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Jul 2019
Up to 500 delegates at the British Medical Association’s annual conference voted overwhelmingly in favour of abandoning charges to overseas patients for treatment under the NHS. However, although the rules are set by the government, they can only function if doctors follow them. One delegate said “We are doctors not border guards. Charging migrants for…
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Jun 2019
A new pioneering treatment has been offered to lymphoma patients which genetically re-programmes their immune system to fight cancer. The new CAR-T therapy, is a ‘living drug- which is personalised to each patient by using their body’s own cells. The process involves with removal of white blood cells, also known as T-cells, from the patient’s…
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Jun 2019
Researchers have found that men who ate two or more servings of yoghurt each week reduced their risk of developing adenoma growths by nearly 20 per cent, and were also 26 per cent less likely to develop growths that had a high risk of becoming cancerous. The research team at Washington University School of Medicine…
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Jun 2019
A charity has warned that children’s hospices in England will either have to cut their services of close unless the NHS increases it’s funding. The charity, Together For Short Lives, which supports terminally ill children, emphasised a ‘dangerous cocktail’ of a drop in state funding and higher costs, in a recent report investigating funding for…
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Jun 2019
A study has suggested that there is not enough awareness amongst women of the breast cancer link to alcohol, and only 20 per cent of women attending a breast cancer clinic know that it is a risk factor. It is believed that alcohol consumption is responsible for an estimated 5 – 11 per cent of…
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Jun 2019
Health Secretary Matt Hancock has ordered a ‘root and branch’ review of hospital food following the announcement of two further deaths which have been linked to an outbreak of listeria. The number of deaths which were related to pre-packaged salads and sandwiches had risen from three to five. Mr Hancock said “I have been incredibly…
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