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Office workers who sit next to the window as they work are often more productive than colleagues who spend the day further away from daylight. Scientists say that sitting next to the office window could in fact double workers’ alertness and make them happier. Speaking at the at Cheltenham Science Festival this week, Oxford [...] The number of people on NHS hospital waiting lists in England rose by 4,500 to stand at 1,039,000 in January, the Government said today. Ministers said the increase had been kept to a minimum during one of the busiest periods of the year for the health service and pointed out that waiting lists rose by 11,000 [...] Younger people even less likely to consult GP for advice Britons are more than twice as likely to consult the internet for health advice as they are to see their doctor, a survey has revealed. A poll of 2,000 people found that half of respondents go online for lifestyle and nutritional tips, [...] Widespread dissatisfaction with standard of service Two thirds of patients do not think their out-of-hours GP service is safe, a report warns today. A survey by the Patients Association reveals that nearly half of those who had to use their local service within the last two years were unhappy with the standard of care. And [...] Select Committee raises concerns over efficiency savings The NHS is rationing patients’ access to certain treatments in a bid to meet its efficiency savings targets, MPs have warned. The Public Accounts Committee has today published its latest report on the NHS’s progress in meeting its requirement of £20bn in efficiency savings by 2014-15. It said that [...] Rise largely down to increase in testing The risk of being diagnosed with prostate cancer during a lifetime is set to be three times higher in 2015 than it was 25 years earlier, figures from Cancer Research UK show. The charity claims that boys born in 2015 will have a one in seven chance [...] The health and risk industry has broadly welcomed the Government’s response to the Sickness Absence Review, but cautions that the most crucial decision – on tax relief for back-to-work-interventions – has yet to be made. On Thursday the Government published its long-awaited response to the recommendations set out in a state-commissioned paper on [...] Medical journal says cholesterol-lowering pills can reduce the risk of heart problems, especially in the over-50s Millions of over-50s could safeguard their health by taking statins, according to a study that found the drugs benefit healthy people with no heart problems. Statins could benefit The findings could lead to a change in policy by the NHS, [...] The number of women living with cancer in the UK is set to almost quadruple over the next 30 years, far outstripping the number of men with the disease, a leading cancer charity is warning. Figures from Macmillan Cancer Support forecast that the number of women with lung cancer will rise 35 [...] Some NHS hospitals in Wales have missed waiting time targets in cases of critical beast cancer treatment. Dont forget your health The current government target is 95 per cent of urgent patients to be seen by a specialist in 62 days, but by the end of June only 88 per cent of these had [...] |
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