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‘Real hope’ for cancer cure as personal mRNA vaccine for melanoma trialled
Excitement among patients and researchers as custom-built jabs enter phase 3 trial
Andrew Gregory Health editor
26, Apr, 2024 @10:20 AM
‘Unsustainable’: UK predicted to see 50% spike in strokes by 2035
Stark new projections suggest annual admissions will rise to 151,000, costing the NHS and economy £75bn
Andrew Gregory Health editor
25, Apr, 2024 @11:01 PM
‘Kinder’ treatment for childhood brain cancer to be offered by NHS in England
Dabrafenib with trametinib can halt growth of some tumours for more than three times as long as standard chemotherapy, study shows
Andrew Gregory Health editor
24, Apr, 2024 @4:00 AM
Dementia: experts urge doctors to reduce antipsychotic prescriptions
Use of powerful medications linked to elevated risk of serious adverse outcomes including heart failure
Andrew Gregory Health editor
17, Apr, 2024 @10:30 PM
Teenagers who use internet to excess ‘more likely to skip school’
But truancy and illness-related absences can be reversed with sleeping habits and strong family ties, study suggests
Andrew Gregory Health editor
16, Apr, 2024 @10:30 PM
What is Rishi Sunak’s anti-smoking bill and will it pass?
Health leaders have welcomed plan to create smoke-free generation – but PM is facing trouble from some Tory MPs
Andrew Gregory and Ben Quinn
16, Apr, 2024 @7:13 PM
Chris Whitty urges MPs to ignore lobbying and pass smoking ban bill
Exclusive: England’s chief medical officer says tobacco industry is the ‘one gainer from the death and disease’ caused by its products
Andrew Gregory and Ben Quinn
16, Apr, 2024 @7:00 AM
Tobacco firms lobbying MPs to derail smoking phase-out, charity warns
Tactics include proposals to raise smoking age to avoid outright ban, and exemptions for cigars, says Cancer Research UK chief
Andrew Gregory Health editor
15, Apr, 2024 @6:00 AM
More than 2,000 NHS buildings in England older than NHS, figures show
Lib Dems and health trusts say patient and staff safety being put at risk by poor state of ageing infrastructure
Andrew Gregory Health editor
15, Apr, 2024 @5:01 AM
Number waiting over 18 weeks for NHS heart treatment in England rises fivefold
Exclusive: doctors fear some of 163,000 people with serious issues may suffer a heart attack, stroke or die as a result of delay
Andrew Gregory, Pamela Duncan and Pippa Crerar
11, Apr, 2024 @4:33 PM
Patients in England to be offered daily pill that can halve migraine frequency
Nice approves first oral treatment with Atogepant that can prevent chronic and episodic migraines
Andrew Gregory Health editor
11, Apr, 2024 @5:00 AM
What Cass review says about surge in children seeking gender services
Report finds particularly complex factors may explain surge in birth-registered females referred to NHS Gids
Andrew Gregory, Tobi Thomas and Amelia Gentleman
10, Apr, 2024 @7:24 PM
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