Ovarian cancer drug olaparib approved in Scotland as new treatment
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Ovarian cancer drug olaparib approved in Scotland as new treatment

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-50714010 By BBC Health news A maintenance treatment for patients with advanced ovarian cancer has been approved for use in Scotland. Olaparib tablets will now be available for patients with newly-diagnosed BRCA-mutated advanced ovarian cancer who have responded to chemotherapy. A trial has found that for those taking tablets, it…

Surgeons withdraw support for heart disease advice
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Surgeons withdraw support for heart disease advice

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This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-50715156 By Deborah Cohen and Ed BrownBBC News night European clinical guidelines on how to treat a major form of heart disease are under review following a BBC Newsnight investigation. Europe’s professional body for heart surgeons has withdrawn support for the guidelines, saying it was “a matter of serious concern”…

Measles deaths ‘staggering and tragic’
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Measles deaths ‘staggering and tragic’

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This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-50659893 By James Gallagher Health and science correspondent More than 140,000 people died from measles last year as the number of cases around the world surged once again, official estimates suggest. Most of the lives cut short were children aged under five. The situation has been described by health experts…

Norovirus closes 1,100 hospital beds in England
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Norovirus closes 1,100 hospital beds in England

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from:https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-50673491 By BBC Health news Hospitals in England closed more than 1,100 beds in the past week because of the winter vomiting bug norovirus. NHS officials are urging people with the virus not to go to work and parents not to send children with it to school, until 48 hours after…

Typhoid vaccine ‘works fantastically well’
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Typhoid vaccine ‘works fantastically well’

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This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-50587608 By James Gallagher Health and science correspondent A new typhoid vaccine works “fantastically well” and is being used to help stop an almost untreatable strain of the infection, doctors say. Cases of the bacterial disease fell by more than 80% in trials,Ā published in the New England Journal of Medicine….