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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.…
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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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Apr 2019
According to survey carried out by the British Medical Association, over a quarter of NHS medical practitioners have been diagnosed with a mental health condition, and two in five are suffering from emotional and psychological problems, including anxiety, depression, stress and emotional distress. The BMA also said that the pressure of working within the NHS…
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Apr 2019
Research by charity Unicef has revealed that over half a million children in the UK did not given a measles vaccine in the six years between 2010 and 2017. The news comes following a warning by NHS chief Simon Stevens that cases of the disease had quadrupled in twelve months and urged families to have…
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Apr 2019
Investigators studied 165,000 patients who were on cholesterol-lowering statins and their research revealed that for one in two patients, the medication had little to no effect on bad cholesterol, one of the highest risk factors for heart disease. The reason for this remains unclear, but one possible explanation is that patients may not be taking…
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Apr 2019
According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), the number of measles cases reported internationally in the first three months of this year had quadrupled when compared with the same time last year. All regions of the world are reported as seeing outbreaks, although Africa has seen the most dramatic increase of 700 per cent. The…
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