7,971 source-backed health facts - each attributed to a named person and a number, linked to the original source. Page 70 of 80.
“The figures from the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority... show that the proportion of foetuses aborted remained stable between 1991 and 2008...”
“The number of cases in the first 18 weeks of 2010 reached 134.”
“There were 153 cases in all of 2009.”
“cases so far this year were close to usual annual levels.”
“there is evidence that the disease is hitting two age groups the hardest: primary and junior school children, and 16 to 25-year-olds.”
“we would urge everyone up to the age of 25 to consult their family doctors about having two doses of MMR vaccine if they are currently unprotected.”
“Some 163 people - mostly children - have died in recent weeks after villagers started digging for gold in areas with high concentrations of lead.”
“Twenty-five children from the village have been hospitalised with another 80 set for treatment in the coming days.”
“He said that only one clinical death from lead poisoning had been recorded over the past three weeks, with the other deaths occurring earlier on.”
“He also assured that the villages would be cleaned up within the next four weeks.”
“The operation to dig up the top 5cm (2in) of soil in the remote village of Yar'Gailma has been delayed until Tuesday because bad roads have delayed the heavy machinery, officials say.”
“Health authorities have set up two camps in the area to treat people who are suffering the symptoms of lead poisoning.”
“He said that hundreds of children have tested with high levels of lead "that are likely to lead to them dying in the near future".”
“Andrew Moffat, 45, from Cleland, Lanarkshire, passed away in hospital on Saturday.”
“His children Stephen, 12, and Rachael, 7, were the first siblings in the UK to have transplants for a hereditary heart problem.”
“Stephen Moffat had the transplant surgery in December 2007 and then his younger sister Rachael had the same operation in August 2008.”
“A £20m lottery package to reduce social isolation and loneliness of elderly people in Wales is being unveiled later.”
“Research by Loughborough University suggests one in 10 fans will drink at least 20 cans and 20 pints of beer throughout the World Cup, while one in seven will eat at least 10 pizzas.”
“A total of 55 patients developed C.diff and 18 died at the hospital between December 2007 and June 2008.”
“First to give evidence was Mrs Bowes, whose 74-year-old mother Margaret Dalton was admitted to the Vale of Leven in November 2007.”
“Mrs Bowes said her mother had diarrhoea during a weekend visit to her home from the hospital on 17 December and was later diagnosed with C.diff.”
“An initial review of procedures at the hospital following the C.diff outbreak found 'inadequate' infection controls.”
“An ambulance spokesman said one person was taken to Southern General Hospital in Glasgow, three to Lorn and Islands District General Hospital near Oban, and four to Mid Argyll Hospital in Lochgilphead.”
“Streator Mayor Jimmie Lansford told a news conference that 17 people had been taken to a local hospital for treatment”
“There were more than 400 deaths between 2005 and 2008 than would be expected at the hospital.”
“A Healthcare Commission report in March 2009 highlighted the unusual amount of deaths.”
“The Care Quality Commission, which replaced the Health Commission, has said care is now safe although some problems persist over staffing and equipment.”
“The chief executive and chairman in charge during the period in question have been replaced”
“the General Medical Council and Nursing and Midwifery Council are investigating some staff involved.”
“More than 40 doctors called for chief executive Dr Jane Collins to quit after a British Medical Association meeting.”
“The chair of the trust met four consultants last week and discussed a variety of concerns they had regarding the running of the hospital.”
“The teenager was treated after reporting hip pains and memory loss.”
“She was placed on a spinal board stretcher before being flown to Morriston Hospital, in Swansea.”
“external costing almost £3m”
“It's part of a Scottish government pilot, external costing almost £3m, which aims to make health boards more accountable to their communities.”
“but the government says these elections are an important step in bringing power back to local people. No-one quite knows what the outcome will be, but whoever represents the people of Fife and Dumfries will have to make some tough choices …”
“It has emerged that he had been a mental health patient in Derbyshire for about a year.”
“The 21-year-old man received medical treatment at the scene for a cut to his head, but was not taken to hospital.”
“Doctors have tested the technique, which involves a single shot of radiotherapy to a tumour site, in more than 2,000 patients.”
“It could save the UK £15m a year, the researchers said.”
“Led by a UK team, but carried out in nine countries, the four-year trial in women over 45 showed similar rates of disease recurrence regardless of the treatment used.”
“There were six cases of the disease returning in those who had the new single-dose technique and five cases in those undergoing a prolonged course of radiotherapy.”
“Treatment of patients with breast cancer accounts for about a third of the workload of radiotherapy departments in some parts of the world and contributes substantially to the unacceptable waiting lists seen in many oncology departments wo…”
“The South London and Maudsley NHS Trust has attached the £600 ankle devices on more than 60 medium and high risk patients under the pilot scheme.”
“The devices, which can track a person's location to within a few yards, are already used for dementia sufferers.”
“He was 76 and had been suffering from lung disease.”
“The mental illness, which used to be called manic depression, affects around one in 100 people.”
