By Jane Elliott Health reporter, BBC News At first sight an airline pilot, a car plant worker and a hospital surgeon would appear to have little in common. But the NHS is learning from the aviation and automotive industries as it introduces new safety protocols to reduce the risk of accidents in the operating theatre. Whether it is hitting a tropical storm at 36,000 feet or negotiating an expected emergency in the middle of open-heart surgery, advance planning and a calm and ordered environment can make all the difference.

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By Emma Wilkinson Health reporter, BBC News Women who have had a fracture are not getting treatment to prevent them having future bone breaks, a Cambridge University study suggests. An audit covering 1,600 women presenting to a specialist clinic with a fracture showed that 31% had suffered a previous break

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By Michael Voss BBC News, Havana Cuba’s former leader, Fidel Castro, has blamed the growth in swine flu on an increase in US visitors to the island.

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NHS bosses have apologised to a patient in Manchester who was locked in an ambulance for five hours after the driver went home and forgot about him. The man, 65, was stranded at Sharston ambulance station, Wythenshawe, after being collected by an ambulance from Manchester Royal Infirmary

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Two types of diabetes are known. Type 1 is observed when the human body does not make insulin at all. People with type 2 either are deficient in insulin, or their cells ignore the insulin they have

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Australia were 166 for the loss of three wickets at the end of 40th over after captain Ricky Ponting won the toss and elected to bat against hosts India in the third one-dayer at Feroze Shah cricket stadium in New Delhi on Saturday.

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Iran’s senior lawmakers have rejected UN-backed plan to ship much of the country’s uranium abroad for further enrichment. The move raises further doubts about the likelihood Tehran will approve the deal.

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Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II would be forced to wear a burkha under sharia law, radical Muslim campaigners said. The Daily Express quoted Abu Rumaysah, spokesman for pro-sharia campaigners Islam4UK, as saying that she would also be stripped of all authority and the monarchy would be abolished under the sharia system they want to impose on Britain. They have already said that Buckingham Palace would be renamed `Buckingham Mosque’

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The Malaysian Indian Congress is against the idea of having a single-stream education system, saying that the presence of vernacular schools will not hamper national unity. MIC president S.

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Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak has said that the Home Ministry has approved citizenship for 2,220 out of the 3,335 applications by the Indian community. Addressing a function organized by the Malaysian Associated Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (MAICCI), Razak said: “The applications were approved since the applicants had been loyal to this country and some had been waiting many years to become Malaysian citizens.” Razak also said that the decision was influenced by the hard work that the Indian community did to earn a decent living, which has also contributed to the development of country. The Prime Minister further said that he has urged the Home Ministry to step up the process to approve outstanding applications made by the Indians.

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