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• Taxpayers pay twice for crucial drugs like Avastin | Letters

  05-11-2017 19:49
  Big pharma companies are charging over the odds for medicines developed with public funding, write Heidi Chow and Tabitha HaIt is shocking, but not surprising, that big drugs companies are threatening to sue the NHS for using cheaper versions of drugs that could save people from going blind (Drug firms trying to stop cheap eye treatment on NHS, 1 November). Another part of this story is that the two medicines in question – Lucentis (known generically as ranibizumab) and Avastin (bevacizuma
  
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• HEALTH NOTES: Deborah Meaden's curse of Strictly

  05-11-2017 13:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  English business mogul Deborah Meaden has been left in agony by her stint on Strictly Come Dancing in 2013, which she says ‘ruined’ her feet.
  
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• X Factor's Lloyd Macey says singing helps Crohn's disease

  05-11-2017 13:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 23-year-old Welshman, who has reached the live finals of this year’s competition, has told of his dramatic six-year battle with Crohn’s.
  
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• Comedy writer with Parkinson's tries stand-up comedy

  05-11-2017 12:24 via bbc.co.uk
  Paul Mayhew-Archer wanted to try stand-up comedy before his condition deteriorated.
  
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• NHS crisis: Obese patients 'are eating themselves to DEATH' to get free gastric surgery

  05-11-2017 08:24 via feedproxy.google.com
  OBESE patients are deliberately piling on the pounds to qualify for free NHS weight loss surgery, experts have revealed, writes Lucy Johnston.
  
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• Best supplements for sleep: Take these THREE cheap nutrients to fall asleep FAST

  05-11-2017 08:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  BEST supplements for sleep needn’t be exotic or expensive. Try topping up on magnesium, vitamin D and B vitamins before you nod off.
  
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• Brain game: how we see colour – in fireworks and on screens | Daniel Glaser

  05-11-2017 07:00
  Daniel Glaser explains the difference between the chemical and digital technologies used to represent colourFireworks may have been invented in 7th century China but we are still trying to improve the chemical technology behind them. Unlike colour representation in digital technology, fireworks work on the eye and hence brain in an entirely different way.Pyrotechnicians use chemicals to make the colours: strontium carbonate (red), barium chloride (green) and sodium nitrate (yellow). Yet our visu
  
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• Arthritis signs and symptoms: THESE foods will help joint pain and swelling

  05-11-2017 05:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  ARTHRITIS symptoms could be eased by eating certain types of foods that have anti-inflammatory properties.
  
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• Telford mother's baby son died after developing rickets

  05-11-2017 02:44 via bbc.co.uk
  Beverley Thahane speaks out as new research shows at least 50 children a year in the UK get rickets.
  
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• 'I paint sunflowers on my self-harm scars'

  05-11-2017 01:51 via bbc.co.uk
  Amelia who suffers with depression paints on herself as a replacement for self-harm.
  
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• Blood plasma infusions from young may arrest Alzheimer’s

  05-11-2017 01:04
  New trial finds transfusions could lead to benefits in patients’ memory and thinkingRegular infusions of blood plasma from young donors could be used to treat patients with Alzheimer’s disease, a medical conference in Boston was told on Saturday.Researchers said that their study showed transfusions were safe, had no serious side effects and hinted that infusions could lead to benefits in patients’ memory and thinking. Continue reading...
  
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• Some high street vegan lunches less healthy than ice cream

  05-11-2017 00:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A third of the half a million vegans in the UK follow the diet for perceived health benefits, according to a recent YouGov survey.
  
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• Psychiatrist vacancies 'double in four years' in England

  05-11-2017 00:34 via bbc.co.uk
  One in 10 consultant roles is currently unfilled in England, says the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
  
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