A “life-changing” asthma jab and a novel “gene silencing” treatment for people with a rare hereditary disease have been approved for use in Scotland. The Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) has
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More than a third of unpaid carers suffer from loneliness, according to new research. Some 35% of those looking after elderly people or those with an illness, disability or mental
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A woman has told an inquest how the decision to stop her chronically ill father’s benefits “led to him taking his own life”. Wakefield Coroner’s Court heard on Wednesday how
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Schwartz Center Rounds® were created from an idea by Kenneth B. Schwartz – who passed away in 1995 from lung cancer, aged 40. A few months before Kenneth B. Schwartz
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Giving free social care to the over-65s could save the NHS £4.5 billion a year by enabling more elderly people to get care in the community, a leading think tank
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There has been a 43% drop in the number of district nurses in England in the last 10 years, leading to sometimes unsafe staffing levels, according to a new report.
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Prostate cancer patients can avoid anxious waits to visit their doctor by seeing test results online as soon as they are available under a new model for after-care. Men can
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Treatment which can prolong the lives of children with a rare genetic condition will be made available on the NHS. Nusinersen, also called Spinraza and made by Biogen, is the
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The Scottish Government is being urged to commit more funds to ensure people with diabetes can access psychological and emotional support when they need it. Campaigners at Diabetes Scotland are
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Medicines for breast cancer, skin cancer and schizophrenia have been approved for use by NHS patients in Scotland. The Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) has accepted Abemaciclib (Vernezios), a drug that
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