Category Archives: Men’s Health

Exercise before breakfast ‘leads to extra weight loss’

Posted on October 31st, 2012

Exercising before breakfast lets you lose extra weight’, the Daily Mail reports, perhaps prompting readers to drop their sausage sarnies and pop out for a jog. However, the Mail’s sweeping headline is actually based on a very small study of just 10 overweight men. In the study, researchers compared the effects of a single session [...]

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Health staff reminded to get flu jab

Posted on October 23rd, 2012

Health staff are being reminded to get vaccinated against flu to cut the risk of it spreading to patients and colleagues this winter. Frontline healthcare workers are more likely to be exposed to the influenza virus, particularly during winter months when some of the people in their care will be infected. It has been estimated [...]

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New 5-day morning-after pill in ‘promiscuity’ claims

Posted on October 22nd, 2012

“The promiscuity pill: £30 morning-after tablet that can be taken five days later ‘will lead to unsafe sex’”, is the Daily Mail’s over-the-top headline today. The paper announces that women aged 18 or over will be able to buy a newly introduced ‘powerful medication’ (ulipristal acetate, brand name ellaOne) over-the-counter from certain branches of the [...]

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Cranberry juice ‘won’t prevent’ bladder infections

Posted on October 19th, 2012

“It’s a myth that cranberry juice can cure bladder infections,” the Daily Mail reported today. The story was based on a large review of research that looked at the effectiveness of cranberry juice and cranberry products such as capsules, in preventing bladder and other urinary tract infections (UTIs), which are most common in women. The [...]

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Medical revalidation of doctors to start in December

Posted on October 19th, 2012

Medical revalidation, the process by which all doctors who are licensed with the General Medical Council (GMC) will regularly demonstrate that they are up to date and fit to practise, will start in December, Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt announced today. The system will help doctors keep up to the standard expected of them by ensuring [...]

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Care UK to invest £60 million in Suffolk care homes

Posted on October 18th, 2012

Care UK has been selected by Suffolk County Council to fulfil its vision for older people‟s care in the county. The Council‟s Cabinet met this week to approve the awarding of the contract which will see Care UK invest over £60 million in 10 new care homes and 10 new wellbeing centres. Suffolk County Council [...]

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Benefits: Changes ‘To Hit Disabled People’

Posted on October 17th, 2012

Up to half a million disabled people and their families could be worse off under the new system of Universal Credit once it is fully implemented, according to a report. It suggested some people might even be forced out of their homes as a result of the changes. An inquiry headed by former wheelchair athlete [...]

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UK facing breast cancer ‘timebomb’

Posted on October 17th, 2012

The Daily Mail warns of a “breast cancer timebomb due to ‘dramatic’ tripling in numbers of cases predicted by 2040”. The paper says that coping with these numbers will “leave the NHS in crisis”. The study that this news is based on used existing information about trends in cancer rates, cancer survival and changes in [...]

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Drug systems change pilot programme evaluation report published

Posted on October 16th, 2012

The independent final evaluation report on the Drug Systems Change pilot programme has been published. The programme, funded jointly by the Department of Health and the Home Office, ran from 2009-2011. The aim was to test whether local drug and alcohol treatment partnerships could tailor services better, in response to local needs, if they were [...]

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Having desk job ‘doubles risk’ of heart attack

Posted on October 16th, 2012

Sitting for long periods increases the risk of diabetes, heart disease and death, researchers suggest’ BBC News reports. The news is based on the findings of a review which summarised the results of all the observational studies that had looked at the association between the time spent sitting or lying down whilst awake (sedentary behaviour) [...]

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