Charities supporting people at high risk from coronavirus have welcomed the news that those with severely weakened immune systems will get a third dose of a vaccine. The top-up dose,
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Proposals to increase the age that people become entitled to free prescriptions has been branded a “thoughtless” false economy by a coalition of charities. The Prescription Charges Coalition warned that
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The football authorities have been urged to establish a fund to support ex- players suffering from neurodegenerative disease. The subject has come back into the spotlight again after high-profile former
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Young patients suffering with the debilitating effects of long Covid have urged people to get their vaccine. A new NHS video features three previously healthy people in their early 20s
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A UK-wide antibody testing programme is to be launched for people who have contracted coronavirus, the Government has announced. The programme, which will offer tests to thousands of adults per
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Wales Health Minister, Eluned Morgan, has welcomed more than half a billion pounds of new funding for health and social services in Wales to deal with COVID. The Welsh Government
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People with mentally stimulating jobs have a lower risk of dementia in later years than those who have non-stimulating work, research has suggested. Scientists looked at more than 100,000 participants
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Thousands of people are being “denied” a cannabis-based treatment which can help improve symptoms of spasms, a charity has said. Some patients with multiple sclerosis – which affects the brain
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A health watchdog has paused publication of its updated guideline on diagnosing and managing ME because of disagreement on its contents. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice)
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Researchers are trialling an artificial-intelligence system which they believe can diagnose dementia after one brain scan. Those involved in the work said being able to intervene earlier could help with
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