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Aug 2018
Researchers at the University of California have discovered a treatment which stops the growth of aggressive drug-resistant cancers. The treatment works by targeting and stopping a communication line which sends cancer cell division into overdrive. The treatment has also slowed the growth of colon, lung, pancreatic and skin cancer cells. The trials have so far…
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Aug 2018
Although NICE guidelines say women should be allowed to choose a planned Caesarean, it has recently emerged that mothers at 75 per cent of maternity units throughout the UK are being denied this right. Under the guidelines, women “should be offered appropriate discussion and support, but ultimately, if they are making an informed choice, a…
14
Aug 2018
Whistleblowing protection affords employees the statutory right not to be dismissed or to suffer a detriment as a result of making a protected disclosure about their employer’s conduct. Traditionally, for a disclosure to be ‘protected’, it must have contained raw information, and not simply voice a concern or raise an allegation; which would perhaps be…
14
Aug 2018
Saturday 18 August has been reported as the most common day in 2018 to tie the knot in the UK. However, since the early 1970s, the number of people actually getting married has steadily decreased, dropping a further 3.4% last year. There have been many theories about why marriage rates are falling, but regardless the…
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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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