Study highlights factors behind rising rates of child suicide
Researchers say UK school-based intervention programmes could reduce suicidal ideation Related items fromOnMedica Hundreds of schools set to test mental health support techniques Screen time - a moral panic for the 21st century? Child mental health linked to families who struggle Better care needed for children who self-harm to prevent suicide We are ‘sitting on a young people’s health time bomb’ (Source: OnMedica Latest News)
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Government announces self-isolation guidelines
UK chief medical officers raise UK Covid-19 risk from moderate to high Related items fromOnMedica Medical education and events join Covid-19 cancellation list Covid-19 ‘social distancing’ measures proposed to protect vulnerable It ’s the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine Scotland sets out its Public Health priorities Covid-19 spread by presymptomatic carriers (Source: OnMedica Latest News)
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Former health secretary criticises delay phase tactics
But managers say it will give the NHS more time to prepare Related items fromOnMedica Home Office woes RCGP sets out priorities for general practice for new prime minister Futureproofing our NHS: Innovations and their benefits The changing role of community trusts in large geographies Lessons from Torbay: The journey to integrated care (Source: OnMedica Latest News)
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Medical education and events join Covid-19 cancellation list
Royal Colleges cancel or postpone gatherings of 100 people or more and staff work from home Related items fromOnMedica Government announces self-isolation guidelines Social prescribing workers to ease GP pressure Can medicine be cured? Midwives demand ‘equivalence’ in prison perinatal care It ’s the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine (Source: OnMedica Latest News)
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Covid-19 spread by presymptomatic carriers
Findings reveal that isolating people once they fell ill is less effective than hoped Related items fromOnMedica Covid-19 ‘social distancing’ measures proposed to protect vulnerable It ’s the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine Scotland sets out its Public Health priorities Government announces self-isolation guidelines RCGP sets out priorities for general practice for new prime minister (Source: OnMedica Latest News)
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Malaria triple therapies ‘effective and safe’
First trials show improved outcomes in countries with multi-drug resistant malaria. Related items fromOnMedica Single-dose malaria drug eliminates parasite from liver NI launches ‘One Health’ plan to tackle antimicrobial resistance ‘Conclusive evidence’ that antiretroviral therapy wards off HIV transmission HPV programme linked to dramatic fall in cervical disease £30 million to tackle antimicrobial resistance (Source: OnMedica Latest News)
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WHO confirms Covid-19 pandemic as Trump announces Euro flight ban
Director general Ghebreyesus concerned by ‘alarming levels of inaction’ in some countries Related items fromOnMedica It ’s the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine Covid-19 ‘social distancing’ measures proposed to protect vulnerable A child under 15 dies every five seconds around the world UK coronavirus focus shifting from contain to delay G8 must tackle health inequality, says Bill Gates and WHO (Source: OnMedica Latest News)
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Budget: ‘Chancellor must keep his Covid-19 funding promises’
Government told it must let clinicians decide where £5bn emergency investment goes Related items fromOnMedica Wales records worst ever A&E waits NHS figures paint ‘bleak picture’ for staff and patients Winter A&E waiting time cases quadruple over seven years Experts urge radical action on mental health crises CQC tells Trust to improve safety of 111 service (Source: OnMedica Latest News)
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Covid-19 ‘social distancing’ measures proposed to protect vulnerable
Ireland announces schools, colleges and other public facilities are set to close Related items fromOnMedica It ’s the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine Scotland sets out its Public Health priorities Safeguarding: what lies ahead for 2019 RCGP sets out priorities for general practice for new prime minister Four factors to deal with the problem of long-term health conditions (Source: OnMedica Latest News)
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Budget: Doctors welcome pension tax reform
But experts raise concern over inaction on social care reform and public health funding Related items fromOnMedica New Year NHS resolutions BMA urges Tory leader candidates to reform pensions provision Doctors call on politicians to invest in the NHS NHS – It’s not just about numbers GP contract for England brings overall 3.4% increase (Source: OnMedica Latest News)
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IGF-1 growth hormone strongly implicated in breast cancer development
Altering levels through diet and lifestyle or drugs may be a means of staving off disease, suggest researchers Related items fromOnMedica Women who lost weight had lower breast cancer risk Rising skirt size linked to postmenopausal breast cancer risk Breast cancer risk lower with Mediterranean diet plus oil Women are unaware of alcohol ’s link to breast cancer risk Dietary intake of veg linked to lower risk of ER-negative breast cancer (Source: OnMedica Latest News)
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Alcoholics Anonymous and clinically led 12-step programmes work
And they have the potential to save substantial healthcare costs, conclude Cochrane review authors Related items fromOnMedica Doctors urge government to act on rising alcohol impact Commission calls for mental health parity in Northern Ireland Pledge to cut 1000 alcohol deaths Child mental health linked to families who struggle Government lops £85 million off public health grant for next year (Source: OnMedica Latest News)
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Charity vows to push for access to asthma drug, rejected by NICE
Asthma UK insists dupilumab, newest biologic for severe asthma, is ‘life-changing’ Related items fromOnMedica Prescription charge rise ‘puts asthma patient at risk’ New treatment option for severe asthma Good evidence for sublingual immunotherapy Doctors unite with campaigners in calling for smokefree 2030 Paracetamol use in infancy linked to asthma risk (Source: OnMedica Latest News)
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NHS to ramp up coronavirus testing capacity
Specialist and hospital labs drafted in to boost current tally of 1500 to 10,000 tests every day Related items fromOnMedica Coronavirus takes five days to show Measles claims 140,000 lives as cases surge worldwide Going Viral Four further UK nationals test positive for COVID-19 Two new coronavirus cases detected in England (Source: OnMedica Latest News)
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MPs to look into funding gap for social care
The Health and Social Care Committee has launched an inquiry to find out how much extra cash will be needed for each of the next five years to relieve pressure on the NHS Related items fromOnMedica NHS 10 Year Plan: the view from my desk ‘No-deal must be avoided to protect nation’s health’ Ministers risk putting money before health, BMA warns Every government promises to solve the social care crisis. Maybe this one means it Remedy quest (Source: OnMedica Latest News)
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