New sickle cell treatment given to first patients in England
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Sickle cell patients have begun receiving the first new treatment for the blood disorder in over 20 years. Read More
Supermarkets advised to sell fresh fruit and vegetables without plastic packaging to help reduce food waste
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Reading Time: < 1 minute UK retailers should sell fresh uncut fruit and vegetables without best before dates or plastic packaging to prevent 14 million shopping baskets…
Washington University School of Medicine develops Alzheimer’s blood test
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis, Missouri, US, have developed a blood test that can detect early signs of…
NHS to tackle 'unfair' maternity outcomes
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Reading Time: < 1 minute A taskforce has been set up to tackle disparities in maternity care experienced by women belonging to ethnic minorities and those living…
NHS lacks 6,000 staff needed to run testing centres in England
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The NHS does not have the 6,000 staff needed to run its promised array of new testing centres designed to speed up…
More Americans are now killed by GUNS than car crashes as shootings become country’s leading cause of death by trauma for the first time
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Gunshots are now the leading cause of death by trauma in the US and have overtaken car crashes for the first time…
High street pricing war for lateral flows begins: Superdrug undercuts rival Boots with pledge to sell Covid tests for just £1.99 each when No10 scraps free swabs in April
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Reading Time: < 1 minute A high street pricing war over lateral flow tests broke out today as Superdrug revealed it will undercut rival chain Boots by…
First ever recording of dying brain reveals what our final thoughts might be
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The first ever recording of a dying brain has provided an insight into what might happen in the moments before we die. …
NHS to treat 25,000 hospital patients at home in ‘virtual wards’
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The NHS plans to treat up to 25,000 hospital patients at home in “virtual wards” to help clear the backlog caused by…
Extra blood test could help spot heart-attack death risk
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Reading Time: < 1 minute An extra blood test on suspected heart-attack patients could determine if they are at high risk of dying in the next three…