This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-45114842 By James GallagherHealth and science correspondent, BBC News A trick used by viruses to make us sick – “stealth spheres” – has been discovered by scientists. It had been thought viruses were all lone wolves, each on a solo campaign of infection. Instead they can form “packs” of up to 40…
This article was taken from: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/08/08/patients-may-walk-away-nhs-long-gp-waits-britains-leading-family/ By Laura Donnelly health editor Patients could increasingly walk away from the NHS because of long waiting times to see a family doctor, Britain’s leading GP has warned. Dr Helen Stokes-Lampard said she was fearful that people would seek alternatives to the health service, because they could not face…
This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-45028622 By BBC Health News The last place in England to offer publicly-funded homeopathy is to stop providing the practice on the NHS. Bristol’s clinical commissioning group (CCG) has decided to end NHS-funded homeopathic treatment except in exceptional circumstances. Homeopathy is based on the idea “like cures like”, but many scientists…
This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/aug/07/gps-urge-25bn-extra-cash-injection-from-nhs-england By Denis Campbell Health policy editor Doctors demand that government ‘invests properly’ to ensure safe care for patients Family doctors are demanding an emergency cash injection of £2.5bn to help struggling surgeries cope with demand and offer patients appointments within a reasonable time. Leaders of the profession want NHS bosses to plough…
This article was taken from: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2018/08/06/growing-new-immune-system-could-end-misery-crohns-disease/ By Sarah Knapton, science editor Stem cell transplants could the end misery of Crohn’s disease, scientists hope. A clinical trial has begun which will use stem cells to grow a new immune system for people with the condition which causes inflammation in the digestive system, leading to chronic pain and extreme tiredness….