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Experts have warned that people should not make health decisions based on genetic tests they do at home. Scientists at the University of Southampton team warn results can be unreliable. The geneticists said the tests could be wrongly reassuring, or lead to unnecessary worry. 23andMe is one of the companies offering such tests, and said…
Babies are at more risk of dying in England… a wealthy first world country. Why is this happening? An analysis of these deaths’ locations has shown it is a direct effect of poverty, which has been responsible for an extra 500 deaths before the age of 1 in recent years. The findings are a warning…
Thousands of patients will have to wait to get their flu jabs after one of the NHS’ main suppliers has warned vaccines could be delayed by two weeks. The delay means people ages 16 to 65,and pregnant women will have to wait for the jab which protects them during the winter. The delay will now…
A migraine drug that has been described as “life changing” by some users will not be made available on the NHS outside of Scotland. Erenumab is one of the most bespoke migraine drugs to be released in decades, and many doctors are describing it as a “huge deal”. But the governing body that approves new…
Health officials have launched an investigation after three babies were born with rare hand deformations in the last four months in Germany. “Between June 2019 and the beginning of September 2019, a total of three children with isolated one-sided malformations were born in the Obstetric Department of St. Mary’s Hospital Buer,” wrote the hospital in…
Children with cancer are being denied new drugs which are available to adults. Medics at the Royal Marsden Hospital and the Institute of Cancer Research said the rules were “too cautious”. A study has shown that just 7% of suitable children were getting drugs that target genetic weak spots of cancer. Cancers are caused by…
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