3/23 Telegraph Health

NHS compensations scheme earning lawyers millions of pounds March 21, 2009 at 9:04 pm Lawyers are earning tens of millions of pounds from a government scheme intended to win money for victims of medical blunders it has emerged. Staffordshire hospital scandal: the hidden story March 21, 2009 at 7:26 pm Congealed blood was smeared on seats in the patients' waiting area the lavatory floors stank of urine and grime was encrusted on the sinks used by doctors and nurses. Terry Deighton had never seen anything like it. Hospital scandal: missed warnings March 21, 2009 at 5:22 pm The shocking extent of the failures at Stafford Hospital where hundreds of patients died unnecessarily has been disclosed. Heal our Hospitals March 21, 2009 at 5:22 pm The Sunday Telegraph believes the Staffordshire hospital crisis shows that more needs to be done to protect patients and help staff to make the right decisions. Today we launch our campaign Heal Our Hospitals to demand a series of changes that would help prevent it happening again.

3/22 Yahoo! News: Health News

Combo Screening Doesn't Spot Early Ovarian Cancer (HealthDay) March 21, 2009 at 9:22 am HealthDay - FRIDAY, March 20 (HealthDay News) -- A screening regimen that combines ultrasound and a blood test to detect CA125, a marker for ovarian cancer, fails to discover the cancer in its early stages and often results in unnecessary surgery, a new study shows. Diabetics and Elderly May Fare Better With Bypass (HealthDay) March 21, 2009 at 9:22 am HealthDay - FRIDAY, March 20 (HealthDay News) -- A major international study pinpoints which people with major heart artery blockages would be better off having bypass surgery than artery-opening angioplasty. Clinical Trials Update: March 20, 2009 (HealthDay) March 21, 2009 at 9:22 am HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch: Most New EMS Recruits Overweight or Obese (HealthDay) March 21, 2009 at 9:22 am HealthDay - FRIDAY, March 20 (HealthDay News) -- More than 75 percent of candidates for fire and ambulance services in Massachusetts are either overweight or obese, a situation that has major consequences for public health and safety, researchers say.