Pre-diabetes makes patients out of healthy people, say critics
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Pre-diabetes makes patients out of healthy people, say critics

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/mar/07/pre-diabetes-makes-patients-out-of-healthy-people-say-critics By Nicola Davis The term, rejected as diagnosis by World Health Organization, is still used in the UK and US Labelling people as having pre-diabetes could do more harm than good, experts have said, as research reveals that even some of those involved in coining the term now reject it. The…

NHS bosses: Benefit stress driving mental health care demand
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NHS bosses: Benefit stress driving mental health care demand

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/mar/08/nhs-bosses-benefit-stress-driving-mental-health-care-demand By Denis Campbell Health policy editor Universal credit and welfare changes have ‘high impact’ on treatment needs, report says NHS bosses have warned that people left stressed and unable to cope as a result of changes to their benefits are adding to the rising demand for mental health care. The benefits system shake-up…

How fast is the ambulance service where you live?
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How fast is the ambulance service where you live?

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-47362797 By  Nick Triggle and Christine Jeavans The most critically-injured patients in rural areas are at risk due to the time it takes the ambulance service to reach them, a BBC investigation has found. Some rural communities wait more than 20 minutes on average for 999 crews or trained members of the…

Pneumonia: how the world’s biggest killer of children became a neglected disease
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Pneumonia: how the world’s biggest killer of children became a neglected disease

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/0/pneumonia-worlds-biggest-killer-children-became-neglected-disease/ By  Susannah Savage When two-year old Sienna Wilson suddenly developed a fever in the middle of the night the first thing her parents, Kate and David, suspected was malaria. When the doctor arrived in the morning he agreed. He began treating her accordingly. Hours later, unconscious and in a critical condition,…

Is it time for ‘smear test’ to be rebranded?
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Is it time for ‘smear test’ to be rebranded?

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This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-47445785 By  Nick Triggle Health correspondent The government has launched its first cervical screening advertising campaign in England, as the number of women having checks has hit a 20-year low. The campaign – being run by Public Health England – has avoided the term “smear test” amid concern it may be putting people…