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National Health Service stories: 13 news summaries

 Brit Health 
 Service  
 Endorses 
 Wii Fit  

First-ever video game supported by NHS

Oct 26, 09 4:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - Turn on the boob tube and get fit. That's the message from the British National Health Service, which is endorsing Nintendo's new Wii Fit Plus video game. It's the first time ever the service has endorsed a video game and it's sure to raise criticism from some health experts, reports... More »

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technology • health • Japan • Nintendo • National Health Service • exercise • Britain • fitness • Wii Fit • Wii Fit Plus

 Brit Transsexual Sues for 
  Health Service Boob Job 

Plaintiff claims refusing surgery is a violation of human rights

Oct 9, 09 2:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - A transsexual denied breast enlargement surgery by Britain's National Health Service is suing, claiming the denial violates her human rights. The plaintiff—who has undergone hormone treatment and lived as a woman for the last decade—says the surgery is essential to her identity as a woman. More »

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lawsuit • National Health Service • Britain • breast enhancement • transsexual

 UK Teen Dies 
 After HPV Vaccination 

14-year-old has 'rare but extreme reaction'; batch quarantined after others report trouble

Sep 28, 09 8:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - A 14-year-old British girl died yesterday after receiving the vaccine against human papillomavirus, and the National Health Service has quarantined the batch after three other girls reported unpleasant side effects. Her school is telling parents the girl had a “rare but extreme reaction” to the shot, which is commonly... More »

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HPV • cervical cancer • United Kingdom • vaccination • National Health Service • human papilloma virus • teen girls

OPINION

Why I Love Britain's
Health Care System


Aug 22, 09 10:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - US conservatives are doing their best to turn Britain’s National Health Service into a cautionary tale. Author Stephen Amidon was nervous as well when he moved to Britain; how good could free care be? But the birth of his first child taught him to love the system, he writes... More »

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United Kingdom • National Health Service • Britain • health care reform

OPINION

Obamacare
Isn't 'Socialist Hellhole,' It's Switzerland

Krugman: White House plan not all that radical

Aug 17, 09 7:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - Investor's Business Daily made a howler when it said the British physicist Stephen Hawking "wouldn't have a chance" under the UK's health care, but for Paul Krugman, the "vile and stupid" editorial missed the point. Obamacare doesn't look like the British system, in which government runs hospitals... More »

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health care • United Kingdom • Switzerland • universal health care • National Health Service • health care reform • Paul Krugman

Brown Answers US Health Attack on Twitter

PM, wife hit back at Republicans bashing UK's health service

Aug 14, 09 6:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - When a few Republicans called Britain's National Health Service "evil" and "Orwellian," the UK's Twitter users erupted. The hashtag #welovetheNHS has been trending for days now, at one point crashing the site. Yesterday the campaign got a high-profile supporter: Gordon Brown, who tweeted: "NHS often makes... More »

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Gordon Brown • National Health Service • health care reform • Twitter • Sarah Brown • hash tags

ooops

British Health Care Would Kill Hawking...

...say foes of reform, forgetting that Brit physicist lives in UK

Aug 11, 09 1:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Opponents of health care reform should be careful how they use the terrifying example of Britain’s socialized system. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution stumbled upon an editorial on Investors Business Daily that asserts that “people such as scientist Stephen Hawking wouldn’t have a chance in the UK, where... More »

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Stephen Hawking • England • National Health Service • rationing • Britain • health care reform • Obama administration • President Obama • socialized medicine

OPINION

Health Care by Computer
Has Failed in the UK


Jul 18, 09 6:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - Like all liberals, President Obama likes big, controlling systems. Like British politicians, he hopes to manage health care with a nationwide supercomputer. As Britain failed, so too will the United States, Fraser Nelson and Irwin M. Stelzer write in the Weekly Standard. Not only has Britain's medical database failed after... More »

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health care • England • public health • National Health Service • computer network • Obama administration • President Obama

(Newser) - A brochure being circulated by Britain's National Health Service advises that children be taught more positive lessons about sex as part of a healthy life, along the lines of "an orgasm a day keeps the doctor away," reports the Daily Telegraph. The leaflet, entitled Pleasure, says sex should... More »

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children • sex education • National Health Service • Britain • orgasm

(Newser) - A British National Health Service trust posted a controversial staged video on YouTube showing a teenager giving birth amid a pack of yelling high schoolers as a way to scare girls about pregnancy, reports the Daily Mail. The video shows a teen, played by an actress, giving birth on a... More »

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pregnancy • YouTube • video • National Health Service • digital video • Britain • teen pregnancy • teenager

 Doctor Shortage 
 Could Hurt Obama 
 Health Care Plans 

More primary care physicians are needed to serve aging population, uninsured

Apr 27, 09 8:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama's ambitious plants to expand health care for millions of currently uninsured Americans while simultaneously meeting the needs of aging boomers, may be stymied not only by politics-as-usual but a shortage of primary care physicians, the New York Times reports. Officials are weighing several options, including increasing Medicare payments... More »

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health care • Barack Obama • health care costs • universal health care • National Health Service • shortage • health care reform • primary care

 Poor Kids 
 Missing Out 
 on Multivitamins 

Well-heeled kids take them, poor need them

Feb 5, 09 6:45 AM CST
(Newser) - Vitamin supplements can combat kids' dietary deficiencies, but tend to be taken by those who least need them, reports Time. A five-year study found that a third of US children take supplements—but those kids are much more likely to be white, with higher incomes, healthier diets, and better health... More »

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health care • health insurance • children • vitamins • diet • National Health Service • poverty • health study • dietary supplement

UK to Patients Who Smoke: Put That Out

National Health Service imposes four-week window before surgery

Jun 4, 07 3:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - Smokers in Britain must kick the habit for at least four weeks before undergoing routine surgery or the National Health Service will deny them the operations, the Daily Mail reports. Doctors will use blood tests to enforce the new policy, which could affect up to 500,000 smokers awaiting procedures... More »

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medicine • health • surgery • United Kingdom • smoking • England • patient • National Health Service • smoking ban • Britain

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