“Following the breakdown of the relationship with her partner of 10 years last October, Zoe's mental health began to deteriorate.”
“Two weeks later she was admitted to an NHS psychiatric ward.”
“Zoe left hospital after almost a month and is now recovering.”
“Sir Peter recommends cutting the drink-drive limit from 80mg to 50mg of alcohol per 100ml of blood.”
“his right leg amputated below the knee after the accident in 2008”
“American Airlines was ordered to pay more than £80,000 after ground worker Kulwant Bhara, 45, was run over by a 70-tonne vehicle used to move aircraft.”
“Mr Bhara, from Slough, had his right leg amputated below the knee after the accident in 2008.”
“In addition there was a safety review in May 2007 which "for reasons it is difficult to understand did not consider the significant risk of someone being struck by the vehicle", the judge added.”
“Three wards at a Norfolk hospital have been closed following an outbreak of a sickness bug.”
“Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King's Lynn has shut Marham, Necton and Feltwell wards to new admissions.”
“Sixteen patients have been confirmed with the norovirus sickness bug”
“and 19 are in the recovery phase, the hospital said.”
“Visiting has also been restricted.”
“We are advising friends and relatives to avoid visiting patients at the hospital unless they feel it is absolutely necessary.”
“Under no circumstances should visitors go to more than one ward during their visit”
“Thirty million people in England have already been formally contacted about the computer record.”
“They are informed there are changes to the way their medical records will be stored, and warned that the electronic entry of basic information will proceed if they do not take action within four months. Behind the scenes, talks are continu…”
“Data has been uploaded for 1.5m records in 21 Primary Care Trust (PCT) areas.”
“They are informed there are changes to the way their medical records will be stored, and warned that the electronic entry of basic information will proceed if they do not take action within four months.”
“An independent review of the records scheme will be published by academics later this month.”
“Lydia Cross is a child patron of Help for Heroes after losing both her legs to meningitis.”
“The west Cumbria branch of the Samaritans, based in Whitehaven, which usually only takes telephone calls at weekends, will open its doors on Saturday and Sunday.”
“The Samaritans centre on Church Street in Whitehaven will be open from 1000 BST until 1800 BST on Saturday and Sunday.”
“My 15-year-old daughter Lizy had the idea.”
“More than 100 children have died of lead poisoning in Nigeria in recent weeks, health officials say.”
“A total of 163 out of 355 cases of poisoning have proved fatal, a Nigerian health ministry official told Reuters.”
“The number has been rising since March, when residents started digging illegally for gold in areas with high concentrations of lead.”
“The victims were from several remote villages in the northern state of Zamfara.”
“Health authorities have set up two camps in the area to treat people who are suffering symptoms of lead poisoning.”
“The deaths were discovered during the country's annual immunisation programme, when officials realised there were virtually no children in several remote villages in the northern state, says the BBC's Abdullai Kaura Abubakar in Kaduna.”
“It was only when a team from international aid agency Medecins Sans Frontiers took blood tests from local people that the high concentrations of lead were discovered.”
“12 weeks pregnant”
“He was taken to Plymouth's Derriford Hospital and was there for six weeks before he was transferred to the Odstock unit.”
“He is due to leave the unit later this month.”
“He is now tetraplegic, paralysed below the chest, with limited movement in his arms.”
“Across the country the Welsh Amublance Service has trained over 3,000 volunteers to man the trusts' 34 current PADS.”
“WAG says that more than 12,000 cattle were slaughtered as a result of TB infection in 2008 (compared with 669 in 1997), at a cost of £24m to the public purse.”
“Based on existing scientific research, WAG believes the cull may reduce the incidence of TB in cattle by 9%, with the effect persisting for 2 to 3 years after the cull stops.”
“This may be available in four to five years' time.”
“One officer suffered an injury to his face that needed surgery.”
“"The illness can last as little as 12 hours or up to three days," she said.”
“NHS North Yorkshire and York said it was investing £3.2m in 2,000 of the Telehealth systems.”
“NHS North Yorkshire and York said the decision to install the units was made following positive feedback after 60 were trialled in the county.”
“Patients suffering from heart failure and diabetes are among those who will benefit, the trust said.”
“Pauline Waite, 56, from Acomb, who suffers from emphysema, said it was reassuring to know her condition was being monitored while she retained her independence.”
“Since our inception in 1988, we have helped more than 8,000 patients allowing many of them to return to a meaningful role in their personal and family lives.”
“19 operations, mainly cardiac surgery, were postponed at the University Hospital of Wales.”
“normal elective operations would resume on Monday.”
“Around 25 people at Good Hope Hospital in Sutton Coldfield have been offered the technique on the NHS”
“at a cost of between £5,000 and £10,000 each”
“The most important thing is careful patient selection. I wouldn't say every patient who has arthritis can have this technique, you need to choose your patients very carefully”
“The secretive state's official news agency, KCNA, says the drink contains 60 kinds of "microelements" extracted from more than 30 species of plants.”
“It, with effects of both preventive and curative treatment, helps improve mental and retentive faculties by multiplying brain cells.”
