“Thousands of patients are “dying badly” in NHS hospitals every year,” The Independent reports. An audit, carried out by the Royal College of Physicians, found some NHS trusts are failing to adhere to agreed guidelines on palliative care…
Behind the headlines article on news reports of a study on an artritis drug and alzheimer's disease.
"Aspirin a day could dramatically cut cancer and heart disease risk … study claims," the Mail Online reports. U.S. researchers ran a simulation of what might happen if all Americans over 50 years old took aspirin on a daily basis…
Older people with a history of smoking heavily should be offered annual low-dose CT scans to screen for lung cancer according to new US guidelines reported by the Reuters news agency. These guidelines recommend that annual CT...
Women with long ring fingers could be at greater risk of arthritis, according to the Daily Mail. Usually, women have a shorter ring finger than index finger (the
GPs may be regularly making mistakes when prescribing medicines, according to a high-profile report published today by the General Medical Council. The report found that mistakes in areas such as dosage and timing were common, although...
The BBC reported that “Bereaved parents die of 'broken heart'”, and went on to say that “Parents who lose a baby before its first birthday are more likely to die early themselves”. This news story is based on a study...
“Depression may increase the risk of the bone disorder osteoporosis in premenopausal women,” BBC News reported today. The report describes a study that compared
Many national newspapers have reported today on an official report by the Health Service Ombudsman into the care of older people in the NHS. The Daily Telegraph said the report showed that hospitals are “failing to meet even the most basic standards of...