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Both Mothercare and Laura Ashley have said they are concerned about consumer confidence Shares in retailers have come under pressure again after Laura Ashley and Mothercare both reported falling sales in recent weeks.
Laura Ashley said UK like-for-like sales were down 4.2% for the eight weeks to 26 March. Its shares fell 15%.
Mothercare shares fell 9.6% after it said UK like-for-like sales slid 2.4% in the first three months of the year.
The retail sector is preparing for a tough year, with consumers being hit by higher fuel and food prices.
Consumer confidence is also being affected by worries over government spending cuts, analysts say.
The figures from Laura Ashley and Mothercare come a day after electrical goods retailer Dixons issued a profit warning, with underlying sales down 7% in the past 11 weeks.
There was further gloomy news from the latest consumer confidence survey by GfK NOP Social Research.
It found that confidence among UK consumers had "stagnated at depths seldom seen outside of actual recession".
'Significant pressure'
Laura Ashley said it believed that UK consumers were increasingly unwilling to part with their money.
"There has been a decline in performance since the beginning of February, which we attribute to a general weakening in the consumer economy," the company said.
However, its comments came as it reported a healthy rise in annual profits.
For the 12 months to the end of January, its pre-tax profits rose to £24.1m from £11m the year before.
Meanwhile, baby goods firm Mothercare said it expected UK retail profits to remain under "significant pressure" in 2011-12.
It said profit margins were taking a bigger-than-expected hit as difficult conditions forced it to discount stock.
Mothercare's problems in the UK overshadowed its strong performance overseas, where sales from franchises increased 10% in the fourth quarter.
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Migraines cause throbbing pain Children who see flashing lights during a migraine have twice the normal likelihood of having a hole-in-the-heart, a study suggests.
US doctors examined 109 children over six who were migraine sufferers.
About half of those with a type of migraine accompanied by a visual disturbance called an aura had the heart defect, the Journal of Pediatrics reports.
The British Heart Foundation called for further research into the link.
Amy Thompson, senior cardiac nurse at the British Heart Foundation, said: "There could be a number of explanations for this link so further research needs to be carried out before we draw any firm conclusions.
"Once we understand the relationship in more detail it could signal an improvement in patient care."
A number of medical studies have found a link in adults between a hole-in-the-heart - known technically as a patent foramen ovale (PFO) - and migraine with aura.
This has lead to attempts to treat migraine by surgery to close the hole, when other migraine therapies have failed.
Dr Rachel McCandless and colleagues of the University of Utah used a scanning technique known as an echocardiogram to look for the heart defect.
Of the children who had migraines with aura, 50% also had the defect. This is nearly double the rate seen in the general population.
She said she hoped "our study will help guide future research about this difficult problem".
Around one in 10 people have aura with their migraines.
Common aura symptoms include visual disturbances such as seeing flashing or flickering lights, numbness, tingling sensations and slurred speech.
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The monitor was pioneered at University College Hospital, London. The NHS could save £400m a year if a blood flow monitor was used more during surgery, the health watchdog says.
In its guidance for England, NICE says the device, which was developed in Britain and uses ultrasound, reduces complications and speeds up recovery.
It says the CardioQ-ODM cuts the length of time patients spend in hospital following major or high-risk surgery by an average of two days.
Use of the device saves £1,000 each time, the watchdog adds.
At present, fewer than three in 100 eligible patients are monitored using it, but NICE estimates if that figure was increased to 50 in 100 patients, it would save the NHS in England more than £400m a year.
Based on the same technology as a police speed gun, the monitor uses ultrasound to measure the rate of blood flow from the heart.
The device, which has an ultrasound probe at its tip, is inserted into the oesophagus or gullet.
The signal is reflected by blood cells travelling down the aorta, which enables doctors to establish how much oxygen and nutrients are being sent to vital organs.
Sir Andrew Dillon Chief executive, NICE“The great thing about this is everybody wins”
The monitor was pioneered at University College Hospital in London.
Monty Mythen, professor of anaesthesia at the university said: "The main benefit is it allows us to adjust the amount of fluid and blood we give to the patient to maintain optimum flow during surgery.
"This helps prevents complications in the post-operative period and means patients feel well more quickly."
Because the probe is inserted into the gullet, it also reduces the risk of infection that comes with monitoring using a tube inserted through a vein into the heart.
"The great thing about this is everybody wins," said the chief executive of NICE, Sir Andrew Dillon.
"There are fewer complications for patients post-operatively, they spend less time in hospital and the NHS can save money. It's a much more efficient way of undertaking this kind of surgery."
This is not new technology - proDeltex Medical, based in Chichester, West Sussex, has been producing the monitor for around 20 years.
But its chief executive, Ewan Phillips, is hopeful NICE's backing will lead to a huge increase in orders at home and overseas.
"It takes a long time for ideas from the clinicians to feed through to the senior management - the sort of people who can make decisions to do things on a wide scale. That's always been a problem in the NHS," he said.
NICE's guidance applies to England, but it hopes hospitals around the UK will begin to use the heart monitor more frequently as a means of benefiting patients and cash-limited budgets.
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