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Aug 2018
Gastroenterologist Andrew Wakefield published a study in medical publication The Lancet in 1995, which speculated that children who had been vaccinated against MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) had a higher likelihood of suffering from autism and bowel disease than those who were not vaccinated. He suggested that an injection of the ‘dead’ form of the…
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Aug 2018
The Royal College of Nursing has urged pregnant women who are travelling throughout European countries to make sure they are up to date with their vaccinations against measles before they travel, as unusually high rates of the disease have recently been experienced in France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Serbia and Romania. According to data released by…
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Aug 2018
The new system, whereby a text message warning system alerts doctors to cases of sepsis, has led to a seven-fold increase in the number of patients being prescribed life-saving drugs. The alerts, developed by Cambridge University Hospitals, have proven so successful during their 24 month pilot that there are now plans to expand the system…
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Aug 2018
A study has confirmed that a new blood test that can detect whether someone is having a heart attack has been deemed effective and safe. The test, which is employed in Accident & Emergency departments, can effectively detect potentially-fatal episodes faster than has been done before and in trials was said to be 100 per…
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Aug 2018
Data from the Office of National Statistics has shown that life expectancy increases in the UK have stalled and that it has one of the biggest slowdown rates amongst 20 of the world’s leading economies. The life expectancy increase for women was the lowest of the 20 nations, with only the US faring worse for…
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Aug 2018
A US study has suggested that women who suffer a heart attack are more likely to recover if treated by a female doctor. The study of nearly 600,000 cases over a period of 19 years found that 13.3% of patients died following treatment by a male doctor, compared with 12% after being cared for by…
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