NHS at 70: giving blood – one of the triumphs of modern medicine
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NHS at 70: giving blood – one of the triumphs of modern medicine

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://inews.co.uk/news/health/nhs-70-giving-blood/ By Paul Gallagher Pill that coats the small intestine reduces its ability to absorb sugars and other nutrients It may not have the best reputation today, as the world seeks to drastically reduce their dependency on them, but in 1948 the development of the plastic bag revolutionised blood collection. Until…

NHS doctors who make ‘honest mistakes’ to get more protection
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NHS doctors who make ‘honest mistakes’ to get more protection

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/06/10/nhs-doctors-make-honest-mistakes-get-protection/ By Laura Donnelly, health editor  Doctors who make honest mistakes will be given more protection under NHS plans to prevent blunders being covered up. Under the plans, launched on Monday by Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, doctors accused of making errors will no longer be forced to disclose personal case notes. The General Medical Council watchdog will also lose…

Brain cancer vaccine could extend lives of patients by years
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Brain cancer vaccine could extend lives of patients by years

ByMatthew Betteridge

This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/may/29/brain-cancer-vaccine-could-extend-lives-patients-years-dcvax-tessa-jowell By Press Association Trial on people with form of disease that killed Tessa Jowell ‘remarkably promising’ A vaccine could add years to the lives of people with the aggressive form of brain cancer that killed the former Labour cabinet minister Tessa Jowell, trials suggest. The treatment for people with…

Future-proofing the NHS: how the UK’s largest workforce is gearing up
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Future-proofing the NHS: how the UK’s largest workforce is gearing up

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/healthcare-network/2018/may/23/future-proofing-how-nhs-future-uk-largest-workforce By Debbie Andalo , The Guardian As the service responds to changing developed Seventy years ago the NHS launched with a workforce of around 144,000. Since then, the health service has grown to become the single biggest employer in the UK, with 1.7 million workers across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, making it the…

One in eight people set to have type 2 diabetes by 2045, says study
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One in eight people set to have type 2 diabetes by 2045, says study

ByMatthew Betteridge

This article was taken from:  https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/may/22/one-in-eight-people-set-to-have-type-2-diabetes-by-2045-says-study By Sarah Boseley Health editor Global rates for the disease will rise from 9% to 14% – with severe impacts on health systems – unless obesity levels are reduced, say scientists One in eight people in the world will have type 2 diabetes by 2045 if obesity continues to climb at the…