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Ian Brady in public plea for transfer from hospital and death in prison

17th June 2013

Society: Mental health | guardian.co.uk

Hunger-striking Moors murderer, 75, appears for first time in almost half a century, via video link from private hearingThe Moors murderer Ian Brady has appeared in public for the first time in almost 50 years as he begins his legal attempt to be released from psychiatric hospital and sent to a high-security prison.The hearing opened with proceedings relayed live by video link to rooms at Manchester Civil Justice Centre, where press and public were able to attend.The 75-year-old could be seen sitting with his lawyers. He was wearing dark glasses, and had a feeding tube coming out of his nose. ...

'130 women' in gynaecologist claim

17th June 2013

BBC News - Health

About 130 women file complaints against a former Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust gynaecologist, a law firm confirms.

Patients to vet standards of care

17th June 2013

BBC News - Health

Patients are being asked to give their views on a radical overhaul of standards for NHS hospitals.

Ian Brady mental health tribunal - in tweets

17th June 2013

Society: Mental health | guardian.co.uk

Follow Helen Pidd's live coverage of the hearing of the Moors murderer, who has applied to be transferred from Ashworth high-security hospital to an ordinary prison so he can dieThe Moors murderer Ian Brady has applied to be transferred from Ashworth high-security psychiatric hospital in Maghull, Merseyside, to an ordinary prison in Scotland. The 75-year-old has been on hunger strike for more than a decade and is tube-fed. Prisoners in Scotland are not force-fed so the move would effectively allow Brady to starve himself to death, without intervention.Brady and the late Myra Hindley were jailed for the abduction and murder ...

Life at Ashworth Hospital

17th June 2013

BBC News - Health

Life at Ashworth hospital, home to Moors Murderer Ian Brady

Earlier breast screening in high-risk women shows 'encouraging' results

17th June 2013

NHS Choices: Behind the headlines

"Women with a family history of breast cancer should be screened in their thirties," says The Daily Telegraph. The news relates to an ongoing study that aims to look at the effects of mammography screening in women with a family history of breast cancer when they are between the ages of 35 and 39. National guidelines currently recommend that women identified as being at increased risk of breast cancer because of a family history of the disease are offered annual mammography screening from the age of 40. Women at very high risk, such as those with BRCA1 or 2 mutations, ...

Baldness drug finasteride 'cuts men's drinking'

17th June 2013

NHS Choices: Behind the headlines

“Anti-baldness drug can cause men to lose interest in alcohol,” reports the Mail Online. This report is based on a small survey of young men who had been taking the drug, finasteride, for hair loss. Impotence and decreased libido are recognised side effects of this anti-male-hormone drug, and all 83 men in this study had experienced sexual side effects that lasted at least three months after they stopped taking it. The survey found that the men reported drinking less at the time of the survey than before they started taking the drug. However, this was on average five years earlier, ...