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Jun 2015
Scientists embarking on a new trial are hopeful that a single smear test could shortly predict four different cancers. A team from University College London will lead a group of researchers from 14 countries in order to establish a new screening process, hoping that this will help prevent female cancers. The study will last four…
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Jun 2015
A report suggests that thousands of at-risk women could be missed by new criteria for diagnosing pregnancy related diabetes. The research undertaken by Cambridge University says that although the threshold which was introduced by the health watchdog NICE earlier this year has been lowered, it is still too high. When diabetes occurs for the first…
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Jun 2015
It has been revealed that staff errors made during childbirth and leading to babies killed or left with serious brain damage, cost the NHS £1bn last year. Official figures show that around one in four settlements were awarded due to failures by doctors and midwives to monitor the heart rate of babies. The largest claims…
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Jun 2015
On 5 June 2015, the Football League (FL) amended the regulations that apply to insolvent football clubs (FL regulations). The changes come into effect from 8 August 2015, being the start of the 2015-16 football season. A core asset of a company that trades as a football club is the club’s share in the FL…
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Jun 2015
Simon Stevens, chief executive of NHS England, has announced that half of Cumbria, the majority of Devon and the whole of Essex is to be placed under national supervision. Troubleshooters will be sent to the failing hospitals, to tackle A&E departments that persistently breach waiting times and failures to stick to budgets. The three main…
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Jun 2015
According to eye surgeons, a simple jab could cure glaucoma, a sight-robbing condition usually caused by damage to the optic nerve. Approximately 600,000 people in Britain suffer from the condition, a permanent narrowing of the vision, which results from an excessive build up of fluid in the eye. Vision narrows progressively as the nerve damage…
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