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Hospitals ‘fail to tackle drinking problems’

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Hospitals are not testing patients for dangerous levels of drinking, a charity said.
The poll, by Action on Addiction, found only four of 191 accident and emergency departments in England’s hospitals were carrying out formal assessments. And only 24 A&E departments were asking even general questions about alcohol consumption.
This is despite research showing […]

Study links sicknesses to day-care equipment

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) Fewer children and workers at out-of-home day care centers would get sick if the centers had better equipment for changing diapers, washing hands and preparing food, according to a study.
Automatic faucets and foot-activated, rollout bins for diaper disposal can help reduce the spread of infectious diseases. But those and other […]

Study: Signs of autism show earlier in some children

Children with autism can be identified as early as 14 months old, the youngest age at which the disorder has been diagnosed, a study by researchers at the Kennedy Krieger Institute in Baltimore suggests.
But about half the time, symptoms may not show up until months later. That suggests at least two distinct paths leading […]

China finds problems with kids’ snacks

BEIJING (AP) Chinese inspectors found excessive amounts of additives and preservatives in dozens of children’s snacks and seized hundreds of bottles of fake human blood protein from hospitals, officials said Tuesday.
China’s dismal health and safety record Д both within and outside its borders Д has increasingly come under the spotlight as its goods […]

Hospital superbug soars by 22 per cent in just three months

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Cases of a deadly hospital superbug which thrives in filthy conditions have soared to record levels.
In the past year, almost 56,000 vulnerable and elderly patients have caught Clostridium difficile - a stomach bug that can be halted with simple soap and water.
Between January and March alone, 15,592 people were infected with the […]