Cancer cure search is overshadowing progress of sufferers living longer with the disease, experts warn
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Cancer cure search is overshadowing progress of sufferers living longer with the disease, experts warn

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/12/09/cancer-cure-search-overshadowing-progress-sufferers-living-longer/ By Telegraph Reporters The search for a cancer cure is overshadowing “huge” progress being made in allowing sufferers of the disease to live longer, the Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) has warned. Survival time from cancer has roughly doubled in a decade, with the average patient now living more than…

Norovirus closes 1,100 hospital beds in England
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Norovirus closes 1,100 hospital beds in England

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from:https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-50673491 By BBC Health news Hospitals in England closed more than 1,100 beds in the past week because of the winter vomiting bug norovirus. NHS officials are urging people with the virus not to go to work and parents not to send children with it to school, until 48 hours after…

‘Check your cholesterol from age 25’
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‘Check your cholesterol from age 25’

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-50648325 By Fergus Walsh Medical correspondent People should have their cholesterol level checked from their mid-20s, according to researchers. They say it is possible to use the reading to calculate the lifetime risk of heart disease and stroke. The study, in The Lancet, is the most comprehensive yet to look at…

Lib Dems promise to make protective HIV drug more accessible
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Lib Dems promise to make protective HIV drug more accessible

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/dec/02/lib-dems-promise-to-make-protective-hiv-drug-more-accessible By Sarah Boseley Health editor The party pledges to make PrEP available for free to all those whose partners have HIV Everyone in the UK who is at risk of HIV infection will be able to get the drugs that can keep them safe if the Liberal Democrats come to power, the…

Morning-after pill ‘should be sold off the shelf’
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Morning-after pill ‘should be sold off the shelf’

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-50601735 By BBC Health News Women and girls should be able to get hold of emergency contraception more easily without the need for a consultation with a pharmacist, say women’s health experts. A report by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists recommends the morning-after pill “should be sold straight…