This article was taken from: https://news.sky.com/story/nhs-frontline-doctor-reveals-reality-of-overstretched-hospitals-11194127 By Sky News The NHS has reached breaking point, with up to 55,000 non-urgent operations cancelled as doctors attempt to treat patients. A London doctor tells Sky News what it is like to work in an overstretched NHS hospital where he says medics are desperately trying to treat hundreds of…
This article was taken from: https://news.sky.com/story/nhs-england-figures-set-to-lay-bare-unprecedented-pressure-on-health-service-11194776 By Jason Farrell, Senior Political Correspondent NHS England’s weekly stats should explain what has led to thousands of routine operations being postponed Figures due to be published on Thursday are expected to confirm anecdotal evidence that the NHS is more stretched than ever before. NHS England’s weekly operational statistics will show…
This article was taken from: http://fortune.com/2018/01/02/diabetes-drug-alzheimers/ By By EMILY PRICE There have been no new Alzheimer’s treatments introduced in the past 15 years, but new research suggests that a drug traditionally used to treat diabetes could be useful in treating Alzheimer’s as well. British researchers found that the drug “significantly reversed memory loss” in mice, which opens the door to…
This article was taken from: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-42357257 By Pallab Ghosh Science correspondent, BBC News Researchers at an Oxford hospital have developed artificial intelligence (AI) that can diagnose scans for heart disease and lung cancer. The systems will save billions of pounds by enabling the diseases to be picked up much earlier. The heart disease technology will start to…
This article was taken from: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/01/02/dont-waste-time-nhs-pleads-17-million-needless-visits/ By Laura Donnelly, health editor Health officials are urging the public not to heap pressures on Accident & Emergency units, as they reveal up to 17 million hospital visits a year may be needless. Jane Cummings, NHS chief nursing officer, urged people to turn to pharmacists and 111 whenever possible, as she…