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Sinn Fein’s election breakthrough may lead to expansion of controversial NHS transgender health project accused of giving ‘unsuitable’ hormone drugs to mentally-ill Irish children NHS transgender health project could be expanded after Sinn Fein breakthrough The republican party won more votes than any of its rivals in ballot last weekend The party pledged to make … Read more
Prostate cancer breakthrough: New treatment to ‘seek and destroy’ tumours could extend lives of thousands of patients Breakthrough PSMA radiotherapy treatment is now privately available in the UK American Society of Clinical Oncology experts said treatment provides hope Considered the most promising new treatment for prostate cancer in 15 years, it could benefit at least … Read more
The mother-of-two went beetroot-red in the face as I spoke to her in my GP clinic last month. It’s an effect I seem to have on many of my menopausal patients these days. She’d come in for help with hot flushes – and there I was showing her pictures of NHS-approved sex toys and suggesting … Read more
The mother-of-two went beetroot-red in the face as I spoke to her in my GP clinic last month. It’s an effect I seem to have on many of my menopausal patients these days. She’d come in for help with hot flushes – and there I was showing her pictures of NHS-approved sex toys and suggesting … Read more
Anxiety sufferers should be given lavender oil as a first line of treatment instead of addictive drugs, a psychiatrist has claimed. Professor Hans Peter-Volz said doctors are too quick to dish out benzodiazepines and other drugs to patients with anxiety. Instead, patients with a mild form of the disorder should be given natural remedies, including … Read more
Someone who is infected with the coronavirus can spread it with just a simple cough or a sneeze, scientists say. More than 1,380 people with the virus are now confirmed to have died and more than 64,400 have been infected in at least 28 countries and regions. But experts predict the true number of people … Read more
Someone who is infected with the coronavirus can spread it with just a simple cough or a sneeze, scientists say. More than 1,380 people with the virus are now confirmed to have died and more than 64,400 have been infected in at least 28 countries and regions. But experts predict the true number of people … Read more
Twelve-hour trolley waits in A&E have quadrupled in a single year, NHS England figures show. The number of patients waiting on trolleys in hospital corridors reached 2,846 in January 2020, compared with 627 in the previous year. This is the highest level recorded since data collection began in 2010 – even though this winter flu … Read more
Homeopaths banned from practising quack autism ‘treatment’ by Government watchdog – but NHS director wants them struck off completely The Professional Standards Authority has banned autism ‘cures’ It issued a three-month deadline to the Society of Homeopaths today Last year, the PSA accredited The Society of Homeopaths for a fifth year running That is despite … Read more
The 83 Brits quarantined in an NHS unit in Merseyside over coronavirus fears have started to leave after testing negative for the deadly virus following a 14-day stint in isolation. Matt Raw was the first evacuee from the Chinese city of Wuhan, the centre of the escalating outbreak, to leave Arrowe Park Hospital today. The … Read more