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City hospital cuts food miles - Liverpool Echo 7th November 2008
A CITY hospital with a £1.5m grocery bill has cut its food miles by buying more local produce.
Aintree Hospital catering bosses are still managing to feed patients on £2.80 per person per day.
The project has been such a hit that other hospitals are set to follow.
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Rainfall autism theory suggested - BBC Health News 4th November 2008
Increased rainfall, or something linked to it, may be connected to the development of autism, scientists say.
The theory is based on child health and weather records from three US states, but has been greeted cautiously by a UK research charity.
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Wrap up warm, we don't want you to have a heart attack - Met Office to text cold snap alerts to patients - Daily Mail 27th October 2008
It is advice that has traditionally been dispensed by mothers and grandmothers.
But now the Met Office is also warning people to wrap up warm to dodge a nasty chest as part of a pilot scheme offering patients personal weather warnings.
Patients suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) will be called by the automated service to warn them of severe weather conditions over the following week.
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Hospital gardens aim to help the healing process - Chester Chronicle 24th October 2008
HEALING and art have come together with the unveiling of three gardens at the Countess of Chester Hospital.
Each space has been given a work of art, created from workshops held in school and community groups.
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Lethal build-up of ozone poses threat to UK - The Observer 19th October 2008
Scientists call for global measures amid warnings that the gas damages health and the environment
Britain is ignoring the dangers posed by one of the world's worst air pollutants: ozone. Researchers say that levels of the gas - a powerful contributor to global warming and the cause of hundreds of deaths a year from respiratory illnesses - are rising at an alarming rate.
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Learning from cancer map of the world - The Independent 14th October 2008
Understanding the types of the disease and where they strike can help us see just how much diet, climate and lifestyle affect our health
We think of cancer as one disease. In fact it is more than 100 different diseases, affecting all parts of the body with different causes and outcomes. The incidence varies widely across the world, influenced by diet, smoking and drinking, infection, climate and social factors. So what is this global pattern, and what light does it throw on the development of cancer?
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Rain makes you fat, cloudy skies set your scars tingling. The surprising ways our climate can affect your health... - Daily Mail 13th October 2008
'Winter thickens the blood' is just one of the many sayings about the weather that most of us would dismiss as old wives' tales. In fact, scientists and medics are coming round to the idea that the weather really can have an effect on our physical and mental health, as Angela Epstein reports...
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Climate change spreading 'deadly dozen' diseases, experts warn - Daily Mail 8th October 2008
Diseases ranging from avian flu to yellow fever are likely to spread more because of climate change, the Wildlife Conservation Society warned today.
The society, based in the Bronx Zoo in the United States and which works in 60 nations, urged better monitoring of wildlife health to help give an early warning of how pathogens might spread with global warming.
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Food crises could swing future UK elections, says thinktank - The Guardian 7th October 2008
A food crisis is highly likely in the UK, with price and availability becoming issues that swing the outcome of future elections, according to a report from the thinktank Chatham House.
The UK's food system is unable to cope with rapid changes in supply driven by climate change, rising energy prices and population growth, the report says. Consumers are likely to have to accept a shift from individual preferences to a system in which government and industry have to ensure the food that is sold reflects the wider needs of society.
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Wildlife gives early warning of 'deadly dozen' diseases spread by climate change - The Times 8th October 2008
Scientists have nicknamed them the “deadly dozen”: 12 diseases, lethal to humans and wildlife, that are increasing their geographical range.
Ebola, cholera, plague and sleeping sickness were among those identified yesterday by veterinary scientists from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) as spreading across the planet because of climate change. The scientists said that wildlife could give an early warning of the approach of diseases and save millions of people.
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Climate change will allow tropical disease to spread to Europe - The Telegraph 7th October 2008
Climate change will allow wildlife diseases to spread more easily, a new report warns.\n\nThe Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) lists the "deadly dozen" diseases which could threaten human health and global economies.\nadvertisement
The study shows the impact climate change could have on the health of wild animals and how it can cascade onto human populations.
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Third runway will 'damage health' - BBC Health News 6th October 2008
A third runway at Heathrow Airport would be "very detrimental" to Londoners' health, according to the new head of the Environment Agency (EA).\n\nLord Smith of Finsbury said the government had lost track of the green issues and said a new runway would fail EU air pollution limits.
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Cancer fear over plans for £50m waste plant - The Observer 5th October 2008
4,500 sign petition as GP warns of heart attacks, asthma and depression
A plan to develop a waste-to-energy plant in Aberdeenshire has sparked a massive protest campaign over fears it could cause health problems.
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Meat should be rationed to four portions a week to beat climate change, says Government-funded report- Daily Mail 30th September 2008
People will have to be rationed to a quarter of a pint of milk a day if the world is to avoid dangerous climate change, according to a new Government funded report.\n\nA study by the Food Climate Network says the average Briton will also need to cut meat consumption to four small portions a week by 2050 - and dramatically reduce their alcohol, sweets and chocolate intake.
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Crackdown ordered on air pollution - Liverpool Daily Post 23rd September 2008
HARMFUL pollutants that can cause respiratory problems such as asthma are too high and must be brought under control in the Liverpool suburbs, according to an environmental survey.
Pollution levels in parts of Waterloo, Seaforth and Bootle, in south Sefton, are outstripping Government clean air guidelines, the Daily Post can reveal.
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Poor health 'due to wet climate' - BBC Health News 15th September 2008
Scotland's poor health record could be directly linked to a lack of sunshine, a scientist has said.
Dr Oliver Gillie linked the "extreme" weather to vitamin D deficiency, which is caused by low exposure to sunlight.
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Scotland’s poor health ‘caused by a lack of sunshine'- The Times 15th September 2008
A national campaign to persuade every Scot to take daily supplements of vitamin D is needed if the country’s appalling health record is to be reversed, leading scientists believe.
A report, published this week, links poor weather to the lack of the “sunshine vitamin” in Scotland, and urges the Scottish government to launch a nationwide vitamin D programme to lower the incidence of devastating illnesses, such as heart disease, cancer and multiple sclerosis.
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Exposure to lead speeds ageing by up to six years - The Independent on Sunday 31st August 2008
Studies show that toxic metal remains in the body years after it was banned from fuel, contributing to dementia and other disorders
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How sea air may not be good for you after all...and in fact leave you breathing in noxious chemicals - Daily Mail 19th August 2008
A bracing beach walk has long been believed to be a tonic.
The Lincolnshire seaside resort of Skegness attracted many visitors in the first half of the century thanks to a 1908 poster celebrating the quality of its sea air.
But scientists have warned that a coastal stroll could mean breathing in noxious chemicals.
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