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TB cases could be cut if the UK screened more immigrants (Photograph: SPL)

Widening TB screening would cut burden

The UK should screen more new immigrants for latent TB as a cost-effective way to reduce rising dise...

Ovarian cancer blood testing widened

GPs should offer women with symptoms suggestive of ovarian cancer a test for the CA125 protein, NICE...

Drug industry guidance opens door to drug access schemes

Drug companies will be permitted to sign deals with GP consortia to improve patient access to expens...

Inhaled drug could battle flu in lungs

Inhaled immune-boosting drugs could cut rates of death and morbidity from flu, research suggests....

Smog warning for bank holiday weekend

'Summer smog' is expected over the bank holiday weekend in the UK, the government has said, leading ...

Preventive drugs' value for money disputed

Many widely prescribed drugs for disease prevention lack valid evidence that they are cost effective...

GPs still first port of call for pregnant women

Women still opt to see their GP, rather than a midwife, when they first discover they are pregnant, ...

Online CBT can help patients with IBS (Photograph: JH Lancy)

Talking therapy can tackle IBS

Treatment for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) can be improved by the use of online cognitive behaviou...

From June, the results of HbA1c tests will only be presented in mmol/mol units

Journals to stick with familiar HbA1c units

Academic journals will keep reporting HbA1c results for diabetes patients in the familiar percentage...

Strep pneumonia bacteria: flu infection boosts spread (Photograph: SPL)

Flu infection link to pneumonia spread shown in study

Bacteria that cause pneumonia and meningitis are only able to spread when people are infected with f...

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