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Jul 2018
New research undertaken by scientists at Nottingham University has shown that new blood thinning drugs could be much safer than traditionally prescribed warfarin. Warfarin is used for patients with atrial fibrillation and those at risk of heart attacks and strokes, but patients have to be closely monitored as the medication can cause bleeding in the…
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Jul 2018
A study published in the journal JAMA and undertaken by Canadian researchers, has suggested that hundreds of women will be spared from cervical cancer each year when a new test replaces conventional screening. The new test, which screens for the HPV virus, is more accurate than the current testing for abnormal cells because it is…
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Jul 2018
Scientists have developed a new drug to eat and destroy cancerous cells by boosting the action of white blood cells that the immune system uses to destroy unwanted invaders. The therapy has been successfully tested on mice with aggressive skin and breast tumours and the team behind the study hope to start human trials within…
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Jul 2018
A coding error has been blamed for a data breach which affected 150,000 patients, who had requested that their confidential health information only be used in relation to care provision. However, it appears that a problem with software being used by GPs led to them being unable to object to the information being used for…
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Jul 2018
In the Pimlico Plumbers case, the Supreme Court was asked to consider whether the label attached to their ‘self-employed’ contractors reflected the reality of their working arrangements, with a view to deciding if those contractors were ‘workers’ entitled to a range of benefits, including paid annual leave and the right not to be discriminated against.…
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Jul 2018
In order to make many important decisions such as making a Will or a Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) it is vital that the person making the decision has testamentary capacity. But what exactly do we mean by the term “testamentary capacity?” It is a legal term used to describe a person’s mental capability to…
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