2 days ago by therestdoctor

Cutting Out Deaths from Heart Attacks In the last eight years , from 2002 to 2010, Britain has more than halved its heart attack death rate. According to recent data published in the British Medical Journal, over half the decrease occurred in the number of attacks. The rest of the improvement was du ...

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4 days ago by Micol Di Veroli

“Il tuo nuovo Servizio Sanitario Nazionale comincia il 5 luglio 1948.” Con questo conciso ma efficace slogan, il governo britannico annunciava alla popolazione la nascita di un nuovo servizio fortemente voluto dal Partito Laburista e già progettato anni prima dal grande Winston Churchill. Parliamo o ...

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4 days ago by Adam Collyer

We all know there has been a lot of controversy over student finance. We’ve had the tuition fees debate, with tuition fees of £9,000 now the norm. The government has overhauled the student support scheme. There seems to be a lot of confusion about this, but basically, you get a loan to cover the tui ...

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6 days ago by Verite Reily Collins

Lansley said he was going to listen So why hasn’t he? Image via Wikipedia Of course, syringing out ears is something surgeries aren’t doing any more, so perhaps he can’t hear the chorus from all the Royal Colleges complaining about his Health and Social Services Bill? Me? I am looking around for alt ...

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7 days ago by DPS

ACTA, the Anti Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, which now has over 30 signatories could seriously harm your health according to experts. ACTA, by it’s definition, would effectively make all generic medication illegal – due to it being classed as counterfeit. This issue was first raised all the way ba ...

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11 days ago by juliaess

You might be thinking of private health care insurance for your household, and if you are there is one thing you ought to do prior to proceeding down that road, acquire some health insurance quotes to begin with. You can go into it blind but obtaining a number of quotes can tell you exactly what dea ...

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11 days ago by Bobbie Johnson

More often than not, government internet projects are synonymous with low ambitions and high spending: vast, sweeping schemes that make only minor tweaks to the status quo, cost the earth and end up leaving citizens drowning in a quagmire of bureaucracy. What’s the best way of challenging that stere ...

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18 days ago by Justin

A new report out of the U.K is praising the telehealth program sponsored by the U.S. Veterans Health Administration (VHA) — which is the largest telehealth project in the world — while also asking the question of why telehealth hasn’t gained more momentum and adoption across the U.S. healthcare syst ...

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19 days ago by Daniel Nye Griffiths

Sir Richard Branson - Image by AFP/Getty Images via @daylife There was a moment during Sir Richard Branson's testimony to Britain's Home Office Select Committee, which took place on Tuesday morning, which illustrated the conceptual gulf between the worlds of politics and business. Branson was explai ...

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25 days ago by Barbara Arzymanow

Above all the freedom of the Press is paramount. Censorship or severely restrictive legislation is not an acceptable alternative. We sometimes have to accept the consequences and tolerate a Press that can be wrong, unfair, misleading or more interested in selling newspapers than in the public intere ...

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