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Health News: A nicotine patch to help heal your wounds faster and how almonds can cut cholesterol levels - Daily Mail 3rd October 2009
"Health stories from around the world this week include a German study that found nicotine patches used just four weeks before surgery can help wounds heal faster. Also, patients who ate a handful of almonds every day reduced their bad cholesterol by more than 30 per cent."
Digital 'smart' plaster that sends alerts to doctors goes on trial - The Times 2nd October 2009
"A “digital plaster” that is stuck to a patient’s body to track vital signs such as heart rate and breathing and then send alerts to doctors is being tested in a British hospital.
The groundbreaking technology, which is lightweight, low-powered and portable, is designed to provide round-the-clock monitoring of patients."
Antibody 'fixes internal bleeds' - BBC Health News 26th October 2009
"Scientists say they have discovered an antibody that could minimise the major internal bleeding seen in traumas like bullet wounds and car crashes.
The team at Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (OMRF) has discovered that a protein called histone is responsible for much of the damage. "
Burns could heal faster thanks to gel pads that act like 'second skin' - Daily Mail 21st October 2009
"A 'second skin' that speeds up the healing of burns and lessens the risk of deadly infection has been created by British scientists.
The gel-like pads could revolutionise the treatment of burns and diabetic ulcers. Quicker repair also reduces scarring. "
How to stop yourself being scarred for life after an operation - Daily Mail 19th October 2009
"Every scar tells a story — and one we mostly prefer to forget. Most scars fade gradually over a period of a year or 18 months, but almost always leave a mark even if it is barely visible.
And one in three scars becomes a permanent, often unsightly, fixture, retaining a hard, raised ridge of uncomfortable tissue. "
Cut yourself? Sprinkling SUGAR on the wound could help it heal faster and lessen the pain - Daily Mail 14th October 2009
"Rubbing sugar into wounds could cure painful infections including bedsores, research shows.
The traditional African remedy is being trialled in British hospitals after a study led by a senior nurse raised in Zimbabwe"
Nigeria lifts gunshot medical ban - BBC Health News 14th October 2009
"Nigeria has lifted a law which forced hospitals to withhold emergency treatment from victims of gun attacks until a police report had been filed.\n\nOfficials revoked the law, in place since the 1980s, over concerns about a rising death rate from bullet wounds. "
Health news: Banish nightmares with tea, saliva helps wounds and the jab for back pain - Daily Mail 14th September 2009
Health stories from around the world this week include how a cup of tea a day can help reduce bad dreams. Dutch researchers have also revealed how your saliva helps to make a cut heal quicker and there's also hope for sufferers of back pain after a human protein was found to stimulate cell growth.
Police probe nursery children's broken bones - The Independent 9th September 2009
Detectives have launched an investigation after three children who attended the same nursery school suffered broken bones, police said today
One of the children, a young boy who attended the Rocking Horse Nursery in Plumtree, Nottinghamshire, suffered a broken leg.
Nursery staff questioned by police over unexplained injuries on children - Daily Mail 10th September 2009
A nursery has been closed and two staff members arrested after three children suffered 'unexplained' fractures weeks apart.
In the latest incident, a boy understood to be aged two broke his leg after allegedly being dropped by a nursery assistant.
The staff members were arrested by a police child abuse investigation unit.
Injectable gel could heal brain injuries - Daily Telegraph 3rd September 2009
An injectable ''biogel'' that may help wounded soldiers and car crash victims recover from brain injuries could be tested on patients in three years, it has been claimed.
New bandage can speed healing and tame a Dragon - Daily Mail 29th August 2009
A bandage that cools sprained joints more effectively than ice and speeds recovery time is set to be an instant hit.
Developed by Kay Russell, 50, a former horse trainer from Bridport, Dorset, the Physicool Ice Bandage featured on BBC's Dragons' Den, securing £100,000 of investment from Deborah Meaden.
The 'smart crutch' that calculates how to heal bones quicker - Daily Mail 18th July 2009
A high-tech crutch that helps broken bones heal more quickly has been developed by British scientists.
The ‘smart crutch’ works by monitoring how much weight the patient is putting on their damaged limb.
The stem cell stitches that aid recovery after surgery - Daily Mail 18th July 2009
Stitches embedded with patients’ own stem cells could dramatically speed up healing after surgery.
The revolutionary stitches, developed by scientists in the U.S., release millions of stem cells into surrounding tissues.
Medics 'need bomb wound training' - BBC Health News 24thJuly 2009
Doctors need more training to deal with the victims of bomb blasts given the current threat of terrorism, a Lancet paper says.
The injuries wrought by explosive devices are unique and the chances of survival depend greatly on recognition, US doctors write.
Patients wanted for maggots trial - BBC Health News 8th July 2009
Two hundred patients are being sought for a trial looking at how efficient maggots are at wound cleaning.
Cardiff University is teaming up with Bridgend-based ZooBiotic, the UK's only commercial producer of medicinal-quality larvae for the 12-month trial.
Honey and maggots used to fight MRSA - The Telegraph 8th July 2009
Honey and maggots are being used in the fight against superbigs such as MRSA.
Nurses use maggots and honey to fend off hospital superbugs - Daily Mail 8th July 2009
They have managed to defeat the best drugs modern medicine has to offer.
Which is perhaps why the battle against hospital superbugs is turning towards more traditional methods.
Honey and 'maggot therapy' are some of the unorthodox treatments being tried out in hospitals across the country against deadly infections such as MRSA.
Medical campaign joy - Carlisle News & Star 4th July 2009
A CAMPAIGN to re-open a medical treatment room to serve Ulverston and South Lakeland patients has taken a giant step forward.
Ulverston lost its minor injuries treatment service in 2005 when the town’s health centre relocated from Victoria Road to a new £4.6m facility in Stanley Street.
Anger over loss of Ulverston health service - Carlisle News & Star 24th June 2009
A CAMPAIGN is under way to have minor medical procedures carried out in Ulverston instead of Furness General Hospital.
Ulverston Town Council wants minor injuries treated at the £4.6m Ulverston Health Centre in Stanley Street, like they used to be at the former Victoria Road health centre before the 2005 switch in premises.
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