20% of patients waiting for a hip replacement are in extreme pain
Almost 20% of patients waiting for a hip replacement on the NHS are suffering pain they consider to be ‘worse
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Sesame Allergies are More Common Than We Thought — Is Your Child at Risk?
Every mom who has a kid with a food allergy knows the constant vigilance it requires. But now there’s some
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Evolutionary gene loss may help explain why only humans are prone to heart attacks
Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine say the loss of a single gene two to three
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The opioid crisis: Drug overdose deaths are down for the first time in 30 years
Drug overdoses cause more deaths in the U.S. than gun violence, car accidents, or H.I.V. did when they reached their
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Around one in 20 patients are affected by preventable harm
Around one in 20 (6 percent) of patients are affected by preventable harm in medical care a new led by
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1 in 10 patients are infected in hospital, and it’s not always with what you think
Most people expect hospital treatment to make them better. But for some, a stay in hospital can actually make them
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Scientists explore blood flow bump that happens when our neurons are significantly activated
When a group of our neurons get activated by thinking hard about a math problem or the vibrant colors of
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Car accident: women are more frequently injured
The most common type of accident is when cars are head-on collisions. Cars that were built in the last decade,
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Five cigarettes per day are deadly
New research findings indicate that triple Smoking tripled the risk of death by heart disease and stroke. The world’s most
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NHS hospitals are ‘taking too long’ to treat suspected sepsis
NHS hospitals are ‘taking too long’ to treat suspected sepsis as figures show one in FOUR patients’ lives are at
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