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Published: Saturday, 19 January 2019 12:08
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The NHS has told Superdrug it could do more to protect the mental health of customers who want injections to smooth skin or plump lips. The High Street chain has said it will tighten its screening of Botox customers for mental health issues after these concerns were raised. Health minister Jackie Doyle-Price has said: "the desire to change appearance can be symptomatic of a mental disorder".
Read more: Superdrug to tighten screening of Botox customers
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Published: Thursday, 17 January 2019 07:26
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Thousands of young children are to benefit from a new £1.5m programme aimed at transforming the dental health of under 5s across Greater Manchester. The new initiative will see supervised toothbrushing introduced in schools and nurseries plus dental care incorporated into health visitor checks in areas where particularly large numbers of young children suffer from tooth decay.
Read more: New initiative to improve child oral health in Manchester
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Published: Wednesday, 16 January 2019 07:57
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A former MP and health minister, Nicola Blackwood has been given a peerage and appointed as a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department of Health and Social Care. Ms Blackwood became the MP for Oxford West and Abingdon in 2010, and a health minister from 2016, but lost her seat in the 2017 general election to the Liberal Democrats’ Layla Moran.
Read more: Ousted MP to be health minister in the House of Lords
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Published: Tuesday, 15 January 2019 08:28
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Promotional deals on unhealthy snacks placed at shop tills could be curbed under a proposed government clampdown on the epidemic in childhood obesity. Public health minister, Steve Brine, said: “Preventing ill health is critical to our long-term plan for the NHS and I want to do everything in my power to keep people healthy for longer. This must start with the health and nutrition of our children.
Read more: Sweets to be banned at tills
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Published: Sunday, 13 January 2019 10:54
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The Daily Mail article quotes a Cochrane Review that found little or no difference between regular planned scale and polish treatments compared with no scheduled scale and polish for the early signs of gum disease. But the article says that ‘the often costly service’ may be unnecessary for those with good teeth and makes ‘no difference’ to dental health.
Read more: Daily Mail says ‘costly’ scale and polish 'may be unnecessary’
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Published: Friday, 11 January 2019 08:12
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Diabetes UK has been chosen as the official charity partner of the Simplyhealth Great Run Series 2019, including the Great North Run, the world’s biggest half marathon. By partnering with Diabetes UK, Simplyhealth is able to continue supporting people with their health, encouraging as many people as possible to become more active on a regular basis for better physical and mental wellbeing.
Read more: Diabetes UK is official charity partner for Simplyhealth in 2019
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Published: Friday, 11 January 2019 08:12
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Employees at a Scottish waste disposal firm that is under criminal investigation have been laid off, after Healthcare Environmental Services (HES) lost nearly 20 health service contracts. NHS Scotland said its contract, which covered every hospital, GP surgery, NHS pharmacy and dental practice, would not be renewed in April 2019.
Read more: Clinical waste collection for dentists in Scotland threatened
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Published: Wednesday, 09 January 2019 07:55
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A new study has found that nutrients in cranberries and blueberries can be highly effective in protecting the teeth against a strand of bacteria responsible for accelerating tooth decay. However, along with other fruit, they may also contain high amounts of natural sugar. One portion of cranberries contains up to four grams of sugar while a serving of blueberries is nearly ten grams.
Read more: New study: Dark-coloured berries may lower the risk of tooth decay
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Published: Tuesday, 08 January 2019 08:43
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NHS England says its new 10-year plan could save up to 500,000 lives by focusing on prevention and early detection. GPs, mental health and community care will get the biggest funding increases to shift the focus away from hospitals. But it has come in for criticism from the BDA who said that dentistry had been ‘overlooked’ in the Long-Term Plan.
Read more: NHS10-year plan leaves dentistry on the rocks
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