4 d. ago Mpox symptoms: 8 signs to look out for as UK hospital has case in A&E

Addernbooke's Hospital in Cambridge has been contacting patients and members of staff who were at risk of Mpox after contact with an infected person in A&E last weekend

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4 d. ago Person with rare virus turns up at A&E as hospital urgently traces patients at risk

A UK Hospital is frantically trying to trace patients and staff who came into contact with an infected person who showed up in A&E with the rare virus, marking the twelfth case of the virus in the UK

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5 d. ago Warning issued over common blood pressure drug after labelling error

The medicine carries a stronger dosage than it says, posing a risk to patients

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8 d. ago Combination of two cheap drugs could save lives after heart attack, study finds

Giving patients statins and ezetimibe after a heart attack can reduce risk of second attack or stroke, say scientistsThousands of heart attacks or strokes could be prevented and lives saved with a combination of two cheap drugs, a study suggests.Cardiovascular disease is the most common cause of death worldwide, with heart attacks the most common acute event. For those who survive an attack, the risk of another one is highest in the first year because blood vessels are more sensitive, making it easier for blood clots to develop. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago NHS told to start prescribing statins 'add on' drug which could prevent 5,000 heart attacks

Imperial College London research reveals the cholesterol-lowering drug ezetimibe could slash risk of heart attack patients suffering another one

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2 w. ago Missed and delayed medication putting A&E patients at risk, new report reveals

68 per cent of prescription doses were not administered within 30 minutes of the expected time, the study found

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2 w. ago A&E patients at risk of death over missed medication with 70% getting their drugs late

More than half of patients with time sensitive medications are not being identified and marked as needing their drugs on time within 30 minutes of coming into A&E, the survey claims

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2 w. ago Patients in A&E ‘risk getting worse because of missed medicine doses’

Time critical medicines are those prescribed for existing conditions, such as insulin for diabetes, Parkinson’s drugs and epilepsy medication.

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3 w. ago Does the shingles jab slash your risk of dementia? Drugs giant GSK launches ground

The trailblazing study will use the data from up to 1.4million NHS patients to test whether its shingles vaccine reduces the risk of the degenerative disease, which is the country's biggest killer.

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3 w. ago NHS Greater Glasgow blasted over 'rotten and fatal' culture with staff concerns 'ignored'

John Swinney faced questions after a review that found a "serious breakdown" in relationships among staff and management at NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde

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3 w. ago Scottish health board review findings 'completely unacceptable', says John Swinney

A probe found a ‘serious breakdown’ in relationships among staff and management at NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde

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3 w. ago 'Serious breakdown' in staff relationships put NHS patients at risk

The probe by Healthcare Improvement Scotland looked at emergency departments in three hospitals in the NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde health board, which serves a population of 1.2 million people and employs 44,000 staff.

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3 w. ago Doctors sound alarm over the risky sex act now linked to heart disease

Human papillomavirus ( HPV ) patients may be at an increased risk of developing heart disease and coronary artery disease, a study suggests.

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