Thousands more patients with terminal cancer could go into remission if immunotherapy drugs were used in combination, scientists believe. The drugs, which have boosted survival for dying patients, enable the
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A preventive HIV treatment is taking too long to be made available on the NHS, according to campaigners who are taking the matter to judicial review. National Aids Trust chief
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Jeremy Hunt has been urged to give NHS England the power to commission an HIV prevention treatment which could be a “game changer” in stopping the spread of the infection.
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NHS England has stood firm on its decision not to fund a preventative treatment for HIV. A row erupted earlier this year after the body said it would not routinely
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The number of infections resistant to “last-resort antibiotics” in Scottish hospitals has tripled in two years, new figures have shown. There were 66 organisms resistant to last-ditch carbapenem antibiotics in
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David Cameron has committed his Government to halving drug-resistant bug infections by 2020, with measures including the introduction of tough new targets to limit inappropriate use of antibiotics. The commitment
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Doctors are to bring experimental cancer treatments to patients sooner under a reorganisation of trial centres. A new collaboration will allow the Experimental Cancer Medicines Centre (ECMC) Network to speed
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Doctors should be forced to perform diagnostic tests on patients before prescribing antibiotics which are currently being dished out “like sweets”, according to a major review of antibiotic resistance. Experts
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Boots is considering offering more complex treatments in-store, including skin cancer checks and diabetes management. The company’s chief pharmacists told The Times that the NHS needed the firm to help
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The Alliance Party has pledged to reintroduce prescription charges for those able to pay for medication in Northern Ireland. Children, the elderly and people with long-term conditions would be among
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