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News items on 'Screening And Prevention'
Probe into private health scans
(BBC 15/05/2009)
An investigation has been launched into private screening company Life Line, which offers tests to detect the early signs of stroke and heart disease. A group of medical experts, including vascular surgeons, is concerned about the reliability of results and the company's clinical procedures.
Universal over 40s health checks
(BBC 29/03/2009)
At-risk patients in England are to be offered screening for heart disease and strokes, Gordon Brown announces. A mass programme of health checks for over-40s in England will be launched this week, with ministers promising it will save 650 lives a year. Every five years, those aged 40 to 74 will be offered blood pressure, weight and cholesterol checks alongside lifestyle advice
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Thousands of us pay more than '£100 each year for health screening. Are we falling for a scan too far?
(Daily Mail 28/02/2009)
The physical 'MoT' market in the UK is worth an estimated £99million a year, a rise of 30% over the past 5 years. You can be tested for anything from a brain tumour to heart disease and some will scan your whole body for cancer. Experts fear that private health-screening preys on the worried well, offers poor value for money, can cause unnecessary anxiety and can lead to unnecessary surgery.
Scientists hot on the trail of breath test to spot cancer
(Daily Mail 14/10/2008)
British scientists are looking at ways to analyse all the chemicals and compounds present in a person's breath to spot signs of conditions such as diabetes, cancer, hepatitis and cirrhosis of the liver. The team at Swansea University is trying to develop a paper strip on which patients could breathe, which would show doctors if they were suffering from a certain disease.
Unhealthy people to be offered '£20 'bribes' to force them to see a doctor
(Daily Mail 02/10/2008)
Unhealthy people could be offered cash payments as an incentive to go and see their GP. Health Service managers say that spending small amounts now could save the NHS thousands of pounds later by helping to prevent diabetes, heart disease or weight problems. But critics complain the plan is bribing patients at a time when cancer sufferers are having to do without potentially life-extending drugs.
'Remote nurse' aids home patients
(BBC 19/08/2008)
A system which allows patients to monitor their health at home and send the results to nurses electronically is tested in Cornwall.
Check-ups for middle-aged are waste of resources, say doctors
(The Scotsman 14/06/2008)
HEALTH checks for over-40s will divert NHS resources from the genuinely sick to the "worried well", doctors have warned.
NHS 'falling behind' on diabetes
(BBC 23/04/2008)
Targets for improving diabetes care may be missed as local health providers are failing to offer key services, a top charity warns.
Breast checks 'benefit over 70s'
(BBC 19/04/2008)
Women should be screened for breast cancer up to the age of 75, a study of over 860,000 women has suggested.
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