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Feb 2020
Experts at The Institute of Cancer Research have warned that cancer treatment in lagging in the UK because NHS watchdogs are taking too long to approve some of the best new drugs. Although an increasing number of drugs have been licensed since 2000 to target new mutations in cancer, some are taking over 20 years…
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Feb 2020
A study undertaken by the University of Birmingham and Tommy’s National Centre for Miscarriage has suggested that more than 8,400 miscarriages each year in the UK could be prevented with a daily hormonal capsule. Experts say that women with a history of miscarriage or early bleeding in pregnancy could benefit from progesterone, which is naturally…
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Feb 2020
The spending watchdog has warned that the NHS has become too dependent on “short term fixes” to fund critical services, leaving sections of the health service seriously financially unstable. The National Audit Office voiced the warning over the ability of the NHS to meet increasing demand in two recent reports, which come after A&E waiting…
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Feb 2020
Latest figures show that in 2018//19 there were 1,261,960 alcohol-linked hospital admissions, an 8 per cent increase over the previous year and a 60 per cent increase on figures for ten years previously. Just under two thirds of those admitted were male and nearly half were aged between 55 and 74. Campaigners have called on…
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Feb 2020
Trials have shown that the technique cut the need for regular daily insulin injections by more than 50 per cent in animals, and is now to be tested on humans. Whilst type-2 diabetes is linked to an unhealthy lifestyle and occurs when the body produces insufficient insulin, type-1 is caused by the immune system destroying…
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Feb 2020
National law firm Weightmans’ dismissal of a facilities assistant with over twenty years service was deemed fair by an Employment Tribunal, where the employees non-business related internet use was found to be ‘substantial’ following an internal investigation. The search activity was considered to be gross misconduct by the employer, as the substantial internet usage demonstrated…
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