COPD patients face 34% higher risk of sudden cardiac death
Patients with COPD are a third more likely to suffer sudden cardiac death, with risk rising in propo...
Protein that promotes healing inhibits it in diabetic patients, study shows
A protein that helps wounds heal actively inhibits this process when blood sugar levels are high, ac...
Treat sleep apnoea to cut down on AF risk, say researchers
Treating sleep apnoea patients with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy could help su...
Mindfulness as effective and cheaper than antidepressants, study finds
Mindfulness therapy is just as effective as antidepressants in preventing a relapse of depression, a...
Thousands of patients' data excluded from NHS dementia target data
NHS England says it is closer to its dementia diagnosis target than Health and Social Care Informati...
NHS dementia diagnosis targets missed despite 'harmful' DES
Efforts to boost dementia diagnosis rates have fallen short of NHS England's aims despite a controve...
Gestational diabetes in early pregnancy linked to autism
Foetuses exposed to gestational diabetes in the womb during early pregnancy face an increased risk o...
Scrap unfair practice ratings for cancer referrals, study says
GP practices should not be ranked according to cancer detection rates described as 'simplistic' by t...
GP-led fracture prevention scheme could save NHS millions of pounds
An early prevention scheme for bone fractures trialled successfully by a GP federation in Northumber...
Sequential antibiotic use could help GPs beat resistant bacteria
Administering a 'sequential treatment' of two different antibiotics at low doses could help GPs trea...
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