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Jun 2019
Researchers at the University of Sheffield have discovered a type of chemical, which is called a dinuclear Ru (II) complex, which they believe is able to kill bacteria too strong for treatment with normal medicines. Current figures estimate that by the year 2050, around 10 million people each year will die because of infections which…
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Jun 2019
Nearly 3,000 patients have been denied a cataract operation in the last 12 months following a referral by their GP, despite NICE guidelines in 2017, intended to put an end to refusals. Up to 4.5 million people in England, around half of the over 65s, have some level of cataract growth. Experts have said that…
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Jun 2019
The National Institutes of Health in the US have recently published three major studies on gut bacteria, which found that repeated tests located the microbial zoo changing in ways that can eventually assist doctors in determining who may be at risk of inflammatory bowel disease and premature birth. Researcher from the institute, Dr Lita Proctor,…
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Jun 2019
Over 8,000 lower leg, foot and toe amputations are carried out by the NHS each year due to diabetes, and this figure is rising thanks to an increase in type 2 diabetes, rates of which have doubled in the last 20 years. However, a breakthrough in wound care technology could put a stop to this…
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Jun 2019
The NHS will seek the assistance of the online parenting chatroom as part of a package of measures to fill vacancies in the health service, viewing the website as an important partner to entice back nurses who have left the profession. The plan is amongst a number of steps which were unveiled in the recent…
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Jun 2019
A report by the Royal College of GPs has called for the length of appointments to be increased from 10 to 15 minutes, and asked that 11 per cent of NHS funding be assigned to general practice to tackle health inequalities. The report stated that GPs were concerned that “workload pressures, rising patient demand and…
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