Society

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UK cancer care in crisis and patients will die due to lack of strategy, experts warn
Report by leading cancer experts criticises ministers for scrapping dedicated plan to tackle disease

Anna Bawden Social affairs correspondent

15, Nov, 2023 @5:00 AM

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Antibiotic-resistant infections rise in England but still below pre-Covid levels
Number of antibiotic prescriptions also up and officials warn against giving leftovers to friends and family

Nicola Davis Science correspondent

15, Nov, 2023 @12:01 AM

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NHS England boss to say cervical cancer can be eliminated by 2040
Amanda Pritchard will say combination of vaccination and screening means goal within two decades is realistic ambition

Denis Campbell Health policy editor

15, Nov, 2023 @12:01 AM

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Hearing aids make all the difference – if you can get hold of them | Letters
Letters: Judy Bavin writes that she has overcome her prejudices about getting help for hearing loss, although Lillian Adams and John Deards warn about the long wait and expense of getting hearing aids fitted

14, Nov, 2023 @5:33 PM

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Why is the UK proposing chickenpox vaccines and do we really need them?
We explore the background to the plan for them to become part of the UK’s routine childhood immunisation programme

Nicola Davis Science correspondent

14, Nov, 2023 @1:42 PM

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Egg and sperm donors in UK to lose right to anonymity at birth under new plans
Regulator says access to DNA testing and genetic matching already allows identification without formally applying for details at age 18

Ian Sample Science editor

14, Nov, 2023 @12:01 AM

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AI could predict heart attack risk up to 10 years in the future, finds Oxford study
Researchers say more accurate analysis of cardiac CT scans could save thousands of lives and improve treatments

Tom Ambrose and agency

13, Nov, 2023 @11:33 PM

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Some ultra-processed foods are good for your health, WHO-backed study finds
Bread and cereals – which are heavily processed – reduce risk of multimorbidity due to fibre content

Denis Campbell Health policy editor

13, Nov, 2023 @11:30 PM

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Why boosting quality of life is the best medicine | Letters
Letters: Readers respond to the call from England’s chief medical officer, Chris Whitty, for doctors to prioritise quality of life over quantity of life

13, Nov, 2023 @5:00 PM

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English charities ‘near insolvency’ after subsidising public sector contracts
Exclusive: Voluntary organisations struggling as grants for local government and NHS contracts fail to cover costs

Patrick Butler Social policy editor

13, Nov, 2023 @11:56 AM

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Five charts explaining the state of the UK’s rental sector
Britain’s rent crisis in numbers, measuring the increasing pressures on tenants over the past few years

Michael Goodier and Viktor Sunnemark

13, Nov, 2023 @10:00 AM

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‘He couldn’t take the pain’: gangster’s death prompts calls for assisted dying law
Dave Courtney, believed to be the model for Vinnie Jones's character in Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, was suffering from several health problems

Emily Dugan

13, Nov, 2023 @8:00 AM

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