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FILE PHOTO: Health workers and volunteers assist as students take coronavirus disease (COVID-19) tests at Harris Academy Beckenham, ahead of full school reopening in England as part of lockdown restrictions being eased, in Beckenham, south east London, Britain, March 5, 2021. REUTERS/Toby MelvilleLONDON (Reuters) – The reopening of England’s schools to all pupils on Monday […]
In two decisions published today, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has approved the drug osimertinib (Tagrisso) to treat some adults in England with advanced lung cancer whose cancer tests positive for a faulty version of a molecule called EGFR. Around 1,800 people in England have advanced EGFR-positive lung cancer, and the […]
Substantial variation exists between colonoscopy providers in rates of bowel cancer up to three years after colonoscopy in England, finds a study published by The BMJ today. The findings show that, reassuringly, the rates of post-colonoscopy bowel cancer have significantly reduced and are now amongst the lowest rates seen worldwide, indicating the overall high quality […]
NHS agrees to pay for a ‘trailblazing’ drug that prevents deadly bleeds in patients with severe haemophilia Severe haemophilia A is thought to affect around 1,800 people in the UK Patients were forced to have clotting drugs administered into vein in chest Drug emicizumab can be injected under the skin as little as every two weeks […]
Alzheimer’s Research UK is calling on the Prime Minister to back worldwide commitments to invest in more dementia research as new data out today shows deaths due to the condition continue to rise. According to the Office of National Statistics, Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias remain the leading cause of death in England and Wales […]
The 31-year-old Reza Rezamand was on the way to his gym in Stroke-on-Trent, when a ladybug bite in the Hand. He suffered blood poisoning and had to be taken to the hospital. After his feet were badly swollen, went Rezamand to the hospital. A potentially life-threatening Sepsis was found in him, “The Sun”. The Doctors […]
Hospitals in England are amputating more limbs than EVER because of diabetes with more than 27,000 body parts cut off since 2015 A total of 27,465 lower limb amputations were done on diabetics in 2015-2018 The number of people with type 2 diabetes is continuing to rise in England More must be done to reduce the […]
Life expectancy for the poorest women in England has fallen by almost 100 DAYS in five years – but the lives of the richest men have gone UP by nearly the same amount Women’s life expectancies dropped in four out of 10 categories of wealth Men’s only fell in two categories and by far fewer […]
NHS emergency services in England are struggling to cope with a ‘year round crisis’ that is damaging patient care, leading doctors warn Patients received worse care last summer than in five recent winters Some 125,215 were left stranded for over four hours on a trolley waiting for care This is more than in any of […]