Hope for more than 150,000 migraine sufferers as NHS approves new wonder drug The drug eptinezumab has been approved for use on the NHS for 164,000 adults Patients using it will have had 3 preventive migraine treatments fail already This drug is given as an intravenous infusion every 12 weeks in hospital By Kate Pickles … Read more
Parts of England logged 50 per cent more deaths than expected in December amid the NHS crisis, a resurgence in flu and the knock-on effects of the Covid pandemic, MailOnline analysis of official figures shows. Rutland in the East Midlands recorded 49 deaths last month, 17 (53.1 per cent) more than usually seen at that … Read more
A post-pandemic surge in norovirus cases could cripple hospitals, health chiefs fear. Hospital cases of the winter vomiting bug have risen by nearly a tenth in a week — with rates over a third higher than before the pandemic struck. An average of 371 beds were occupied by patients with tell-tale symptoms of the contagious … Read more
You’re probably all too aware of the salt lurking in McDonald’s fries or a packet of crisps. But did you know that over-the-counter drugs can be even worse? For example, taking the recommended daily dosage of the saltiest would see you ingest just as much sodium as you would find in 21 small portions of … Read more
The number of patients in hospital with norovirus has jumped by nearly a tenth in a week, as health chief warns the winter bug is piling pressure on the NHS. People suffering from vomiting and diarrhoea took up 371 beds per day, on average, in hospitals across England last week — up 7.8 per cent from … Read more
Covid booster vaccines for healthy people are being wound down as the Government moves away from its “pandemic emergency response” approach. Healthy people between 16 and 49 years of age are currently able to get three Covid jabs, two primary doses and a booster. However, amid dwindling uptake, the UKHSA is ending its evergreen offer … Read more
Prof Paul Hunter, professor of medicine at the University of East Anglia, told The Telegraph that Covid, flu, NHS wait times and, potentially, strike action had led to the high number of excess deaths. “Covid infections probably peaked around New Year’s Eve, or at least between Christmas and NYE, so you would expect deaths to … Read more
A graduate who ignored her own cancer symptoms for months is urging other young women to go and see a doctor if they are worried. Chloe Etheridge, 24, from Whitstable, Kent, was diagnosed with ovarian cancer seven months after she started feeling ill. She ‘ignored’ symptoms like bloating and difficulty with eating until her stomach … Read more
Covid variant ‘Orthrus’ is now behind over a third of all reported cases in England, figures suggests. Latest surveillance data shows how the strain, scientifically called CH.1.1, has swept across England, seemingly accounting for all new infections in the worst-hit regions. Despite falling Covid cases nationally, its emergence has stoked concerns among UK health chiefs … Read more
Cutting a large glass of wine, a pint of beer or a bar of chocolate from the diet of overweight Britons would halve obesity levels, experts say. The UK is in the grips of a huge obesity crisis – with two in three adults carrying too much weight – that is costing the NHS £6billion … Read more