHS'

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Half of patients believe tax rises 'needed to pay for NHS'

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Possible Hints of Consciousness After Death Found in Rats

<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><a href='http://goo.gl/an7uT5'>Sport News</a><br /><p>For a brief time after their hearts stop beating, electrical activity that some scientists have linked to consciousness in humans continues in the brains of rats - a finding that could shed light on reports of near-death experiences in humans, and opens new possibilities for studying consciousness.</p><br /><p>"People have just assumed that, after the heart stops, when the brain has very little oxygen or glucose, then the brain should not function," said neurophysiologist Jimo Borjigin of the University of Michigan, leader of an experiment described August 12 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Higher brain function may require less oxygen and energy than many scientists had thought, Borjigin said.</p><br /><p>Borjigin's team implanted electrodes on the surface of the brains of nine rats, then injected the animals with potassium chloride, causing their hearts to stop beating and blood to stop flowing. This is the clinical definition of death.</p><br /><p>At this point, or shortly after, neurological activity is supposed to cease. Yet for up to 30 seconds, the researchers' electrodes detected patterns of synchronized, high-frequency activity known as gamma waves. In humans, some scientists have suggested that gamma waves could play a role in the interplay of perception, awareness, and intent known as consciousness.</p><br /><p>In earlier rat research, Borjigin observed a sudden release of neurotransmitters at the moment of death. If what they've seen in rats has human analogues, said Borjigin, the combination of neurochemical surge and continued electrical activity could be involved in near-death experiences, in which people report continuing perceptions for minutes after their hearts have stopped.</p><br /><p>"By presenting evidence of highly organized brain activity and neurophysiologic features consistent with conscious processing at near-death, we now provide a scientificword(s) missing to begin to explain the highly lucid and realer-than-real mental experiences reported by near-death survivors," wrote Borjigin's team.</p><br /><p>Of course, it's impossible to know what their nine rats experienced. Whether they saw a rodent version of the light, so to speak, and whether similar neurological mechanisms exist in humans, remains unknown.</p><br /><p>Critical care physician Sam Parnia of Stony Brook University, who leads the Human Consciousness Project's AWARE study, which documents after-death experiences in hospitals across North America and Europe, stressed the uncertainties.</p><br /><p>'There's still so much we don't know.'</p><br /><p>Parnia said the study is "very interesting and raises many questions," but said the assumption that these patterns exist in humans and might explain near-death experiences "is extremely presumptive and unsupported by evidence."</p><br /><p>Some people who've been resuscitated after dying have described seeing and hearing events that occurred tens of minutes after their heart stopped, said Parnia. Electrical activity in Borjigin's rats didn't last longer than 30 seconds. The types of signals her group recorded also haven't been detected in human patients monitored as they died.</p><br /><p>According to Borgijin, that's likely because the signals are relatively weak, and the electroencephalograph machines used to detect brain activity in patients aren't as sensitive because they take readings from their scalps, not directly from brain tissue.</p><br /><p>In future studies, it might be possible to revive cardiac-arrested rats and see whether they recall some stimulus presented after they died, but while brain activity continued, said Borjigin. It may also be possible to obtain more sensitive recordings of human patients going into cardiac arrest, then ask what they've seen if they recover.</p><br /><p>Yet to Borjigin, questions the study raises about near-death experiences are less interesting than questions about the nature of consciousness itself, and whether it actually requires far less oxygen and energy than previously thought.</p><br /><p>If the rats are truly aware after death, the experiment could offer a methodology for testing questions about consciousness. Researchers could, for example, give rats a drug that blocks a particular protein's activity, then see whether after-death neurological activity is affected.</p><br /><p>That might ultimately provide insights into the biological mechanisms of consciousness, which remains difficult to explain in neurological terms. "Techniques like the ones we used in this study point us in directions to study," said Borjigin. "There's still so much we don't know."</p><br />Citation: "Surge of neurophysiological coherence and connectivity in the dying brain." By Jimo Borjigin, UnCheol Leed, Tiecheng Liu, Dinesh Pal, Sean Huff, Daniel Klarr, Jennifer Sloboda, Jason Hernandez, Michael M. Wang, and George A. Mashour. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 12 August 2013. <img src="http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/wp-content/gallery/biopics/me_august2_square_small.jpg"/><br/><br /><a href='http://goo.g/uTMMu'>Harga Laptop</a></div>

Possible Hints of Consciousness After Death Found in Rats

Sport NewsFor a brief time after their hearts stop beating, electrical activity that some scientists have linked to consciousness in humans continues in the brains of rats - a finding that could shed light on reports of near-death experiences in humans, and opens new possibilities for studying consc…

