Google ‘betrays’ patient trust Google has been accused of breaking promises to patients after the company announced it is moving its healthcare-focused subsidiary, DeepMind Health, into the main arm of the organisation. This move, some argue, breaks a promise made by DeepMind when it started working with the NHS that “data will never be connected…
Prevention is better than cure Health and Social Care Secretary of State Matt Hancock has called for people to be better supported to take more responsibility for their own health. He wants there to be a much greater focus on prevention, to stop people from falling into poor health. Hancock said: “In the UK, we…
Medical cannabis products available on prescription Medicinal cannabis products can now be legally prescribed by specialist doctors to patients across the UK for the first time. Only patients with specific conditions can be prescribed the drug and where other medicines have failed. This follows the outcry from two boys Alfie Dingley and Billy Caldwell, who…
Philip Morris faces backlash from anti-smoking advertisement One of the world’s biggest tobacco firms, Philip Morris, has been accused of hypocrisy over a new ad campaign that encourages smokers to quit. The company, whose products include Malboro, said the move was “an important next step” in its aim to “ultimately stop selling cigarettes”. But Cancer…
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