Three patients in the UK have received a”groundbreaking” treatment for lupus on the NHS, which experts hope could eradicate the need for lifelong drugs. Until now, CAR T-cell therapy in the UK has been used only in cancer patients, but researchers believe it could treat range of diseases including lupusContinue Reading
After months of discussion and speculation about how British universities will fill budget deficits, the UK government confirmed that tuition fees will be increasing to £9,535 a year in England in 2025. The impact of this price rise on graduates’ mental health in the years to come should not beContinue Reading
Oceans activists are calling for tinned tuna to be banned from hospitals, school canteens, care homes and maternity wards after high concentrations of mercury were found in every sample analysed. They accused public authorities and the tuna industry of “cynical lobbying”, favouring “the economic interests of industrial tuna fishing toContinue Reading
After Roe v Wade was overturned in 2022, the necessity of free and accessible contraception has been a near-constant talking point. But the cost of contraception in the US is higher than you might think. Indeed, contraception accounted for 30-44 percent of out-of-pocket healthcare costs for women before it wasContinue Reading
A DNA test led two women to discover that they were switched at birth 50 years ago. Two women in England have just learned they went home with the wrong families after being born in the same hospital in 1967—making it the first confirmed case of a baby switch byContinue Reading
NHS bosses have slammed “rip off” overtime rate claimed by consultants as hospitals try to slash waiting times, according to reports. A BBC investigation found consultants earning the most were more likely to be part-time, which means they can work overtime for rates of £200 an hour – more thanContinue Reading
Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ debut budget pledged increases of £22.6 billion in day-to-day spending for the NHS and £3.1 billion in capital spending over the next two years. The increase in day-to-day spending is intended to fulfil Labour’s campaign promise of “40,000 more appointments per week” from their election manifesto. ThisContinue Reading
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said over the weekend that a second Trump administration would advise the nation to remove fluoride from public water supplies. He wrote that former President Donald Trump and his wife, Melania, want to “Make America Healthy Again,” also sharing a link regarding a recent court rulingContinue Reading
H5N1 influenza has now been detected in pigs. This was something virologists had been worrying about ever since this highly pathogenic strain of bird flu started its rapid global spread in 2020. But why were we worrying specifically about pigs? And does this case – detected on a farm inContinue Reading
A major new campaign has been launched to help people identify stroke symptoms after it emerged the average time it took for a sufferer to dial 999 was an hour and a half. The NHS on Monday urged the public to call 999 immediately if anyone experiences one of theContinue Reading
