Thousands of women with the world’s most common form of breast cancer could benefit from a blockbuster drug that helps them live longer and cuts…
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One in five workers will be higher-rate taxpayers by 2027 – IFS
One in four teachers and one in eight nurses will be higher-rate taxpayers by 2027 as a result of the government’s record freeze on income…
View More One in five workers will be higher-rate taxpayers by 2027 – IFSBupa Dental Care to cut 85 practices amid UK dentist shortage
Bupa Dental Care is to cut 85 dental practices this year in a move that will affect 1,200 staff across the UK, amid a national…
View More Bupa Dental Care to cut 85 practices amid UK dentist shortagePioneering NHS trial targets brain tumours before surgery
The NHS has begun a world-first clinical trial of a pioneering treatment technique aimed at extending the lives of people with brain tumours. A team…
View More Pioneering NHS trial targets brain tumours before surgery‘A landmark step’: how pioneering foetal surgery is transforming lives
Emily Ellis flicks through photos of her four-day-old baby, Austin, on her phone. “He is perfect,” she says with the certainty of any new parent.…
View More ‘A landmark step’: how pioneering foetal surgery is transforming livesDiet club users on their experiences: ‘I’ve turned my life around’
You were sure you would stick to them this year. But, seven days into January, your resolve is weakening and those new year resolutions you…
View More Diet club users on their experiences: ‘I’ve turned my life around’Breast cancer patients get proton beam therapy on NHS in world-first trial
Three breast cancer patients have undergone pioneering proton beam therapy for the first time on the NHS as part of a world-first trial. The hi-tech…
View More Breast cancer patients get proton beam therapy on NHS in world-first trialParents report struggle to find antibiotics as UK strep A cases rise
Parents are reporting serious difficulties in obtaining antibiotics for their sick children, amid concerns over UK-wide shortages after rising strep A infections. While the government…
View More Parents report struggle to find antibiotics as UK strep A cases riseDrug slows cognitive decline in Alzheimer’s patients, study reveals
Researchers have hailed the dawn of a new era of Alzheimer’s therapies after a clinical trial confirmed that a drug slows cognitive decline in patients…
View More Drug slows cognitive decline in Alzheimer’s patients, study revealsNew NHS genetic testing service ‘could save thousands of children’ in England
Very sick babies and children will be diagnosed and start treatment more quickly thanks to a “revolutionary” new genetic testing service being launched by the…
View More New NHS genetic testing service ‘could save thousands of children’ in England