The announcement has also been welcomed by people living with glioblastoma, including mother-of-four Verity Phillips, 35, from Immingham.
She was diagnosed with a glioblastoma in 2022 after collapsing.
“Glioblastoma is brutal. Like most people…
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UK health service battles ‘super flu’ outbreak
A man walks into a pharmacy with a sign advertising flu vaccinations, as hospitalisations rise, with Britain and other European countries grappling with a severe flu season and health authorities warning of… Continue Reading
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Former Manchester nurse ‘wants to help people spot cancer signs’
“I hope this work this will bring equality for people who can’t always access health checks in the same way as the general population,” she added.
Ms Colville said she realised how much harder cancer treatment must be for her former patients…
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Care workers put off flu vaccine ‘by social media myths’
BBCPauline Shepherd said providers were trying everything to boost uptake of the vaccine among care workers It is proving difficult to encourage care workers to take the flu vaccine due to myths on social media, the chief executive of the…
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individual behaviour matters • healthcare-in-europe.com
(a–c) Distribution of the population in tiles for the cities under analysis: each tile is coloured according to the number of individuals (see colour bar on the left-hand side). (d) Schematic representation of a tile, with household contacts…
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Tanning beds triple skin cancer risk, study finds
When Heidi Tarr was a teenager, she used a tanning bed several times a week with her friends because they all wanted to glow like a celebrity.
“It was just the thing to do — everyone wanted that nice, dark, tan skin,” the 49-year-old market…
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UK health service battles ‘super flu’ outbreak
The UK is facing an “unprecedented wave of super flu”, a health chief has warned, as Prime Minister Keir Starmer Friday denounced “reckless” plans by doctors to launch a five-day strike next week.
“The ‘super flu’ epidemic sweeping the country…
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