Children under eight should not drink slushies containing glycerol, paediatricians have warned. Public health advice on their safety may need revising after a review of the medical notes of 21 children who became acutely unwell shortly after drinking one of […]
Thousands of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) in England are to become the first in Europe to benefit from a major roll out of an immunotherapy pill. Current treatments involve regular trips to hospital, drug infusions, frequent injections and extensive
Ten people have died from cancer and up to 10 more have been been diagnosed with the disease after a blunder meant they were not invited to NHS screening programmes. Health officials failed to invite more than 5,000 patients in
Scientists have developed a rapid DNA sequencing system to stem the rise of superbugs by identifying bacterial infections faster and more accurately. Currently, hospital labs can take as long as seven days to specify bacterial infections, while for some infections
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One in three doctors in the NHS are so tired that their ability to treat patients is impaired, according to a report that reveals medics are more sleep deprived now than during the Covid-19 pandemic. Longer hours, staff shortages and
Superbugs are on the rise in the UK and the government is failing in its efforts to tackle them, ministers have been warned. The World Health Organization has described antimicrobial resistance (AMR) – where pathogens evolve and develop resistance to
Breast cancer diagnoses and deaths are projected to surge worldwide by 2050, the World Health Organization’s cancer agency has said, with cases in the UK to rise by 21% and deaths by 42%. Globally, one in 20 women will be
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Scientists say brain stimulation could be used to treat anxiety in people with Parkinson’s disease, after they made an “exciting” discovery about brain waves. More than 10 million people worldwide are living with Parkinson’s, and about one in three have
Doctors in London have become the first in the world to cure blindness in children born with a rare genetic condition using a pioneering gene therapy. The children had leber congenital amaurosis (LCA), a severe form of retinal dystrophy that
Life expectancy improvement is stalling across Europe with England experiencing the biggest slowdown. Experts are blaming this on an alarming mix of poor diet, mass inactivity and soaring obesity. The average annual growth in life expectancy across the continent fell