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The real

<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><a href='http://goo.gl/an7uT5'>Sport News</a><br /><p>He is never down in the dumps as a result of the illness hitting the frontal lobe of his brain that controls emotions</p><br /><p><img src="http://i4.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article2158001.ece/ALTERNATES/s615/%C2%A3%C2%A3%C2%A3-Malcolm-Myatt-2158001.jpg"/>Having a laugh: Malcolm Myatt</p><br /><p>Meet the real life Mr Happy who is smiles better after recovering from a major stroke which left him unable to feel sadness.</p><br /><p>Chirpy Malcolm Myatt is never down in the dumps as a result of the illness hitting the frontal lobe of his brain that controls emotions.</p><br /><p>The 68-year-old, from Cannock, Staffordshire, suffered the stroke in 2004 and spent 19 weeks in hospital.</p><br /><p>He was left with little feeling in his left side but Malcolm and wife Kath soon noticed that he was extremely upbeat too.</p><br /><p>Retired trucker Malcolm said: "I am never depressed. I would rather be happy all the time than the other way round.</p><br /><p>"Now I barely even notice that I don't feel sadness. It's only other people that give me funny looks.</p><br /><p>"There must be a part of the brain that remembers jokes. I love telling them.</p><br /><p>"I always have, but now I want other people to feel happy too."</p><br /><p>Before the ordeal, Malcolm was fit and healthy and played football until he was 52. He was also a referee.</p><br /><p>He said: "The day before the stroke I'd driven the length of the M1.</p><br /><p>"Later, I went downstairs and made toast and coffee - but by the time I got upstairs I'd spilt half the coffee and the butter was an inch thick.</p><br /><p>"The doctors didn't know if I was going to make it through the night - they told Kath to prepare for the worst.</p><br /><p>"But I was still hanging around days later. I say thank you every morning I wake up."</p><br /><p><img src="http://i4.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article2157564.ece/ALTERNATES/s615/%C2%A3%C2%A3%C2%A3-Malcolm-Myatt-With-His-Wife-Kath-2157564.jpg"/>The happy couple: Malcolm Myatt and his wife Kath</p><br /><p>Kath said: "He's very childish now. It's infectious. When Malcolm starts laughing everyone in the room does.</p><br /><p>"If he's in hysterics, everyone else is too.</p><br /><p>"It has affected his short term memory. He can remember things he did 20 years ago but cannot remember the last week.</p><br /><p>"Malcolm just says what he thinks, he sometimes doesn't understand that it's rude. If someone has an ugly dog, he'll tell them.</p><br /><p>"It's worst when we go to a funeral. He'll still be smiling and telling jokes while everyone else is completely sombre.</p><br /><p>"The doctors told me that I shouldn't apologise for him but sometimes I have to explain his situation."</p><br /><p><img src="http://i3.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article2149016.ece/ALTERNATES/s148/%C2%A3%C2%A3%C2%A3The-Phillips-family-2149016.jpg"/> </p><br /><p>Companies love them because, ­unlike many "families" seen in adverts, they are the genuine article rather than strangers put together.</p><br />See more stories you'll love<br /><p>You've turned off story recommendations. Turn them on and we'll update the list below with stories we think you'll love ( how we do this).</p><br />Recommended in News Why? Most Read in News<br /><p><img src="http://i3.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article391092.ece/ALTERNATES/s308/29-04-09-image-3-487170365-391092.jpg"/> </p><br />See more stories you'll love<br /><p>You've turned off story recommendations. Turn them on and we'll update the list below with stories we think you'll love ( how we do this).</p><br />Recommended on the Mirror Why? <img src="http://stats.mirror.co.uk/?rt=1&ctxId=74&pubId=2&cat=&meta=read-news&objId=2158003&type=article&title=The+real-life+Mr+Happy+unable+to+feel+sadness+after+stroke+hits+his+grumpy+side&url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.mirror.co.uk%2fnews%2freal-life-stories%2freal-life-mr-happy-malcolm-myatt-2158003"/> <img src="http://stats.mirror.co.uk/?rt=1&ctxId=4682&pubId=2&cat=&meta=read-profile&objId=1334150&type=article&title=Luke+Traynor&url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.mirror.co.uk%2fauthors%2fluke-traynor%2f"/><br/><br /><a href='http://goo.g/uTMMu'>Harga Laptop</a></div>

The real

Sport NewsHe is never down in the dumps as a result of the illness hitting the frontal lobe of his brain that controls emotionsHaving a laugh: Malcolm MyattMeet the real life Mr Happy who is smiles better after recovering from a major stroke which left him unable to feel sadness.Chirpy Malcolm Myatt…

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Newcastle reveller critical after taking drugs from suspected dodgy batch

