Cancer survival rates in Scotland could 'go backwards' for the first time
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteCancer survival rates in Scotland could drop for the first time ever as the crisis-hit NHS struggles to cope with “chronic shortages…
Pfizer launches mRNA flu vaccine trial as experts sound warning over winter crisis
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe US pharmaceutical giant is looking to capitalise on the success of its Covid vaccine – one of the first Covid jabs approved in…
‘The system is broken’: Sick patients forced to sit for hours outside A&E under blankets and heat lamps
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteSick patients have been forced to wait outside a hospital A&E department on chairs and wrapped only in blankets while being treated by…
PrEP, the HIV prevention pill, now 100% free for the insured
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA life-changing drug that can reduce the risk of getting HIV by as much as 99% is now completely free for millions…
GSK agrees deal to develop longer-acting HIV drugs
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteGlaxoSmithKline has agreed a deal to develop ultra-long acting HIV drugs administered as little as four times a year that could revolutionise…
You CAN'T be fat and fit, study of 3m people finds
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteIt is not possible to be fat and fit at the same time, French experts have concluded. Read More
People who ‘can’t fit into jeans they wore aged 21’ risk developing type 2 diabetes
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Reading Time: < 1 minutePeople risk developing type 2 diabetes if they can’t fit into the jeans they were wearing at the age of 21, one…
Type 2 diabetes sufferers can reverse condition by shedding flab
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteLosing weight could reverse type 2 diabetes even among sufferers who of a normal weight, a study suggests. Read More
NHS hospitals are told to drop Covid rules to help clear backlog
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteNHS bosses were today given the green light to relax Covid-controlling restrictions in hospitals to boost efforts in clearing the record backlog. …
Two per cent of people who don’t wear face masks tested positive for Covid
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteOnly two per cent of people who say they “never” wear a face covering in enclosed spaces tested positive for Covid, Read More