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Fighting Infection with Phages | NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
nih.gov
Antimicrobial resistance is a serious threat to modern medicine: As MRSA and other bacteria become immune to our most common antibiotics, researchers …
Celebrity ads for diet aids should be banned, says top doctor
bbc.co.uk - By Laurel Ives
Social media companies should ban "damaging" celebrity-endorsed social media ads promoting weight loss aids, England's top doctor has said.
'Deadlock must end' over cystic fibrosis drug Orkambi
bbc.co.uk
The government must use its powers to break a deadlock in making a life-extending drug available to people with cystic fibrosis, campaigners say.
FGM 'increasingly performed on UK babies'
bbc.co.uk - By Anna Collinson and Jessica Furst
Female genital mutilation (FGM) is increasingly being performed on babies and infants in the UK, the Victoria Derbyshire programme has been told.
Why are so many doctors quitting the NHS?—it’s time to ask the right questions
bmj.com - BMJ
The mayday call is out—urgent action is required“Never let a good crisis go to waste” — Winston ChurchillA recent report by the General Medical …
Jane Pightling: Designed in the right way social prescribing could deliver huge benefits, let’s not waste it
bmj.com - BMJ
There has been much discussion about social prescribing since funding announcements were made over the summer. Yesterday it was announced that more …
A cure for cancer? Israeli scientists may have found one
jpost.com - Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman
Dear Reader, As you can imagine, more people are reading The Jerusalem Post than ever before. Nevertheless, traditional business models are no longer …
We should care more for each other – it’s good for our health
weforum.org - Nico Daswani
The inability to care for much beyond our immediate needs or loved ones is perhaps the greatest challenge of our times. A recent report from WWF …
NHS
SNP Health Secretary under fire over 'occasional' reviews of NHS boards
heraldscotland.com - Paul Hutcheon
Freeman became embroiled in a transparency row this month after The Herald on Sunday revealed she would no longer take questions from the public at …
Two nurses arrested ‘for poisoning patients at hospital’s stroke unit’
metro.co.uk - Martine Berg Olsen
Two more healthcare professionals arrested on suspicion of poisoning patients at a hospital’s stroke unit have been bailed by police. The nurses, a …
Medicinal cannabis now legal on prescription
sky.com - By Lorna Shaddick
Consultants will be able to prescribe the drug after a campaign by mother Charlotte Caldwell prompted a change in the law. Patients in the UK can be …
Digitizing healthcare--opportunities for Germany
mckinsey.com
Germany might be talking about it, but our neighbors are already one step ahead. Austria has ELGA—an electronic health record system—that can easily …
Patients at thousands of hospitals and GP practices 'breathing toxic air'
The Guardian - Matthew Taylor Environment correspondent
More than 2,000 GP surgeries and hospitals in UK are in areas that breach WHO air pollution guidelines, study says Hundreds of thousands of patients who visit more than 2,000 hospitals and GP practices
An STI is diagnosed in a young Brit every four minutes
The Telegraph - By Anne Gulland
Young people are being urged to use condoms as new figures show that a sexually transmitted infection (STI) is diagnosed in someone aged 15 to 24 years old every four minutes. The figures are part of Public
Audits
Scotland's NHS 'not financially sustainable', official audit finds
The Telegraph - By Simon Johnson
Scotland's NHS is not financially sustainable and SNP ministers and health boards must move away from "short-term fire-fighting", a damning official audit has warned. Audit Scotland said boards are facing
Three NHS bosses used names of U2 stars in £1.4 million fraud, court told
shropshirestar.com - Dominic Robertson
Mark Evill, 42, Robert Howells, 65, and Michael Cope, 44, helped secure payments to a company set up by Evill himself, who then used the cash to buy …
The NHS is giving £1bn a year away to private companies – this is Jeremy Hunt's legacy
independent.co.uk - James Moore
According to the BBC, the NHS is now spending a staggering £1bn a year buying in care from private companies. The broadcaster said its data showed …
Gosport inquiry: GP 'responsible' for practice of lethal opiate prescribing which may have killed up to 650 patients at hospital,
independent.co.uk - Alex Matthews-King
Criminal charges could now be brought after an inquiry revealed up to 650 patients died from lethal doses of opiate painkillers given “without …
'We'll have to pay a lot more': Households could face £2,000 bill for sustainable NHS
sky.com - By Paul Kelso
A report finds health spending in the UK will have to rise faster than the economy grows for the foreseeable future. Sustainable long-term funding for …
8 principles for future health and care systems
thersa.org - Tom Harrison
The RSA and NEF in partnership with NHS England publish eight principles to develop a community-led health system.
To Help The Body Fight Chronic Disease, Scientists Learn To Decode Brain Signals
futurism.com - Dan Robitzski
Even when you’re asleep, your brain is on. It’s constantly communicating with every part of your body, sending electrical impulses and specific …
How Far Should Science Go to Create Lifesaving Replacement Organs?
undark.org - Ingfei Chen
As we envision a new era of regenerative medicine, sci-fi-esque scenarios are raising thorny ethical issues. Just how far is society willing to go? In …
Harvard’s new skin-style bandages heal wounds at an accelerated rate
Digital Trends - Luke Dormehl
A team of researchers at Harvard University have developed two novel nanofiber wound dressings which are able to rapidly accelerate the healing …
Stem cells slashed alcoholism rates in rats. Can it do the same for humans?
Digital Trends - Luke Dormehl
Stem cells are undifferentiated cells with the ability to transform, as required, into many different types of cell in the body. They have previously …
Human Anatomy
Scientists Have Discovered a New Organ in the Human Body. What is the Interstitium?
TIME - Alice Park
It’s not a second stomach or a mini-brain. But scientists have discovered an important new organ that may play a critical role in how many tissues and other organs do their jobs, as well as in some diseases
We Just Found a Game-Changing Weapon Against Drug-Resistant Superbugs
ScienceAlert - Peter Dockrill
Scientists have identified a new class of antibiotic that could help us fight the scourge of deadly superbugs, thanks to the molecular properties of …
Harvard scientists uncover an exploitable Achilles' heel common to most bacteria
newatlas.com - Michael Irving
Bacteria can be hardy little creatures, thanks mostly to their strong cell walls that can protect them against drugs, viruses and other dangers. …
To treat some diseases, researchers are putting immune cells on a diet
sciencemag.org - Mitch Leslie
About 12 years ago, Gary Glick and his wife noticed something wrong with their son, Jeremy. He seemed to be lagging behind his twin sister, recalls …