Around 3,000 obese young people, aged between two and 18, will receive help to lose weight, in a bid to prevent long term health conditions, including type 2 diabetes, heart attacks and strokes.
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The study was conducted in the US which included adults aged 30-35 years who were overweight or obese and had a positive SARS-CoV-2 test in the three days leading up to the trial.
Gonorrhoea diagnoses increased to 82,592 in 2022, a 50.3% increased compared to 2021 and a 16.1% increase from 2019.
In an attempt to cut NHS waiting times, the pilot will improve accessibility to the newest and most effective obesity drugs outside of hospital settings.
Over the last year, people visiting A&E who are having their blood tested have had an extra sample taken which is to screen for HIV, Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C.
The test correctly identified two out of every three cancers among 5,000 patients who had visited their GP.
Eligible workers on the Agenda for Change contract which includes nurses, paramedics and midwives will receive the pay rise backdated to April.
This comes after recent NHS figures showed there was a 3% increase in 11-15 year olds using e-cigarettes between 2018-2021.
The Community Network survey by the NHS Confederation found that all respondents were either moderately or extremely concerned about the impact of long waits for community children and young people’s...
Almost 27,000 people left the register in the past year, with more than half of those leaving earlier than planned, citing burnout, workload and concerns over care quality.
The NHS is set to introduce a new genetic blood-matching test for thousands living with sickle-cell disease or thalassemia that could reduce painful side-effects of transfusion treatments.
The NHS COVID-19 Vaccination Programme has vaccinated almost half of those eligible with a spring booster a month after the campaign’s formal launch
Members working for the NHS in England are urged to vote ‘yes’ to strike action by the union’s leaders, as they pressure ministers to improve the pay award for nursing staff.
A third of mental health hubs have closed leaving a million workers without specialist help, despite the escalating mental health crisis among nursing staff, the RCN has said.
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