Sep 18, 2020
An anorexic mother’s death could have been prevented if the NHS had not allowed her to “fall through the net,” a coroner warned yesterday, after hearing that she was left “entirely unmonitored” for several months. Amanda Bowles, 45, was failed by the doctors before she died at her home in Cambridge, her inquest heard. Sean […]
Sep 9, 2020
An easy-to-use score for predicting the risk of death from Covid-19 could be used by medics to decide on the best form of care for patients, a pioneering new study has found. The 4C (Coronavirus Clinical Characterisation Consortium) Mortality Score uses readily...
Aug 20, 2020
Responding to the report, experts said such “hysteria” was understandable. Christopher Snowdon, the head of lifestyle economics at the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA), said it was “no surprise”. He added: “People often overestimate...
Aug 13, 2020
People living in polluted areas are more likely to die from coronavirus, a new study shows, establishing “some evidence” of a causal link. Experts at the Office for National Statistics (ONS) found strong correlations between atmospheric levels of toxic air...
Aug 12, 2020
The new results are based on a study of more than 160,000 women who were enrolled in the UK Breast Screening Age Trial between 1990 and 1997, when they were aged between 39 and 41. They have been followed up for 23 years to see if early screening made a difference,...
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