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…
This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-49876827 By Michelle RobertsHealth editor, BBC News online Babies in the womb have extra lizard-like muscles in their hands that most will lose before they are born, medical scans reveal. They are probably one of the oldest, albeit fleeting, remnants of evolution seen in humans yet, biologists say, in the…
This article was taken from: https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/health/stoptober-campaign-2019-stop-smoking-quit-cigarettes-doctor-nhs-a4250146.html By Georgia Chambers & Tom Herbert at the Evening Standard How to stop smoking for Stoptober 2019 and even quit cigarettes for good More Brits than ever before are choosing to ditch cigarettes, with figures suggesting smoking rates are dropping at record numbers. According to Public Health England, the latest numbers…
This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-49877843 By BBC Health news Olaparib could become a revolutionary treatment for prostate cancer – the first genetically targeted drug for fighting the disease, say experts. The precision medicine is already used by the NHS for ovarian cancer and has been called a game-changer by cancer doctors. A cancer conference heard how,…
This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/sep/30/nhs-body-criticised-over-experian-patient-checks-scheme By PA Media Guardian News NHS Improvement did not check rules before promoting pilot scheme to hospital trusts A NHS body urged hospitals to work with the credit reference agency Experian to check whether patients could receive free treatment, in an effort to tackle health tourism. Documents seen by the Health Service…