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Jul 2018
More than 50 per cent of health boards throughout England have refused NHS funding for the procedure unless the patient is in so much pain they are unable to work. The rationing rules have been called ‘an absolute disgrace’ by leading surgeons, adding that in some cases patients’ lives could be at risk. Some clinical…
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Jul 2018
Experts believe they may have identified a way to stop high risk babies from developing type 1 diabetes, by providing them with powdered insulin to offer lifetime protection to train their immune system. The research will involve pregnant women under the care of a selection of maternity clinics being asked to take part in a…
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Jul 2018
A new study has found that a blood test could detect a person’s risk of developing leukemia five years before the cancer develops. Researchers involved in the study found that acute myeloid leukemia, an aggressive form of the disease, usually develops following genetic changes in the bloodstream. As no such treatment currently exists, it is…
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Jul 2018
Experts have warned that patients could be put at risk by trainee doctors who are exhausted before they even start work. A poll found that a third reported to be tired before starting work and another quarter say their work makes them feel ‘burnt out’. Half of all trainee doctors regularly work longer hours than…
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Jul 2018
A review into harm reported by women who have undergone mesh operations for stress urinary incontinence has led to NHS England putting an immediate stop to the procedure. Chair of the review, Baroness Julia Cumberledge, said she was “appalled at the seriousness and scale of the tragic stories” heard by her team. An estimated 100,000…
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Jul 2018
Surgical equipment left inside patients’ bodies during an operation can at the very least cause pain, discomfort and bloating, but in extreme cases, it can also cause sepsis and even death. In the USA, around 6,000 surgical tools care left inside the bodies of patients each year. 70 per cent of these are sponges and…
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