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Review of cancer services shows poor coordination in NHS
Cancer services in England and Wales have improved in response to recent guidelines, but lack of coordination means that some patients still...
British Medical Journal, 12/15/01 by Susan Mayor · More from publication -
Poorest women 20 times more likely to die in childbirth
Women in the most disadvantaged groups of society are nearly 20 times more likely to die from causes related to pregnancy and childbirth than women...
British Medical Journal, 12/08/01 by Susan Mayor · More from publication -
Commission asked to investigate racist discrimination against doctors
A UK politician has asked the Commission for Racial Equality to investigate whether some doctors working for the NHS experience racial...
British Medical Journal, 12/01/01 by Susan Mayor · More from publication -
UK legislation planned to outlaw human reproductive cloning
New legislation to ban human cloning was due to be introduced into the UK parliament this week after a High Court ruling that cloning was not...
British Medical Journal, 11/24/01 by Susan Mayor · More from publication -
Heart pumps improve survival in patients with severe heart failure
Implanted heart pumps doubled one year survival and significantly improved quality of life in patients with severe heart failure in a three year...
British Medical Journal, 11/17/01 by Susan Mayor · More from publication -
Health department to fund interferon beta despite institute's ruling
The Department of Health in England and Wales is considering new ways to fund treatment with interferon beta and glatiramer for multiple sclerosis...
British Medical Journal, 11/10/01 by Susan Mayor · More from publication -
UK insurers agree five year ban on using genetic tests
Insurance companies and the British government have agreed a five year extension of the moratorium on the use of results of DNA tests for insurance...
British Medical Journal, 11/03/01 by Susan Mayor · More from publication -
Row over breast cancer screening shows that scientists bring "some subjectivity into their work"
The difficulty of getting scientists to reach a consensus on their interpretations of trial data was illustrated last week when two reviewers for...
British Medical Journal, 10/27/01 by Susan Mayor · More from publication -
UK physicians work 21 hours a week more than contracted
Consultant physicians in the NHS are working an average of 21 hours each week more than they are contracted to, a survey published last week has...
British Medical Journal, 10/20/01 by Susan Mayor · More from publication -
UK survey finds variation in oestrogen receptor testing
Differences in the methods used for oestrogen receptor testing in women with breast cancer may mean that some miss out on optimal treatment, a...
British Medical Journal, 09/29/01 by Susan Mayor · More from publication
