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Robot 'nurses' to man wards in development - Daily Telegraph 28th October 2009
"Robots on hospital wards could soon be mopping up spills, collecting drugs and ferrying patients around hospitals. "
Half of doctors 'too busy using computers to look patients in the eye' - Daily Mail 28th October 2009
"Nearly half of GPs claim they are too busy to look patients in the eye during consultations, according to a shocking poll out today.
A survey of family doctors found that 38 per cent are unable to give patients enough eye contact because they are spending so much time tapping information into their computers to meet Government targets."
Award for north Cumbria caring website - Carlisle News & Star 26th October 2009
"A website that has helped to slash suicide and self-harm rates across north Cumbria has won a national award.
The social-networking site gives people with complex mental health problems a place to go for help when they are reaching crisis-point."
Computer fitness gets approval - BBC Health News 26th October 2009
"The Nintendo Wii Fit Plus is the first computer game to win approval from the Department of Health.
It will now carry logos from the Change4Life campaign, which aims to get people interested in exercise and healthy eating. "
NHS endorses Nintendo Wii Fit video game- The Sunday Telegraph 25th October 2009
"The Nintendo Wii Fit Plus has become the first computer game to be endorsed by the Department of Health."
10,000 patients can go electronic - Prestwich & Whitefield Guide 24th October 2009
"AROUND 10,000 patients attending GP surgeries in Prestwich and Whitefield can benefit from a health scheme new to their area.
People registered at Prestwich Health Centre, in Fairfax Road, and the Elms Medical Centre, in Green Lane, Whitefield, will shortly receive a letter inviting them to have their own summary care record (SCR) created. "
Liverpool students asked to sign up for health on Facebook - Liverpool Echo 20th October 2009
"LIVERPOOL students are being asked by the city’s NHS Liverpool Community Health walk-in centres to join a Facebook group promising they will look out for friends in a bid to raise health awareness."
Virtual reality tackles 'shell shock' - BBC Health News 18th October 2009
"A virtual reality computer programme is being used to treat Iraq war veterans in the US.
The soldiers are abl"
Web can help elderly surfers slow dementia - The Sunday Times 18th October 2009
"GOOGLING is good for grandparents. Internet use can boost the brain activity of the elderly, potentially slowing or even reversing the age-related declines that can end in dementia, researchers have found.
Using brain scans, they found the internet stimulated the mind more strongly than reading, and the effects continued long after an internet session had ended. "
The company that turned 'disability' into an asset - The Independent 12th October 2009
"When Thorkil Sonne was told that his three-year-old son had autism, the Danish IT specialist ran the classic gamut of responses for parents of an autistic child, from anger that a doctor could burden his happy boy with the label of a lifelong disability, to a desire to learn everything about the condition. "
China launches crackdown on online gaming - The Independent on Sunday 11th October 2009
"China has launched a campaign to crack down on online games operating illegally and featuring content deemed to be unhealthy, state media reported Friday, in the nation's latest Internet clean-up effort.
The crackdown has so far led to the shutdown of 45 online games, which authorities said encouraged players to engage in illegal activities such as drug trafficking and prostitution, the Beijing News said."
New mothers shun the NHS and log on to swop baby tips - The Independent on Sunday 11th October 2
"Few new mothers trust official advice on childrearing, and they're turning to chatrooms and family for help
It is billed as the greatest of life's journeys, yet the pressures of new motherhood mean that only about half of all mums find the experience "rewarding or exciting". The early days of parenting are, according to a new survey, blighted by the curse of our age: information overload. "
Online game addiction rising, counsellors warn - The Guardian 8th October 2009
"Addiction to online games is becoming more widespread among vulnerable young people, according to a treatment centre that has begun running abstinence courses in Britain.\n\nAs games become more visually enticing and the recession leaves people at home in front of computer screens, therapists are encountering more cases of people obsessed with being online. In extreme circumstances game players can, they warn, become detached from normal existence and forget to eat or sleep as they interact with screen characters such as wizards and monsters. Youngsters can also develop posture problems."
DNA sequencing in a holey new way - BBC Health News 6th October 2009
"IBM will announce on Tuesday how it intends to hold DNA molecules in tiny holes in silicon in an effort to decode their genetic secrets letter by letter.
Their microelectronic approach solves one of two long-standing problems in "nanopore" DNA sequencing: how to stop it flying through too quickly. "
Tories offer a 'Pick your Doctor' health revolution using eBay-style rating system - Daily Mail 4th October 2009
"Patients will be able to choose their hospital consultant as part of a health revolution to be unveiled by the Tories today.
Shadow Health Secretary Andrew Lansley will pledge to give far more choice over how you are treated - and by whom. "
Computer glitches in NHS IT system force patients to wait six months - The Times 1st October 2009
"Thousands of people are being forced to wait six months or more for hospital treatment or tests because of problems with the £12.7 billion project to upgrade NHS computer systems, The Times has learnt.
More than 14,000 patients at a major London trust have already had to endure waiting times that exceed government guidelines. The trust was one of the first to install electronic patient records. Similar systems are being rolled out across England. "
Fertility clinics' success rate hits new high - The Independent 30th September 2009
"Fertility clinics have raised their success rates to record levels, despite an increase in the age of women treated. Almost one in four cycles of treatment (23.7 per cent) resulted in a live birth in 2007, up from 21.6 per cent in 2005 and 15 per cent in 1995."
Website will rate IVF clinics according to chances of successful birth - The Times 30th September 2009
"Fertility clinics are to be rated for the first time on their likely chance of delivering a baby.
Nearly 37,000 individual patients and couples were treated at in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) clinics in 2007, the highest figures yet recorded, new figures show. "
IVF clinics' success rates online - BBC Health News 29th September 2009
"IVF success rates are now almost indistinguishable between clinics so patients need to take other factors into account, the regulator says.\n\nThe HFEA is launching a new website providing patients with detailed information on every UK clinic, from waiting times to multiple birth rates. "
'Tweeting' breaches patient confidentiality - Daily Telegraph 24th September 2009
Medics posting messages on networking websites like Facebook and Twitter are breaching patient confidentiality, according to a leading medical journal.
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