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Apr 2021
The chief pharmaceutical officer, Cathy Harrison, has warned that without mitigation, the supply of medical devices and medicines into Northern Ireland would be considered a ‘very high risk area’ post-Brexit. The pharmaceutical industry has a one-year period of grace to make preparations. Until this year, there has been no separate supply chain for Northern Ireland…
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Apr 2021
It has emerged that women in England are nearly twice as likely to be prescribed powerful and potentially addictive opiate painkillers as men, prompting experts to warn that female pain is not properly investigated and overly medicated. An analysis by the Guardian newspaper found that the number of people prescribed drugs such as tramadol and…
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Apr 2021
A leading psychiatrist has warned that “all the dials are pointing the wrong way” in relation to the nation’s health, raising concerns of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among NHS staff and patients in the aftermath of the pandemic. Dr Adrian James, president of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, has called for an urgent plan to…
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Apr 2021
A British study has found that people who consume up to 14 units of alcohol a week have a reduced chance of developing cataracts, especially if they drink red wine. The researchers believe antioxidants found in wine could help to explain why moderate drinkers have up to 23 per cent less risk of having to…
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Apr 2021
Researchers have found that men with high levels of testosterone have a greater risk of developing the potentially deadly skin cancer. Cancer Research UK, who funded the study, have said that in the UK, one in 36 males and one in 47 females will be diagnosed with melanoma skin cancer in their lifetime. They added…
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Apr 2021
A study has found that people with debilitating jaw fractures caused by cancer treatment could be spared risky surgery by a breakthrough drug combination which heals damaged bone. Radiotherapy to the neck and head, used to treat nose, throat and tongue cancers, can lead to problems with blood vessels connected to the lower jaw, sometimes…
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