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As an NHS GP, I can now prescribe weight-loss jabs – but a quick fix for obesity is not what we need | Helen Salisbury

Few patients will be eligible for the drugs.

Abbott introduces lab-based blood test to help evaluate concussion

The test measures two biomarkers in the blood UCH-L1 and GFAP, and has the potential to offer results in 18 minutes.

Patients dying of sepsis because medics too slow to spot it, warns NHS watchdog

Recognition remains an ‘urgent safety risk’ and relatives’ concerns are too often ignored, says Health Services Safety Investigations BodySepsis is causing thousands of deaths a year, a charity

Equivalent of one child in every British classroom now born via IVF, data shows

Proportion of women giving birth after fertility treatment up by more than a third in a decade, figures revealThe proportion of women giving birth after fertility treatment in the UK has increased by

Grand Jury Indicts Russian Scientist on Smuggling Charges

Kseniia Petrova, a Harvard researcher, was detained in February after failing to declare scientific samples she was carrying into the country.

Hundreds of weight loss and diabetes jab users report pancreas problems

UK health officials launch study into side-effects of weight loss drugs after increased reports of acute pancreatitisHundreds of people have reported problems with their pancreas linked to taking weig

Generic cancer drugs used around the world fail quality tests, investigation shows

Vital chemotherapy drugs used around the world have failed quality tests, putting cancer patients in more than 100 countries at risk

CDC Experts Make the Case for Maternal COVID Vaccination

(MedPage Today) -- CDC experts emphasized the need for COVID vaccination during pregnancy, showing that children under 6 months are vulnerable to severe disease from infection, as are their mothers

HHS Hunts for New Autism Links While David Geier Searches for 'Lost' Vaccine Data

(MedPage Today) -- Federally funded autism research is undergoing a transformation under HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

STAT+: As Trump’s deadline nears, Republicans face substantial disagreement on Medicaid cuts

Disputes over health care threaten to delay the tax cut bill President Trump wants on his desk by July 4.

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