7,971 source-backed health facts - each attributed to a named person and a number, linked to the original source. Page 64 of 80.
“10-bed accommodation area”
“birthing unit with 10 ensuite rooms”
“Two of the world's richest men and the Spanish government have pledged $150m (£101.7m) to battle disease and improve health in Central America and Mexico.”
“A poll of 1,000 pregnant women for the Society of Chiropodists and Podiatrists found many regularly wore ballet pumps, flip flops, high heels and Ugg boots.”
“The survey also suggests half feel under pressure to keep up with the latest celebrity trends.”
“Yet seven out of 10 women admitted to suffering from foot problems including swollen ankles (37%), swollen feet (45%) and arch and heel pain (16%) while pregnant.”
“Among those surveyed, 66% regularly wore flip flops, 32% wore high heels, 53% wore ballet pumps and 30% wore Ugg boots.”
“As a rule, she says women should opt for 1.2in (3cm) heels as they shift weight a little further forward on to the feet, which can help alleviate discomfort.”
“Replacing white rice with brown rice and wholemeal bread could cut the risk of diabetes by a third, US experts say.”
“In the study of nearly 200,000 US people, white rice consumption was linked to type 2 diabetes.”
“After adjusting for age and other diabetes risk factors, those who ate five or more 150g servings of white rice per week had a 17% increased risk of diabetes compared with people who consumed less than one serving - about a cup of rice - p…”
“Although few people - only 2% - in the study ate this much white rice, the finding was significant.”
“People who ate two or more servings of brown rice per week had an 11% reduced risk of developing the condition compared with those who ate less than one serving a month.”
“Based on the results, the researchers estimate that replacing 50g or one-third of a typical serving of white rice with the same amount of brown rice would lead to a 16% lower risk of type 2 diabetes.”
“And replacing the white rice with wholegrains, including brown rice and pasta, wholemeal bread and rolled oats, could cut the risk by more than a third.”
“Experts generally recommend that at least half of carbohydrate intake should come from whole grains like brown rice.”
“More than 70% of the rice consumed in developed countries such as the US and UK is white.”
“up to 100,000 lives could be saved every year if a known drug were given to seriously bleeding trauma patients”
“could lower the risk of dying by 15%”
“after studying 20,000 patients”
“Each year 600,000 injured patients bleed to death worldwide”
“nearly six million people die each year from injuries, which accounts for 10% of the world's deaths”
“Almost half of those deaths are caused by bleeding”
“The trial involved patients from 274 hospitals across 40 countries”
“1g of TXA within a few hours of being injured, followed by another 1g in a drip over the next eight hours”
“TXA reduced the chances of death, due to massive blood loss, by one sixth”
“up to 100,000 deaths every year across the world”
“about 12,000 lives each year”
“Two thousand deaths a year could be saved in the United States”
“about 1,800 people die from bleeding after injury each year”
“cut this figure by about 280”
“TXA costs about £3 per gram”
“tranexamic acid (TXA), which helps blood to clot, could lower the risk of dying by 15%”
“1g of TXA within a few hours of being injured, followed by another 1g in a drip over the next eight hours, or a matching placebo”
“highly significant reduction in risk of dying”
“no evidence of complications or unwanted clotting”
“about 280”
“The new Pinderfields Hospital in Wakefield has opened its doors to its first patients.”
“Children's outpatient services have started at the £250m hospital, which includes purpose-built consultancy and treatment rooms.”
“Other services at the hospital are expected to open over the summer.”
“Other facilities include single rooms or four-bedded wards with en suites and landscape garden areas.”
“one man had suffered first degree burns and another third degree burns.”
“Both men, believed to be in their 50s, were taken to Frenchay Hospital.”
“their injuries were serious but were not thought to be life-threatening.”
“Four "knitting nannas" have been thanked by the Welsh Ambulance Service after they "got the needle" and produced 40 woollen teddy bears.”
“What we do know from previous games is that in the Autumn of 2012 there should be a spike in participation rates in physical activity, but we need to work hard, right now, to maximise that because I believe, perhaps surprisingly, that elit…”
“The Vacoped holds the foot in a ballet-style pointed position and costs less than half as much as a traditional plaster cast.”
“It can be reused and so far it has helped more than 20 patients.”
“I had my treatment on the Tuesday and I was back to work, fully weight-bearing, by the Wednesday.”
“Once the device is fitted, air is pumped from the lining to make it fit snugly to remain in place for about four weeks.”
“Traditional treatment involves wearing a plaster cast for four to six weeks.”
“Some 20 other patients have so far tried the boot.”
