Pharma shoots down labour’s plans to cut drug prices Labour’s promise to “take on pharmaceutical companies” which “deny life-saving and life-changing medicines to ill patients by charging extortionate prices” has been disputed by many representatives in pharma. At the party’s annual conference in Brighton this week, Jeremy Corbyn announced plans to “redesign the system to…
High rates of substandard care homes New research released by IPPR, found 23% of the 456,000 care home beds are in settings rated ‘inadequate’ or ‘requiring improvement’ by the Care Quality Commission. This means that good homes in areas with a high rate of substandard care homes are over-subscribed. In Newham, London and Manchester at…
UK still behind in cancer survival despite recent improvements A major study published in Lancet Oncology has shown that cancer survival rates in the UK have improved markedly over recent decades but still lag behind those of other high-income countries. The study looked at one-year and five-year survival rates of cancer patients in Australia, Canada,…
AI may help to detect heart problems Researchers at the Mayo Clinic in the US have developed an AI-enabled Electro-cardiogram (ECG), which can detect signs of the common heart condition, atrial fibrillation. Atrial fibrillation causes the heart to beat irregularly and increases the risk of stroke and long-term heart conditions. The condition is relatively simple…
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