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US and Canadian opponents of right to die laws swamp UK internet polls - The Observer 1st November 2009
"Euthanasia Prevention Coalition accused of 'desperate measures' to bolster its case"
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."
Twitter yourself fitter: It's the latest diet craze - tell the world what you're eating and hope that it shames you into losing weight - Daily Mail 26th October 2009
"Like most women, I have spent years worrying about whether I am too fat and worrying even more about what I am going to do about it.
Just watch women in restaurants - we order fish and vegetables and apologise about ordering dessert. "
Cumbrian website wins award after cutting suicide figures - Lancashire Telegraph 22nd October 2009
"A SOCIAL networking site run by Cumbrian people with personality disorders has won an award for its work to promote patient safety.
The website, www.itc4u.org, picked up a BT E-health Insider Award at a ceremony in London after its work resulted in huge reductions in suicide attempts and hospital admissions. "
Internet use 'may improve brain function in adults', says UCLA study - Daily Telegraph 21st October 2009
"Using the internet for just a few days alters our brains - and may help improve cognitive function in the elderly, according to new research. "
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."
Searching Google 'can help delay dementia' - Daily Telegraph 19th October 2009
"Searching the internet with Google can help slow and even reverse the onset of dementia, research has shown."
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. "
Public invited to rate their GP online - The Guardian 14th August 209
"NHS introduces website to help patients choose their GP now that geographical restrictions on registering have been abolished"
Martha Lane Fox: fixing the holes in Britain's net - The Guardian 14th August 209
"As the Digital Inclusion Task Force's 'champion', web entrepreneur Martha Lane Fox is charged with taking the disconnected online. But is it the right solution?"
Patients can post online comments about GP practice - Daily Telegraph 14th October 2009
"Patients will be able to rate their GP practice online for the first time in a move that has been criticised as reducing doctors to 'Tripadviser-style' scoring. "
Patients able to rate their GPs for the first time - Daily Mail 14th October 2009
"Patients will be able to rate their GPs on an NHS website for the first time today.
The move, which will allow anyone to post comments on England's 8,269 GP practices, is part of a Government drive to boost doctors' performance. "
Trial by web for family doctors - BBC Health News 14th October 2009
"Patients are being encouraged to rate their GP surgeries on a new NHS website designed to drive up standards in primary care.
At www.nhs.uk, patients will be able to post comments ranging from how they were treated to whether it was easy to book an appointment. "
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. "
Bloggers don't need more rules. They need a conscience - The Guardian 7th October 2009
"Fining online writers for non-disclosure is futile. The blogosphere can regulate itself, and did so effectively with Nestlé"
Facebook measuring the mood in the US - The Independent 7th October 2009
"Facebook is tracking how happy people are in the United States.
Mother's Day was predictably upbeat, according to a Gross National Happiness index graph on the popular social networking service's blog on Tuesday, but for reasons unknown people's moods evidently sank days later."
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. "
Up to 64,000 women in UK 'are child-sex offenders' - The Observer 4th October 2009
"After Plymouth case shocked the nation, police say number of women abusing children is rising"
Paedophile's husband in names plea - The Observer 4th October 2009
"The husband of a nursery worker who admitted a string of child sex offences has pleaded with her to identify those she has abused.
Andrew George, 41, told the News of the World: "I would plead to her, tell those parents, all those parents who want to know. If Vanessa has got any shred of human decency in her she should tell those parents.""
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