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Fears whooping cough is evolving into a SUPERBUG as doctors say a new vaccine is desperately needed

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Bacteria responsible for whooping cough are morphing into superbugs, scientists warn. Australian experts say bordetella pertussis is becoming increasingly better at hiding from the immune system.  The evolving bacteria are producing more nutrient-transporting proteins that help it multiply rapidly. It is also triggering less immune responses, causing fewer symptoms. This allows it to slip under … Read more

Leading expert claims doctors should dish out LAVENDER OIL as first-line treatment for anxiety

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Anxiety sufferers should be given lavender oil as a first line of treatment instead of addictive drugs, a psychiatrist has claimed. Professor Hans Peter-Volz said doctors are too quick to dish out benzodiazepines and other drugs to patients with anxiety. Instead, patients with a mild form of the disorder should be given natural remedies, including … Read more

Italy recruits retired doctors to battle coronavirus crisis

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Italy is recruiting retired doctors in a bid to battle the spread of deadly coronavirus as the World Health Organisation warned all countries to make containment their ‘highest priority’. Italy has seen the biggest coronavirus outbreak in Europe with 197 deaths and more than 4,600 cases. The decision to bring in 20,000 additional staff to fight the escalating epidemic … Read more

Doctors use CRISPR for the first time to edit blindness gene

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Scientists say they have used the gene editing tool CRISPR inside someone’s body for the first time, a new frontier for efforts to operate on DNA, the chemical code of life, to treat diseases. A patient recently had it done at the Casey Eye Institute at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland for an … Read more

China’s doctors are racing to see if Vitamin C can beat coronavirus

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Desperate to avoid coming down with a winter cold or worse, plenty of us will be dosing up on vitamin C supplements — and doctors in China are even looking into its effectiveness against coronavirus. Research into new and exciting uses such as battling sepsis and memory loss is also under way. We spend more … Read more

Doctors need to stop moaning and take responsibility for improving NHS, leading medical chief says

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Doctors need to stop moaning and take responsibility for improving the NHS, the leader of Britain’s medics warns Professor Carrie MacEwen said ministers had given NHS substantial sum of cash Doctors must take advantage of ‘once in a generation opportunity’ given to them Government has pledged to pump an extra £33.9 billion into NHS over five years … Read more

Retired doctors and nurses could be asked to return to NHS under new UK coronavirus ‘battle plan’ 

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Retired doctors and nurses could be asked to return to NHS while millions of workers may be ordered to work from home under new UK coronavirus ‘battle plan’ Cemeteries are drafting plans to cope with a rise in bodies across the country  Scientists will host Cobra meetings in the Cabinet Office’s ‘war room’   Government set … Read more

Doctors slam travel insurers for insisting customers seek GP ‘sick notes’ for coronavirus refunds

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What is current Foreign Office advice regarding travel and coronavirus? The Foreign Office now advises against all but essential travel to 10 small towns in Lombardy and one in Veneto in Italy, which have been isolated by the Italian authorities. These towns are Codogno, Castiglione d’Adda, Casalpusterlengo, Fombio, Maleo, Somaglia, Bertonico, Terranova dei Passerini, Castelgerundo … Read more

Military doctors, British Red Cross and St John Ambulance could be drafted in to coronavirus battle

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The armed forces along with the British Red Cross and St John Ambulance volunteers could be drafted in to support the NHS after 23 test positive for coronavirus in the UK.    Military doctors and nurses would be on hand at hospitals where staff are too ill to work or are self-isolating, under ministerial plans for … Read more

JOHN HUMPHRYS: We should fear the mob when even doctors can’t speak freely about their fears

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There’s not a journalist in the land who hasn’t, at some time or another, asked this question: ‘Can I quote you on that?’ It invariably comes during a conversation with someone important who has said something pretty shocking. I had just such a conversation last week. It was with a senior, well-respected figure in the … Read more