One in four adults in the UK are obese. Obesity is associated with many health conditions including high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, heart attacks, stroke and cancer. The financial cost of obesity to the NHS is an estimated ...
Jun 16, 2023
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Hospital doctors in England began a new 72-hour strike over pay on Wednesday, prompting warnings from health officials of huge disruption to patients and services.
Jun 14, 2023
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The UK government is recruiting a volunteer army for social care, to help with the sector's record-high vacancy rate. There are currently a staggering 165,000 open posts, representing 10.7% of the workforce.
Jun 13, 2023
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Large numbers of people are losing their Medicaid health coverage as pandemic relief measures end, and the federal government is asking states to slow down the purging of rolls.
Jun 13, 2023
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Health advisers on Friday unanimously backed the full approval of a closely watched Alzheimer's drug, a key step toward opening insurance coverage to U.S. seniors with early stages of the brain-robbing disease.
Jun 10, 2023
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A new study appearing in the peer-reviewed journal PLOS ONE shows how federal and state lockdowns and health mandates implemented to curb the spread of COVID-19 affected the mental health of people living in four U.S. geographic ...
Jun 8, 2023
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The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN)—an alliance of leading academic cancer centers—published survey results today that shed light on just how widespread the current platinum chemotherapy shortage is, and ...
Jun 7, 2023
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Doctors in England's state-run health service could soon be allowed to prescribe more people with obesity weight-loss drugs under a new pilot scheme, the government said Wednesday.
Jun 7, 2023
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Merck filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging a new White House-backed program to limit drug prices, calling the initiative an unconstitutional "extortion" that will harm pharmaceutical innovation.
Jun 6, 2023
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Doctors and hospitals across the country are scrambling to make every drop of chemotherapy and other prescription drugs count, given the national shortage in medicines used to treat cancer and a multitude of conditions.
Jun 6, 2023
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