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• Divorce counselling on the NHS

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  Extended talking therapies programme aims to tackle anxiety, mental illness and depression The government is to announce that divorcing couples will be offered counselling on the National Health Service for the first time in an effort to tackle growing rates of depression. The move will be unveiled by health ...
  10 hours ago

• Earning Your Pharmacist An Honest Crust

  
  Burning our money — Authority: 588
  May I tick your boxes? As we may have mentioned before, Tyler is a major league drug user. And not all of them are for recreational purposes: he routinely ingests an amusing cocktail of prescription drugs to keep a lid on his wayward immune system. So the other day hes visiting his local chemist to pick up the ...
  15 hours ago

• NHS will provide free marriage guidance

  
  Family: News and advice on family matters children and parents — Authority: 976
  Couples are to be offered marriage guidance counselling for free on the NHS in a move which has drawn strong condemnation from patients and doctors groups.
  16 hours ago

• Down with demoninators?

  
  Patient Opinion's team blog — Authority: 107
  Knowing the total number of people or events in anything you are trying to measure has always been important. That way you can easily work out rates, percentages, trends and all those other useful things.   So why would you ever want to do away with denominators? But there are downsides to denominators because ...
  16 hours ago

• Marriage counselling is a ridiculous waste of NHS resources

  
  Family: News and advice on family matters children and parents — Authority: 976
  Telegraph View A failing marriage is not a sign of an illness that needs to be cured.
  17 hours ago

• A cut too far: the rise in cosmetic surgery on the vulva

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  Labiaplasties can be risky, yet the number carried out on the NHS rose by 70% last year Before she had even turned 10, Anna had started worrying that there was something physically wrong with her. "I would look at other girls in the shower, and think, They dont have what I have," she says, and wearing a pair of ...
  22 hours ago

• Unthinkable? Pricing drugs humanely

  
  Comment is free | guardian.co.uk — Authority: 162
  Another nasty decision for Nice this week, as the health services rationing agency turned down Nexavar , which treats liver cancer. Everyone agrees it provides extra months, but it will not be administered – except to the rich – as it fails to provide enough extra months for the money. The watertight logic is ...
  1 day ago

• Free NHS from politicians, says former head

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  The NHS should be freed from direct government control and run as a separate body without political interference, according to its former chief executive. In an article that will be interpreted as support for Conservative reform plans, Sir Nigel Crisp urges the Department of Health to focus on wider health issues ...
  1 day ago

• "Blood was not a requirement."

  
  Barnacle Bill — Authority: 112
  This posts title comes from the remarks made by one of NuLabors "Independent Sector Treatment Centres" (ISTCs) criticized over the death of a patient, an actual Doctor, who was in for a routine operation to remove a gall bladder. ISTCs are private companies that do operations for the NHS to meet the NuLabor targets ...
  2 days ago

• The doctor who died as a result of Labours ISTCs

  
  Family: News and advice on family matters children and parents — Authority: 976
  Dr Hubleys is just the most serious in a growing list of cases which raise serious concerns about the safety of independent sector treatment centres writes Andrew Gilligan.
  2 days ago

• Need to stop inflamation from spreading

  
  Cosmetic Dentistry Guide — Authority: 149
  Q. my dentist recently x rayed my teeth finding inflamation under one of my crowns which is supported b a post he said i may lose the tooth .he gave me two options to try and retreat it giving a 50%chance of success or leave it and keep a close eye on it . i am worried the inflamation will spread to other teeth . ...
  2 days ago

• What is the age to have braces and how much would it cost?

  
  Cosmetic Dentistry Guide — Authority: 149
  Q. hi i just want to ask that my son has lost his milk teeth too early because of tooth decay about age of 1 and half.the upper front 6 teeth as i very worried what to expect and the family dentist say that my son could have crouded teeth when he got his permenant teeth and he may need brace.i wonder how much it cost ...
  2 days ago

• Best solution to fix new bite?

  
  Cosmetic Dentistry Guide — Authority: 149
  Q. Hello Dr Moore, I am 42 years old. I had my mouth half full with crowns by 20 yrs old. By 34, many were needing to be replaced. I begged the dentist to give me an upper plate. I made a good case and I got it. He made me 4 or 5 before I got a good fit. I still have to use a large amount of Fixodent daily to keep ...
  2 days ago

• Chipped tooth has a temporary filling can I have veneers on it?

  
  Cosmetic Dentistry Guide — Authority: 149
  Q. My toddler ran at me with a heavy toy and chipped my top front tooth so it’s on the diagonal. I have had a temporary filling from an emergency NHS dentist. ( I’ve never had a filling before so know nothing about the proceedure etc. ) I saw my dentist today and he informs me that he will be able to do a new ...
  2 days ago

• Relatively large front teeth needs treatment

  
  Cosmetic Dentistry Guide — Authority: 149
  Q. i have two large front teeth and absolutely detest them. its giving me really low self esteem and i would really like to do something about them. What are my options and honestly how much will this kind of treatment cost? My two front teeth are longer than my “wedding finger nail” (short) just to give you a ...
  2 days ago

• Letters: Good recovery rate for prostate cancer

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  I am pleased about Darcus Howes recovery ( My battle with prostate cancer , G2, 17 November), and his highlighting the higher mortality rates for black men. I am a 56-year-old white man with advanced prostate cancer that was identified two months ago. I will, hopefully, find out in December whether I will be among ...
  2 days ago

• A cut too far: the rise in cosmetic vaginal surgery

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  Labiaplasties can be risky, yet the number carried out on the NHS rose by 70% last year Before she had even turned 10, Anna had started worrying that there was something physically wrong with her. "I would look at other girls in the shower, and think, They dont have what I have," she says, and wearing a pair of ...
  2 days ago

• APPG on ME: Agenda meeting 2 December 2009

  
  ME agenda — Authority: 134
  APPG on ME: Agenda meeting 2 December 2009 Shortlink: http://wp.me/p5foE-2pq   The APPG on ME maintains a website here: http://www.appgme.org.uk Agenda APPG for ME 2 Dec 2009 APPG agenda 02/12/2009 19 December 2009 The next meeting of the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on M.E. will be ...
  2 days ago

• Cutting edge technology puts ERI theatre on the map

  
  Deadline Press & Picture Agency — Authority: 571
  By Rory Reynolds COOL blue lighting, HD flatscreen TVs, and a brand new iPod dock. NO, not a footballer’s penthouse apartment – but one of Europe’s most advanced operating theatres. The state-of-the-art Endoalpha integrated operating room was opened at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary yesterday, putting ...
  2 days ago

• Doctors told to say sorry to patients more often

  
  Family: News and advice on family matters children and parents — Authority: 976
  Doctors and nurses should be more honest and open when things go wrong and offer an apology to the patient or their family under new guidance to the NHS.
  2 days ago

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