07
May 2019
A recent poll by Pancreatic Cancer UK has revealed that the vast majority of GPs admit they would struggle to recognise the early signs of pancreatic cancer, often calling the disease ‘a wolf in sheep’s clothing’. Pancreatic cancer is one of the most common forms of cancer in the UK – around 10,000 people are…
07
May 2019
Experts are warning that the elderly are regularly being prescribed unnecessary diabetes medication, due to a reward scheme which incentivises GPs for prescribing drugs. Diabetes specialists have said the overtreatment, which dates as far back as 15 years, means that frail people are being put at increased risk of falls, dementia and cognitive impairment. The…
30
Apr 2019
Evidence will start to be heard this week in the public inquiry into what has been named “the worst treatment scandal in the history of the NHS”. The inquiry will look into the 4,800 haemophiliac patients who were infected with HIV or hepatitis C in the 1970s and 1980s, resulting in the deaths of more…
30
Apr 2019
A new criminal inquiry is to take place into the deaths of hundreds of Gosport War Memorial Hospital patients, who were given ‘dangerous’ levels of opiate drugs between 1989 and 2000. Relatives of the 456 patients who died were told at a recent meeting that a ‘full investigation’ would begin shortly and that statements would…
26
Apr 2019
Cancer patients who have tried all available treatments may be offered a new blood test to match them up with experimental drugs. The news follows a study which found that testing a small amount of a patient’s blood for faulty DNA enabled doctors to gather up to date genetic data about their tumour or cancer.…
26
Apr 2019
Following recent research undertaken by the National University of Ireland Galway, there are additional concerns about the numbers of people considered eligible for statins, prescribed for cholesterol reduction. The study concluded that the proportion of patients who could be prescribed the medication in Ireland has spiralled by over 600 per cent in the last thirty…
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