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| Thursday, 30 December 2004 09:31 |
| BNN: British Nursing News Online · www.bnn-online.co.uk |
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A new Mayo Clinic study has for the first time established rates of restless legs syndrome in children, finding that almost 6 percent of children seen in Mayo’s sleep clinic have the disease.
The study, published in this month's issue of Annals of Neurology, also notes that the most common risk factors for the disease in kids are family history of restless legs syndrome and iron deficiency.
The researchers say restless leg syndrome can have a significant effect on a child, affecting their sleep patterns and therefore their education.
Dr Suresh Kotagal, head of paediatric neurology at the Mayo Clinic and lead researcher on the study, said: "Restless legs syndrome is under-diagnosed in kids.
"If you look at children with difficulty falling asleep, you'll see a fair number have restless legs.
He added: "If affects the quality of life," he says. "They wake up frequently in the night. They wake up tired. They may also be inattentive during the day”.
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| Thursday, 23 December 2004 21:12 |
| BNN: British Nursing News Online · www.bnn-online.co.uk |
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The closing of university chemistry departments is seen as a major threat to developments in the field of medicine.
In the past decade, ten university chemistry courses have closed, and since 1997, the number of chemistry students has fallen from 7,490 to 5,735.
The RAE system also puts strain on university teaching, since funding is awarded solely on the basis of a department’s research output - forcing academics to focus less and less of their time on teaching students.
Professor Michael Rees, head of the BMA’s Medical Academics Committee, said:
"Medicine in particular relies on integrated work across the sciences. If this trend of closures continues, it will cut off access to the range of knowledge vital for groundbreaking medical research.
"If the UK is to stay a world leader in medicine, cutting university departments is not the way to do it. The Government must take action now."
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| Tuesday, 21 December 2004 13:55 |
| BNN: British Nursing News Online · www.bnn-online.co.uk |
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Researchers in America have completed a randomized clinical study to identify whether acupuncture is effective in increasing function and reducing pain caused by osteoarthritis of the knee.
The research, reported in the Annals of Internal Medicine, involved 570 patients split into self-help, sham acupuncture and acupuncture groups.
The research concluded that:
“Acupuncture seems to provide improvement in function and pain relief as an adjunctive therapy for osteoarthritis of the knee when compared with credible sham acupuncture and education control groups.
Whilst the results appear to back up the researchers theory one problem with the research was a high drop out rate of participants in the latter stages of the trial.
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| Friday, 17 December 2004 10:34 |
| BNN: British Nursing News Online · www.bnn-online.co.uk |
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New figures from the Office of National Statistics show, that the number of women who are leaving it late to have children is increasing.
Those aged 25 to 29 saw the highest fertility rate with 96.4 live births per 1,000 women last year - an increase of 5.2 per cent on the 2002 rate and the first increase since 1990.
The largest increases were for women over 30. Among those aged 30 to 34 the fertility rate increased by 5.6 per cent to 94.8 per 1,000 women.
Anne Weyman, chief executive of the Family Planning Association, said: "It's great that women feel confident enough to make decisions about waiting to have children until the time is right for them.
"With so many different options in terms of education, travel and employment, women are choosing to delay pregnancy until they are sure it's what they want.
"However, it's important women are aware their fertility declines as they get older”.
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| Sunday, 05 December 2004 10:41 |
| BNN: British Nursing News Online · www.bnn-online.co.uk |
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Professor Lee Ellis and a team at Minot State University, North Dakota, revealed that women who take slimming and thyroid pills during pregnancy are substantially more likely to have homosexual children.
They compiled a study using the mothers of more than 5,000 students. They discovered thyroid pills were taken by 5.2% of the mothers of lesbians but by only 1% of mothers of female heterosexuals. Slimming pills were taken by 2% of mothers of lesbians but only 0.2% of mothers of heterosexual children.
Prof Ellis and his colleague’s state: "These analyses support the conclusion that female offspring are more vulnerable to alterations in sexual orientation via exposure to a variety of prescription drugs, and suggest that this vulnerability is greatest during the first trimester”.
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| Sunday, 05 December 2004 09:48 |
| BNN: British Nursing News Online · www.bnn-online.co.uk |
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Scientists at the University of Birmingham have invented a simple urine test to help doctors establish whether their patients smoke following the discovery that many people pretend to have given up when they have not.
The test was developed to help plastic surgeons, whose operations are affected by smoking.
Dr Graham Cope, who developed the smoking, said: "The test is easy to use and gives a quick result in a few minutes.
"I hope the test will be used as part of the education in plastic surgery to get more people to stop smoking - hopefully for good”.
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| Thursday, 25 November 2004 11:22 |
| BNN: British Nursing News Online · www.bnn-online.co.uk |
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The Government has set aside £300 million for a campaign to improve sexual health and sex education in England.
With infections such as syphilis, genital warts and chlamydia on the increase, this welcomed cash injection is a sound investment.
Liberal Democrat health spokesman Paul Burstow added: "Sexual health services are one of the most neglected areas of the NHS and are continually starved of funds to meet Government targets or to pay off trust debts. Preventing the rising tide of infections would save the NHS millions and, more importantly, would save lives."
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| Wednesday, 10 November 2004 09:26 |
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University officials said 38 students at Cambridge are among the latest to be hit by a mumps epidemic which is sweeping universities.
First year students have been offered the opportunity to be vaccinated free of charge, through their GP.
Universities across the UK have been setting up vaccination programmes in recent weeks.
Affected colleges included Jesus, Emmanuel, Pembroke, St Catharine's, Peterhouse, Corpus Christi, Churchill and Trinity Hall.
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| Thursday, 04 November 2004 10:19 |
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Research, by health education charity Developing Patient Partnerships (DPP), shows seven out of 10 patients want to discuss complementary medicine with their GPs but many fear they might disapprove.
A poll of almost 1,000 people found that 71% would like to talk about therapies such as herbal medicine, hypnotherapy and reflexology with their doctor or pharmacist. But many were reluctant to bring up the subject, with 38% feeling that most GPs disapprove of the use of complementary medicine.
DPP has now launched a new campaign - Talking About Complementary Medicine - as part of Ask About Medicines Week to provide more information on the subject and encourage communication between doctors and patients.
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| Wednesday, 27 October 2004 11:14 |
| BNN: British Nursing News Online · www.bnn-online.co.uk |
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Top GPs, anaesthetists and consultants told Holyrood’s Health Committee that the NHS faced a staffing crisis, with a shortfall of 500 GPs by 2012.
Professor Graham Teasdale of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, said the "potentially disastrous" failure of the Executive to keep up with changes in the health service led to the shortage.
The only remedy is to plan for the future by training more doctors, according to the professionals. However they also said that training junior staff posed difficulties because medical staffs, including consultants who deliver education, were so thinly spread.
He also warned that a number of doctors could be poached by the new foundation hospitals in England and Wales offering "premium salaries". He predicted that the shortage of doctors will not only impact on health services, but also the training of doctors.
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