Nurses will be offered supermarket discounts to persuade them to stay in the NHS
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Nurses will be offered supermarket discounts to persuade them to stay in the NHS

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This article was taken from: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/07/09/nurses-will-offered-supermarket-discounts-persuade-stay-nhs/ By Laura Donnelly, health editor Nurses will be offered supermarket discounts and cheap gym membership as part of efforts to persuade workers stay in the NHS, health chiefs will say. Simon Stevens, head of the health service, will call for the wider rollout of schemes which have given staff savings of…

Ask Alexa to diagnose your health problems as NHS announces ‘world-first’ partnership with Amazon
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Ask Alexa to diagnose your health problems as NHS announces ‘world-first’ partnership with Amazon

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/07/09/ask-alexa-diagnose-health-problems-nhs-announces-world-first/ By Laura Donnelly, health editor Families will be able to “Ask Alexa” to help diagnose their health problems under a new deal between Amazon and the NHS. Under the partnership, patients – including the elderly and blind – will be able to receive NHS-verified health information through simple voice commands. Amazon’s algorithm will use information…

Vape shops open on NHS hospital sites, in bid to stub out smoking
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Vape shops open on NHS hospital sites, in bid to stub out smoking

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/07/09/vape-shops-open-nhs-hospital-sites-bid-stub-smoking/ By  Laura Donnelly, health editor Two NHS hospitals in the Midlands have opened vape shops in a controversial bid to stub out smoking. The shops have begun selling e-cigarettes to patients and visitors, as the trust introduces £50 fines for those caught smoking. It comes as the Government draws up plans…

HPV vaccine for boys raises hope of eradicating cervical cancer
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HPV vaccine for boys raises hope of eradicating cervical cancer

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This article was taken from: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/07/08/hpv-jab-boys-raises-hope-eradicating-cervical-cancer/ By Laura Donnelly, health editor More than 100,000 cases of cancer will be prevented under plans to give boys the HPV jab as well as girls, health officials have said. Until now, only teenage girls have been given the free vaccine, with parental consent, which protects against cervical cancer. From September, boys aged…

Cardiologist Eric Topol: ‘AI can restore the care in healthcare’
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Cardiologist Eric Topol: ‘AI can restore the care in healthcare’

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This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/jul/07/eric-topol-cardiologist-deep-medicine-artificial-intelligence-diagnosis By Nicola Davis The doctor, geneticist and author talks about his new book on the future of our relationship with medicine Eric Topol is an American cardiologist and geneticist – among his many roles he is founder and director of the Scripps Research Translational Institute in California. He has previously…