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3 Key Medical News Stories: 13th June 2019

13th June 2019

Keep up to date with the latest medical news stories. This week we bring you genome sequencing, drug shortages and more stories under the microscope!

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3 Key Medical News Stories: 6th June 2019

6th June 2019

Welcome to this week's medical news round up! In our latest edition, we bring you heart patches, STIs and sugar!

The role of the NHS within society

3 Key Medical News Stories: 30th May 2019

30th May 2019

Stay up to date with the latest medical news, including: medication costs, the role of the NHS within society and antibiotics.

3 Key Medical News Stories: 23rd May 2019

23rd May 2019

Recent medical news reveals over 70 million anti-depressant prescriptions were issued in 2018, with the highest prescription rates among low-income areas.

Pregnancy

3 Key Medical News Stories: 16th May 2019

16th May 2019

80 hospitals to offer Group-B strep screening for pregnant women.

Vaccination

3 Key Medical News Stories: 9th May 2019

9th May 2019

Health secretary Matt Hancock is willing to look into “all options” to boost vaccination levels, including compulsory immunisation.

NHS Funding

3 Key Medical News Stories: 2nd May 2019

2nd May 2019

A panel of health experts state that NHS England is in need of an additional £4bn in the next year.

Mental health

3 Key Medical News Stories: 25th April 2019

25th April 2019

An investigation into mental health services in the UK found that a patient was admitted to hospital for 21 years.

Statins

3 Key Medical News Stories: 18th April 2019

18th April 2019

Millions in the UK take statins in order to lower their ‘bad’ cholesterol, but a study has found they do not work as well for half of patients taking them.

Working memory

3 Key Medical News Stories: 10th April 2019

11th April 2019

A study at Boston University found that stimulating the brain with electricity gave those in their sixties and seventies the working memory of someone in their twenties.

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