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  • Infected blood victims to get £100,000 compensation
    Ros Cooper, who was infected with hepatitis C as a child, is one of 4,000 people to receive money.
  • Dog infected with monkeypox prompts isolation warning
    Isolating from pets when infected and disposing of rubbish carefully is important, health experts say.
  • Covid: UK first country to approve dual-strain vaccine
    The bivalent vaccine will now form part of the booster campaign to be rolled out this autumn.
  • Monkeypox: Lack of vaccines sparks pause in UK rollout
    UK Health Security Agency says clinics could run out of vaccine supplies by the end of August.
  • Changing kidney blood type may boost transplants
    Many BAME patients waiting for a donor kidney are blood type B so development could be 'game-changer'.
  • Some antidepressants may make heatwave challenging
    Some types of mental health medication may make it difficult for the body to regulate temperature.
  • Thousands more NHS beds to be created in England this winter
    Health service chiefs have promised some 7,000 extra beds in England to tackle increased demands.
  • Covid: Evusheld antibody protection ruled out for most vulnerable
    The antibody injection had promised a protection boost to those with conditions such as blood cancer.
  • Ambulance calls for most serious conditions hit record
    Official figures from NHS England suggest high demand for emergency services and hospitals.
  • NHS IT supplier held to ransom by hackers
    Its IT provider says it may take three or four weeks to fully recover from the cyber-attack.
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  • Could a blood test in middle age predict dementia risk?
    "Tissue inflammation blood test points to dementia risk," is the headline in The Times. Researchers in...
  • Acid reflux drugs linked to increased stomach cancer risk
    "A drug commonly used to treat acid reflux is linked to a more than doubled risk of developing stomach...
  • Nutrient drink for Alzheimer's has disappointing result in trial
    A new study investigating the effects of a nutrient drink for Alzheimer's disease has led to very different...
  • Marriage may help lower dementia risk
    "Marriage and having close friends may help protect against dementia, according to Loughborough University...
  • Afternoon open heart surgery 'leads to fewer complications'
    "Afternoon heart surgery has lower risk of complications, study suggests," says The Guardian. Researchers...
  • Report calls for better mental health support in the workplace
    "Up to 300,000 people with long-term mental health problems have to leave their jobs each year, a report...
  • Blood-thinning drugs may reduce dementia risk in people with irregular heartbeats
    "Common blood thinning drugs halve the risk of dementia for patients who have an irregular heartbeat,"...
  • New genetic variants associated with breast cancer identified
    "Do you have one of the 180 breast cancer genes? One in five women has a variant that raises her risk...
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