“The report predicted that 400,000 people could be affected by 2031, due to problems associated with an ageing population.”
“The Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) said that almost two million people in the UK were living with sight loss.”
“Mr Legg, speaking at the start of National Eye Health Week, said that a 62% increase in the elderly population by 2031 meant it was important that provision was made now to cover the cost.”
“RNIB research found that diabetes affected almost 5% of the Scottish population.”
“"Someone with diabetes has a 10 to 20 times greater chance of being registered blind," Mr Legg said.”
“"However, early diagnosis and treatment can prevent up to 98% of severe sight loss and the earlier the treatment the more likely it is to be effective."”
“The report also pointed to claims that for every 1,000 smokers who quit there would be an estimated 12 fewer cases of blindness.”
“The report's authors said diabetic retinopathy was one of the most serious and costly complications of diabetes and the leading cause of blindness among the working-age population in the UK.”
“"If a new virus was discovered that threatened to cause sight loss in 3,000 adults a year in Scotland it would receive the highest of priorities."”
“Plans to spend £2.4m on saving key services at Oxfordshire's Horton Hospital have been approved by its directors.”
“In May the board of NHS Oxfordshire agreed funding of £1.5m a year to help save children's and maternity services at the Banbury site.”
“The hospital's directors have now agreed to provide a further £900,000 annually to maintain the services.”
“The funding will ensure children's and maternity services are offered 24 hours a day.”
“I'm delighted that we today were able to agree to implement the plans that had been confirmed by Oxfordshire PCT, which will commit us to maintaining 24-hour services for paediatrics and obstetrics at the Horton.”
“Mr Mitchell was left with burns to 12% of his body after the incident in the Headingley Taps pub last October.”
“The student needed a number of skin graft operations for burns to his ankles, arms and hands.”
“Up to 60,000 children in Scotland are believed to be living with drug-addicted parents.”
“More than 600 women have been supported by the initiative since it began about a decade ago.”
“But she says she has been clean now for two years with the support of the project.”
“She said it had resulted in fewer babies being born to drug-addicted mothers.”
“I would say there has been a decrease in children that have been removed from their parents' care.”
“Fathers of new babies will be able to stay overnight on postnatal wards at Bath's Royal United Hospital (RUH) as part of a pilot scheme.”
“The 'Partners Staying Overnight' project starts on 19 June”
“and is run by Wiltshire Community Health Services.”
“The pilot is only one of a handful in the country”
“He's not badly hurt, he's sitting up in bed and chatting and laughing with visitors. He's in a comfortable condition and I expect he will be with us for a few more days.”
“Peter Connelly died on 3 August 2007 with more than 50 injuries. These included fractured ribs and a broken back.”
“In the year before his death Peter was seen more than half a dozen times by Dr Ikwueke.”
“The GMC panel was told that Dr Ikwueke last saw Peter, from north London, on 26 July.”
“On 30 July, Tracey Connelly spoke to the GP and said Peter had grab marks.”
“Peter's mother Tracey Connelly had registered the family as patients with Dr Ikwueke in 2003.”
“The GMC heard he was aware of her history of depression, and that she was struggling to cope with being a mother.”
“Consultant paediatrician Sabah Al-Zayyat is accused of failing to spot that he was suffering abuse two days before his death.”
“We've chosen to target two major pathways knowing that people will be interested in switching them on or off at discrete points.”
“by 2029, the number of people aged 85 and older will increase by about 150% in parts of the county.”
“underwent the surgery in February 2009”
“She died a few months later in July”
“the organs were from a smoker of 30 years”
“30% of lung recipients die before getting a transplant”
“in 1998 13% of donor organs were 'marginal' and 10 years later this percentage had doubled”
“Mr Welch was originally taken to Doncaster Royal Infirmary and later transferred to a specialist unit at Sheffield's Northern General Hospital where he is said to be making good progress.”
“UK charity Save the Children warns some 400,000 children are at risk of severe malnutrition.”
“Seven types of birth defect were identified ranging from spina bifida, cleft palate, heart defects and limb reduction.”
“The researchers from Ulster, in collaboration with University of Groningen in the Netherlands and the EUROCAT network, examined data gathered from a population of nearly four million births, including 98,075 live births, stillbirths, or te…”
“about 2% of births have major birth defects.”
“the risk of birth defects can be as much as two to three times higher," she said.”
“risk was increased between two and 12 times compared with no anti-epileptic drug use.”
“Analysis of published data from all trials of angiotensin-receptor blockers (ARBs) found one extra case of cancer for every 105 patients treated.”
