Prescribed Zantac heartburn medicine recall in UK
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Prescribed Zantac heartburn medicine recall in UK

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-49977829 By BBC Health News UK doctors are being told to stop prescribing four types of a heartburn medication called Zantac or ranitidine as a “precautionary measure”. t follows concern in several countries that products may contain an impurity that has been linked to cancer. The four being recalled are Zantac 150mg/10ml…

Drug exports restricted ‘to protect NHS patients’
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Drug exports restricted ‘to protect NHS patients’

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-49907056 By Hugh Pym Health Editor at BBC Health News The UK government has announced a ban on some drug exports to protect NHS patients’ access to medicines. The 24 medicines affected include hormone replacement therapy drugs, contraceptives and adrenaline pens. The move comes after a survey of local pharmacists found…

‘Supercool’ method triples organ survival
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‘Supercool’ method triples organ survival

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-49632609 By James GallagherHealth and science correspondent, BBC News Supercooling human livers to -4C triples the time they can be kept before transplant compared with putting them on ice, US researchers say. It slows the metabolic rate to prevent damage, Nature Biotechnology reports. It means organs can be kept viable for more…

Drug shortages are endangering lives and wasting NHS time
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Drug shortages are endangering lives and wasting NHS time

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/jun/11/drug-shortages-endangering-patients-lives-wasting-nhs-time By Zara Aziz I shouldn’t have to spend large chunks of my day tracking down certain medicines or researching alternatives As a GP, managing patients’ medicine requests has until now been a seamless process of writing prescriptions to send to nominated pharmacies to dispense. But drug shortages mean that…

Wales can be ‘global player’ in next generation medicine
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Wales can be ‘global player’ in next generation medicine

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-47852728 By Owain Clarke BBC Wales health correspondent Wales can become a “global player” in precision medicine and game-changing treatments, according to the health minister. Vaughan Gething is officially opening the UK’s first high-energy proton beam therapy centre for treating cancer. The Rutherford Cancer Centre in Newport is a private clinic but took…