<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><a href='http://goo.gl/an7uT5'>Sport News</a><br /><p>A reveller is in a critical condition after taking drugs from a suspected dodgy batch being sold in Newcastle</p><br /><p><img src="http://i2.chroniclelive.co.uk/incoming/article1764892.ece/ALTERNATES/s615/15259601-1764892.jpg"/>Newcastle's Royal Victoria Infirmary</p><br /><p>A reveller is in a critical condition after taking drugs from a suspected dodgy batch being sold in Newcastle.</p><br /><p>The 27-year-old man was rushed to the city's Royal Victoria Infirmary in the early hours of yesterday morning.</p><br /><p>He was taken by paramedics from a house in Blakelaw, Newcastle, where it's believed he'd headed after being out in Newcastle's West End on Saturday night.</p><br /><p>Suffering what police say are "extreme adverse effects" the man remains in a critical condition after taking four tablets thought to be ecstasy.</p><br /><p>Another 27-year-old who took the same pills needed treatment after having a reaction, but has since been released from hospital. Police fear there is a dodgy batch of the drug being sold in pubs in the Newcastle area. Police believe both men bought the drugs while in a pub in the West End. Their investigations were last night continuing.</p><br /><p>Chief Supt Ian Dawes said: "I'd ask friends and family of those who have been socialising in Newcastle to check on their welfare if they haven't heard from them as there may be people who have taken the drugs who are too ill to seek medical treatment.</p><br /><p>"I'd urge people to be aware of the heightened risks posed by these pills on top of the risks already faced when taking any illegal drugs. Anyone who feels ill after taking drugs should seek medical attention immediately.</p><br /><p>"Two people were admitted to hospital after taking these drugs, one of which is in a serious condition. Our inquiries are ongoing to locate this drug to stop any further incidents.</p><br /><p>"Those with any information about this drug, including its whereabouts and its source, should contact us as soon as possible."</p><br /><p>It just weeks after the death of 29-year-old mum Gemma Hurst. Gemma had been at a party in Walker, Newcastle, when it's believed she had an adverse reaction to a of a suspected illegal drug.</p><br /><p>She was taken to the RVI were she died at 3.30am on July 22.</p><br /><p>Tragically the 29-year-old had been with friends marking the fifth anniversary of her brother Paul's death. Paul died in 2008 from pneumonia.</p><br /><p>At the time officers said they were in the process of having drugs found at the house tested. It is believed they are from a separate batch to the most recent incident.</p><br /><p>Police are warning anyone who feels they are suffering adverse effects from drug use to seek medical help. Symptoms include low consciousness, raised heart rate and shortness of breath.</p><br /><p>Anyone with information about the drugs can contact police on 101, extension 69191. For advice on drugs, contact FRANK on 08700 77 6600 or visit www.talktofrank.com</p><br /><p><img src="http://i1.chroniclelive.co.uk/incoming/article5696832.ece/ALTERNATES/s148/bannatyneJPG-5696832.jpg"/> </p><br /><p>Entrepreneur Duncan Bannatyne has revealed his new co-star has helped improve his health</p><br /><p><img src="http://i1.chroniclelive.co.uk/incoming/article5694803.ece/ALTERNATES/s148/Tyne-Bridge-by-Robert-Atkinson-5694803.jpg"/> </p><br /><p>View your stunning pictures of Newcastle upon Tyne landmarks including: The Tyne Bridge, Newcastle Quayside, Jesmond Dene and Leazes Park</p><br />See more stories you'll love<br /><p>You've turned off story recommendations. Turn them on and we'll update the list below with stories we think you'll love ( how we do this).</p><br />Recommended in News Why? Most Read in News<br /><p><img src="http://i3.chroniclelive.co.uk/incoming/article5696939.ece/ALTERNATES/s308/JS23258295-5696939.jpg"/> </p><br />See more stories you'll love<br /><p>You've turned off story recommendations. Turn them on and we'll update the list below with stories we think you'll love ( how we do this).</p><br /><p><img src="http://stats.chroniclelive.co.uk/?rt=1&ctxId=2541&pubId=6&cat=&meta=read-news&objId=5699557&type=article&title=Newcastle+reveller+critical+after+taking+drugs+from+suspected+dodgy+batch&url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.chroniclelive.co.uk%2fnews%2fnorth-east-news%2fnewcastle-reveller-critical-after-taking-5699557"/> </p><br /><br/><br /><a href='http://goo.g/uTMMu'>Harga Laptop</a></div>

Newcastle reveller critical after taking drugs from suspected dodgy batch

Sport NewsA reveller is in a critical condition after taking drugs from a suspected dodgy batch being sold in NewcastleNewcastle's Royal Victoria InfirmaryA reveller is in a critical condition after taking drugs from a suspected dodgy batch being sold in Newcastle.The 27-year-old man was rushed to t…

