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…

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

Byangie vallejo

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…

UK patient ‘free’ of HIV after stem cell treatment
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UK patient ‘free’ of HIV after stem cell treatment

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-47421855 By BBC Health news A UK patient’s HIV has become “undetectable” following a stem cell transplant – in only the second case of its kind, doctors report in Nature. The London patient, who was being treated for cancer, has now been in remission from HIV for 18 months and is no…

Salisbury nerve agent attack: Hospital praised for response to novichok poisoning
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Salisbury nerve agent attack: Hospital praised for response to novichok poisoning

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://news.sky.com/story/salisbury-nerve-agent-attack-hospital-praised-for-response-to-novichok-poisoning-11651379 By Paul Keslso, health corespondent at Sky News The Care Quality Commission has rated the hospital as “outstanding” following the nerve agent incident almost a year ago. Salisbury Hospital has been praised by regulators for its response to the novichok nerve agent attack that killed one woman and left four others…

Parkinson’s patients have tubes placed in brain in protein study
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Parkinson’s patients have tubes placed in brain in protein study

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/feb/27/parkinsons-patients-tube-implant-study-drug-delivery-system By Press Association New drug-delivery system could also be used to treat brain tumours and strokes People with Parkinson’s disease have been fitted with an implant that can deliver drugs directly to the brain through a port in the side of their head, in a pioneering study. The device was…