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Tory party CEO is director at cancer care firm benefiting from NHS waiting lists

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Friday, 14 June, 2024 - 18:05

Stephen Massey has taken on role at GenesisCare, which reports increased demand ‘as a result of NHS backlogs’

The Conservative party’s chief executive has taken on a senior role at a private cancer care firm that said in its annual report it had benefited from soaring NHS waiting times.

Stephen Massey was appointed CEO of the party in November 2022, months after he donated £25,000 of his personal wealth to support Rishi Sunak’s first, and unsuccessful, bid to become Tory leader.

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Huge telehealth fraud indictment may wreak havoc for Adderall users, CDC warns

news.movim.eu / ArsTechnica · Friday, 14 June, 2024 - 16:59

Ten milligram tablets of the hyperactivity drug, Adderall, made by Shire Plc, is shown in a Cambridge, Massachusetts pharmacy Thursday, January 19, 2006.

Enlarge / Ten milligram tablets of the hyperactivity drug, Adderall, made by Shire Plc, is shown in a Cambridge, Massachusetts pharmacy Thursday, January 19, 2006. (credit: Getty | Jb Reed )

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday warned that a federal indictment of an allegedly fraudulent telehealth company may lead to a massive, nationwide disruption in access to ADHD medications—namely Adderall, but also other stimulants—and could possibly increase the risk of injuries and overdoses.

"A disruption involving this large telehealth company could impact as many as 30,000 to 50,000 patients ages 18 years and older across all 50 US states," the CDC wrote in its health alert .

The CDC warning came on the heels of an announcement from the Justice Department Thursday that federal agents had arrested two people in connection with an alleged scheme to illegally distribute Adderall and other stimulants through a subscription-based online telehealth company called Done Global. The company's CEO and founder, Ruthia He, was arrested in Los Angeles, and its clinical president, David Brody, was arrested in San Rafael, California.

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UK election manifestos: views of those in education, health and social care

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Friday, 14 June, 2024 - 16:20

From Labour’s free school breakfast clubs to the Lib Dems’ focus on social care, what do those who work in these areas think of what’s promised?

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Labour launched its election manifesto on Thursday, focusing on economic growth and the offer of a fresh start after 14 years of Conservative rule.

Here, six people who work in education, health and social care share their views on the pledges made by the UK’s political parties.

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Mother hopes Martha’s rule will ‘upend hierarchy’ on hospitals wards

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Thursday, 13 June, 2024 - 18:15

Campaigner calls for ‘mutual’ respect between patients and doctors, as 143 NHS sites sign up to scheme

The mother of a 13-year-old girl who died of sepsis said she is hoping that Martha’s rule, which gives people and their loved ones the right to a second medical opinion, will “upend” the “hierarchy” on hospital wards.

Merope Mills, who campaigned with her husband Paul Laity to give families more say regarding care following the death of their daughter Martha, also called for a “mutual respect” between patients and doctors.

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Anti-malarial drug may help treat polycystic ovary syndrome, study suggests

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Thursday, 13 June, 2024 - 18:00

Herbal extract artemisinin, used in Chinese medicine, appears to stop excess testosterone production

An antimalarial drug used in ancient Chinese medicine could be an effective treatment for polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), a groundbreaking study suggests.

The herbal extract artemisinin appeared to stop the ovaries producing too much testosterone, and women who took the drug for 12 weeks had more regular periods. The findings from the small trial by a Chinese team have been hailed as a potential breakthrough that could lead to an entirely new approach to treating the condition that affects around one in 10 women.

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Top doctor warns against using anti-obesity drugs to get ‘beach body ready’

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Thursday, 13 June, 2024 - 17:57

NHS medical director says use of non-prescribed medicine for quick-fix weight loss is putting people at risk

People should not use anti-obesity drugs to lose unwanted weight and get “beach body ready” for the summer, the NHS’s top doctor has said.

Prof Steve Powis, the national medical director of NHS England, spoke out as evidence emerged that growing numbers of people who do not qualify medically to receive the drugs are obtaining them through online pharmacies.

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Rare cancers, full-body rashes, death: did fracking make their kids sick?

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Thursday, 13 June, 2024 - 10:00

Pennsylvania families worry about rising cases of rare cancer with well pads near homes and stalled House bills

One evening in 2019, Janice Blanock was scrolling through Facebook when she heard a stranger mention her son in a video on her feed. Luke, an outgoing high school athlete, had died three years earlier at age 19 from Ewing’s sarcoma, a rare bone cancer.

Blanock had come across a live stream of a community meeting to discuss rare cancers that were occurring with alarming frequency in south-western Pennsylvania, where she lives.

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Deadly cancer treatment delays now ‘routine’ in NHS, say damning reports

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Wednesday, 12 June, 2024 - 23:01

Studies sound alarm at state of cancer care with hundreds of thousands waiting months to start essential treatment

Hundreds of thousands of people are being forced to wait months to start essential cancer treatment, with deadly delays now “routine” and even children struck by the disease denied vital support, according to a series of damning reports.

Health chiefs, charities and doctors have sounded the alarm over the state of cancer care in the UK as three separate studies painted a shocking picture of long waits and NHS staff being severely hampered by a worsening workforce crisis and a chronic lack of equipment.

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Rapid UTI test that cuts detection time to 45 minutes awarded Longitude prize

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Wednesday, 12 June, 2024 - 18:30

The £8m award goes to system that could herald ‘sea change’ in antibiotic use by identifying correct treatment for urinary tract infections within 45 minutes

An £8m prize for a breakthrough in the fight against superbugs has been awarded, after a decade-long search for a winner, to a test that can identify how to treat a urinary tract infection in 45 minutes.

The test could herald a “sea change” in antibiotic use, the judges said as they announced the winner of the Longitude prize on antimicrobial resistance (AMR).