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Scientists find way to boost cancer

<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><a href='http://goo.gl/an7uT5'>Sport News</a>Stem cell technology can be used to mass-produce cancer-killing immune cells designed to target different kinds of tumour, scientists have shown.<br /><p>The research opens up the prospect of immunotherapy treatments helping many more cancer patients in the future.</p><br /><p>In theory, cancer can be tackled by elements of the body's own immune defences, especially white blood cells called T-cells.</p><br /><p>But in practice, T-cells that target and kill cancer cells while ignoring healthy cells are very rare, and progress toward immune-based cancer treatments has been limited.</p><br /><p>The new approach provides a way to reprogramme T-cells.</p><br /><p>A small number of healthy T-cells were first reprogrammed into malleable stem cells with embryonic properties, US scientists reported in the journal 'Nature Biotechnology'.</p><br /><p>Injected into mice with a human form of lymphoma, the lab-grown T-cells significantly suppressed tumour growth and increased survival.</p><br /><p>Irish Independent</p><br /><img src="http://www.independent.ie/editorial/images/logo-itunes.jpg"/> <img src="http://www.independent.ie/editorial/images/playstore.png"/> <img src="http://cdn3.independent.ie/incoming/article29487088.ece/ALTERNATES/w135square/picture.JPG"/><br/><br /><a href='http://goo.g/uTMMu'>Harga Laptop</a></div>

Scientists find way to boost cancer

Sport NewsStem cell technology can be used to mass-produce cancer-killing immune cells designed to target different kinds of tumour, scientists have shown.The research opens up the prospect of immunotherapy treatments helping many more cancer patients in the future.In theory, cancer can be tackled b…

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Obesity warning issued for children

<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><a href='http://goo.gl/an7uT5'>Sport News</a><br /><p><img src="http://cdn1.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/uk/article29490681.ece/ALTERNATES/h342/PANews+BT_N0062391376185849201A_I1.jpg"/> Around one in three children and young people are overweight or obese</p><br />Children who skip meals, consume fizzy drinks and watch too much TV are storing up serious health problems for later in life, a charity has warned.<br /><p>Teenagers seem to be worse than younger age groups, with many leading inactive lifestyles and missing out on vital nutrients, according to a report from the British Heart Foundation (BHF) and Oxford University.</p><br /><p>Around one in three (30%) children and young people are overweight or obese, which can cause problems including diabetes and heart disease.</p><br /><p>The report, which brings together a range of health statistics, found around two in five 13-year-olds (39% of girls and 43% of boys) drink a soft drink every day. The figure is 32% among 11-year-old girls and 38% among 11-year-old boys, along with 39% of 15-year-old girls and 43% of 15-year-old boys. Almost half (47%) of boys and over a third (36%) of girls aged 13 go without breakfast as do 29% of 11-year-old girls and 26% of 11-year-old boys. The figure is even higher among 15-year-olds, with 57% of girls and 38% of boys going without breakfast.</p><br /><p>Most (80%) children aged five to 15 are not eating the recommended five portions of fruit and veg a day, with the figure being 83% among 15-year-olds. Most (85%) of girls and 73% of boys aged 13 do not do the recommended one hour of physical activity a day compared with 20% of 11-year-old girls and 33% of 11-year-old boys.</p><br /><p>Almost three-quarters of 13-year-olds (68% of girls and 74% of boys) watch at least two hours of TV on a weekday, as do 60% of 11-year-old girls and 64% of 11-year-old boys. Overall, around a quarter of children aged two to 15 spend at least six hours every weekend day being inactive.</p><br /><p>Simon Gillespie, chief executive of the BHF, said: "These figures are a warning that many of our children are in grave danger of developing coronary heart disease in the future if they continue to live the same lifestyle. This is simply unacceptable."</p><br /><p>The charity is expanding its Hearty Lives programme by committing £1.2 million to fund seven new community projects.</p><br /><p>Mr Gillespie said: "The projects, run in partnership with local authorities, the NHS and non-profit organisations, will use a range of interventions to help. These include employing a dietitian to work with children struggling with obesity in Manchester and running weight management programmes for teenagers in Scotland. Through our new Hearty Lives projects we are committed to working with local communities to give young people most at risk of heart disease a healthier start in life."</p><br /><p>The report was produced in partnership with the BHF health promotion research group at Oxford University.</p><br /><br/><br /><a href='http://goo.g/uTMMu'>Harga Laptop</a></div>

Obesity warning issued for children

Sport News Around one in three children and young people are overweight or obeseChildren who skip meals, consume fizzy drinks and watch too much TV are storing up serious health problems for later in life, a charity has warned.Teenagers seem to be worse than younger age groups, with many leading ina…

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