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Friday, March 30, 2007

Health News

A leading health economist has proposed 2% cut of GPs' or consultants' annual salary.

NHS surgeons to get war training for gun crime victims

Taking low or moderate doses of aspirin could reduce women's risk of dying early, but UK experts warned aspirin could cause bleeding.

Cutting junior doctors' working hours will not reduce fatigue and the risk of errors on its own.

Supermarkets and other private business and GPs to bid for contracts to host health services

BZP drugs, said to offer legal alternative to hard drugs, may cause health problem

Doctors must involve in budget decisions

Children with congenital heart failure may be at risk from discrepancies in doses of captopril tablets

The government has failed on out-of-hours care, only GPs had benefited from the new arrangements.

Weight loss surgery could lead to memory loss.

Bodies needed for undergraduate medical training.

Palliative Medicine articles address the misconception that morphine is a lethal drug and a common cause of death when used to control symptoms in the dying.
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