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Minocycline May Have A Negative Effect In Some Neurological Conditions (Medical News Today)
New research published in the journal The Lancet Neurology has shown that the drug minocycline may have a harmful effect in people with Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) according to one of the first randomised trials in people with a neurological disorder. Minocycline can be used to treat bacterial infections, such as pneumonia, acne and urinary infections. [click link for full article]
Benefits scroungers say they are too SPOTTY to hold down a job (Daily Mail)
Lazy benefits scroungers are claiming that they are too spotty to hold down a job. Shocking figures reveal that 50 layabouts are taking handouts worth thousands of pounds simply because they have acne - while 3,000 more are saying they are too fat or two tired to work
Need tougher benefits tests? (BBC Radio 1)
People wanting to claim sickness benefits are going to have to take a tougher test from next autumn. It's thought up to half of those taking it won't pass and will have to work.
Understanding and treating acne (Baltimore Sun)
Expert advice Acne - the scourge of proms and first dates - is a skin disease that, while not considered a serious medical condition, can ruin a look, undermine self-confidence, and in severe cases, cause scarring, says Dr. David Strobel, chief of dermatology at St. Agnes Hospital and a clinical instructor at Johns Hopkins Hospital.
Tiredness among 480 reasons people give for being unable to work (Guardian Unlimited)
Tiredness, gout and acne are some of the illnesses cited by incapacity benefit claimants, according to a Department of Work and Pensions document disclosed under the freedom of information act
Tiredness and acne cited on benefits claims (Guardian Unlimited)
The illnesses cited by some incapacity benefit claimants, including tiredness, gout and acne, have been revealed in a spreadsheet from the Department for Work and Pensions, disclosed under the freedom of information act
What the papers say (BBC News)
A look at what is making the headlines in Monday's morning newspapers.
Too fat to work (Times Online)
Almost two thousand people who are too fat to work have been paid a total of £4.4 million in benefit, it emerged last night. Other payments went to fifty sufferers of acne and ten incapacitated by leprosy.
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