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This article was taken from: http://home.bt.com/news/latest-news/nhs-england-hopes-england-will-be-first-country-to-eliminate-hepatitis-c-11364246771040 By BT News The NHS is planning for England to be the first country in the world to eliminate Hepatitis C. Health leaders have called on the pharmaceutical industry to work with them to provide best value for money for treatments so that the NHS can commit to eliminating…
It may be possible to stop the progression of Parkinson’s disease with a drug normally used in type 2 diabetes, a clinical trial suggests. Current drugs help manage the symptoms, but do not prevent brain cells dying. The trial on 62 patients, published in the Lancet, hints the medicine halted the progression of the disease….
More than 10,000 lives a year could be saved with a simple change to HIV medication, doctors say. HIV is often diagnosed late, when it has already ravaged the immune system, leaving people vulnerable. To counter this, researchers tried prescribing a cocktail of drugs at the start of HIV therapy to treat “opportunistic” infections. The…