Getting results: why NHS clinical trials are the envy of the world
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Getting results: why NHS clinical trials are the envy of the world

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/jul/05/nhs-clinical-trials-other-countries-envious-getting-results By Sarah Boseley Health editor From cancer to dementia, UK patients are benefiting from a democratised system of research It started with a lump on Cathy Perkins’ index finger. The viola player didn’t know what it was; nor did her GP. The eventual diagnosis in 2008 from the Christie cancer hospital…

‘It’s going to create a revolution’: how AI is transforming the NHS
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‘It’s going to create a revolution’: how AI is transforming the NHS

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jul/04/its-going-create-revolution-how-ai-transforming-nhs By Ian Sample Science editor Technology is making impressive inroads into cancer treatment, saving lives and money The tumour is hard to miss on the scan. The size of a golf ball, it sits bold and white on the brain stem, a part of the organ that sends messages back and forth…

How should the NHS be funded to ensure its survival?
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How should the NHS be funded to ensure its survival?

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://news.sky.com/story/how-should-the-nhs-be-funded-to-ensure-its-survival-11425637 By Sky news A Sky News debate on the eve of the health service’s 70th birthday will hear different arguments for how to guarantee its future. If the NHS is to survive, how should it be funded? That will be the question tonight, when on the eve of the 70th anniversary…

Let’s celebrate the NHS’s 70th birthday by burying some myths about it
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Let’s celebrate the NHS’s 70th birthday by burying some myths about it

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/nhs-birthday-70-myths-tax-social-insurance-american-model-think-tank-a8428821.html By Ben Chu The important question is whether more money for the health service will improve outcomes, or whether there’s some kind of structural impediment Why does our society provide health services collectively rather than privately? Why don’t we all simply, as individuals, buy what we need (medicines, consultations, treatments,…

NHS urged to provide ‘life-changing’ drug for boy at risk of brain damage from protein
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NHS urged to provide ‘life-changing’ drug for boy at risk of brain damage from protein

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://news.sky.com/story/nhs-urged-to-provide-life-changing-drug-for-boy-at-risk-of-brain-damage-from-protein-11419226 By David Mercer, news reporter Three-year-old Stanley Brown is forced to live on a severely-restricted diet because of his rare condition known as PKU. The mother of a little boy at risk of brain damage if he eats too much protein has urged the NHS to provide a “life-changing” treatment…