NHS to offer mums-to-be new blood test for pre-eclampsia
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NHS to offer mums-to-be new blood test for pre-eclampsia

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-47771688 By BBC Health News Pregnant women in England will be able to get a new type of blood test to check for the potentially life-threatening condition pre-eclampsia. NHS England is making PLGF testing more widely available as evidence suggests it speeds up diagnosis which could save lives. Mums-to-be who develop…

Jump in antidepressant prescriptions in England
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Jump in antidepressant prescriptions in England

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-47740396 By BBC Health news A total of 70.9 million prescriptions for antidepressants were dispensed in England in 2018. NHS Digital figures show that the number of drugs issued – for conditions like depression and anxiety – went up from 67.5 million in 2017. The total is almost double the number…

Is it time to raise the smoking age to 21?
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Is it time to raise the smoking age to 21?

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-47724068 By Nick Triggle Health correspondent There is a growing clamour to raise the age at which tobacco products can be bought, from 18 to 21. The All Party Parliamentary Group on Smoking and Health put forward the idea earlier this month, and now a leading doctor, Imperial College London respiratory specialist Dr…

Number of NHS staff leaving for a better work/life balance triples
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Number of NHS staff leaving for a better work/life balance triples

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/03/27/number-nhs-staff-leaving-better-worklife-balance-triples/ By Laura Donnelly, health editor The number of NHS staff quitting over long hours has tripled in six years, new figures show. Nurse leaders said patient care was being “routinely compromised by chronic staff shortages” which were set to worsen, unless action is taken. The NHS figures show that more than 200,000…

Are genetic tests useful to predict cancer?
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Are genetic tests useful to predict cancer?

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/mar/23/are-predictive-genetic-test-useful-to-predict-cancer-matt-hancock By Hannah Devlin at the Guardian news The health secretary’s call for tests to be rolled out on NHS was met with controversy The health secretary, Matt Hancock, this week shared his shock at discovering that he is at greater than average risk for prostate cancer, despite having no family history of…