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‘What a relief’: Victims of contaminated blood scandal set up support groups
Victims of the contaminated blood investigation are joining forces to share stories and support.Sue Wathen, Joan Edgington and Nicola Leahey were diagnosed with hepatitis C after years of struggling through unexplained symptoms that were…
Cleveland Clinic appoints new CIO
Cleveland Clinic has named Sarah Hatchett its new senior vice president and chief information officer.
WHY IT MATTERSHatchett had served as interim chief information officer at the Cleveland Clinic since August 2023, when then-CIO Matthew…
The doctors told me my frozen finger was broken… but it was actually a rare, aggressive tumor
We all suffer from stiff joints sometimes and this is often because we are older and/or have slept in a strange position.This is what Natalie Garcia, 29, from New York, thought when she woke up one morning and noticed her middle finger was…
Getting an IUD could soon be virtually ‘pain-free’, thanks to new ‘suction…
The most painful form of birth control, used by millions of American women, could soon become virtually pain-free – thanks to a new cervical 'suction cup'. Women undergoing procedures to insert an IUD have long been forced to endure the…
Warning of an outbreak of ‘winter vomiting virus’… in May! Norovirus infections…
Norovirus cases have risen to their highest seasonal level in five years amid a nationwide surge, alarming figures show.UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) chiefs received 1,237 laboratory-confirmed reports of vomiting disease in England in…
The Guardian view on antimicrobial resistance: we must prioritize this global health threat |…
aAccording to apocalyptic horror stories, these are among the scariest. Yet it is not fiction writers, but top scientists who warn about what the world could look like if superbugs develop resistance to the remaining drugs against them in…
Maternity care is failing mothers and babies, and that is not only due to budget cuts | Letters
Report on pregnancy trauma is deja vu again (women undergoing 'harrowing' births while hospitals cover up their failures, says MPs report, May 13). I can't read about it because it makes me scream.A few years ago I was in the area for the…
Alcohol abuse costs Britain £27 billion a year
The costs of alcohol abuse are laid bare in a new study which shows that £27 billion a year is spent in England on the health and social harms of alcohol consumption.The research found that the additional burden on the NHS, social services,…
At home, a portable heart failure alert can save lives and money
By 2024, one million Americans aged 55 and older will be diagnosed with heart failure. In 80% of these people, the diagnosis will only be made after a visit to the emergency room and a cumbersome process that can take 11 to 15 weeks.…
Seven-year-old boy eats a 10cm pencil whole, miraculously suffers no damage, then passes it on…
The child, from Nepal, waited four hours before seeking medical helpIt is unclear why he took the pencil or if he has ever done it before By Emily Stearn, health reporter for Mailonline Published: 12:30 EDT, May 17, 2024…