Immunotherapy and hay fever

theweek.com For many people, the spring and early summer can be a difficult time as hay fever season takes hold in earnest. This can mean taking a regular dose of antihistamines, nasal…

Captain Tom Moore’s Bedfordshire house on sale for £2.25m

theguardian.com The listed family home where Captain Sir Tom Moore walked laps of his garden to raise millions of pounds for the NHS during the Covid pandemic has gone on sale for £2.25m.…

Labour More Popular Than Conservative Party With GB News Audiences, Poll Finds

mediaite.com Labour’s Keir Starmer leads over Rishi Sunak in confidence to enhance the NHS—viewers’ top concern. (Screengrab via GB News/YouTube) The Labour Party is more popular with GB…

How bad is Britain's booze problem?

theweek.com England is "top of the charts" globally for child alcohol abuse, according to a World Health Organization (WHO) study of 44 countries. More than half of English children…

I quit medicine for an entry-level corporate job. I felt behind but didn't have the passion to become a low-paid doctor

businessinsider.com Salah Ashraf went into an entry-level job at an aerospace company after finishing med school. Assembly/Getty Images; Salaha Ashraf; Jenny Chang-Rodriguez/BI Salaha Ashraf…

Pros and cons of universal health care

theweek.com An "unhappy mix" of long waiting times, staff shortages and strained budgets is "fuelling a boom in demand for private health care" in the UK. A "fundamental shift" is…

What are Lucy Letby's grounds of appeal?

theweek.com Lucy Letby is back in court this week seeking permission to appeal against her conviction for the murder of seven babies and attempted murder of six others. The former…

Britain is sicker and poorer than it used to be. Sunak’s response? Attack disabled people

theguardian.com When a prime minister knows he is heading for electoral wipeout, he has one of two options. He can choose dignified statesmanship, using his remaining months in power to…

UK Physiotherapist Leaders Announce Goal To "Eradicate" Critics Of Gender Ideology From The Profession

zerohedge.com UK Physiotherapist Leaders Announce Goal To "Eradicate" Critics Of Gender Ideology From The Profession Authored by Bryndis Blackadder via Reduxx, The Chartered Society of…

Andrew Neil needs to be more Vorderman, less Voldemort

theguardian.com The discredited television personality Andrew Neil, formerly the laughing launch-face of the seemingly Ofcom-untouchable, fun-packed, fact-averse, rightwing TV station GB…

Medical device companies pay millions to NHS while pushing products, says study

theguardian.com Medical device companies are paying millions of pounds to hospitals in the UK to fund staff places, as well as training and awareness campaigns, while pushing sales of their…

Saudi Arabia’s 105-mile long Line city has been cut a little short

theguardian.com The second least surprising piece of recent news – the first being that yet more Tory MPs are reportedly embroiled in bizarre sexual and financial scandals – is that the…

Couple renovating their kitchen find treasure trove of 1,000 silver and gold coins from the 17th-century

aol.com None More evidence that a home might be hiding an amazing and valuable secret. A UK couple's home renovation project turned into a profitable venture when they discovered a…

Thought Police: Home Visit For UK Man Who Expressed Anger Online About Sydney Bishop Being Stabbed by Islamist

zerohedge.com Thought Police: Home Visit For UK Man Who Expressed Anger Online About Sydney Bishop Being Stabbed by Islamist Authored by Paul Joseph Watson via Modernity.news, A video out…

Guardian wins award for exposé of founders’ links to transatlantic slavery

theguardian.com The Guardian has won a diversity award at the prestigious Press Awards after its exposé on its founders’ links to transatlantic slavery, as one of its reporters took home…

Wagestream Raises $21.8 Million to Expand Financial Well-Being App

pymnts.com Wagestream, a financial well-being app focused on frontline workers, has raised 17.5 million pounds (about $21.8 million) in a funding round. That total includes an…

Private health insurance market grows by £385m in a year amid NHS crisis

theguardian.com Britain’s health cover market has grown by £385m in a year as the NHS crisis prompted more people to seek out private medical treatment and demand for dental insurance…

Drug shortages, now normal in UK, made worse by Brexit, report warns

theguardian.com Drug shortages are a “new normal” in the UK and are being exacerbated by Brexit, a report by the Nuffield Trust health thinktank has warned. A dramatic recent spike in the…

The U.S. and China are leading the world in AI innovation

aol.com Eight years ago, I moved from Denmark to the U.K. because I believed London was the best city in Europe for founders to start technology companies. I still think that’s true…

Record 3.7m workers in England will have major illness by 2040, study finds

theguardian.com A record 3.7 million workers in England will have a major illness by 2040, according to research. On current trends, 700,000 more working-age adults will be living with high…

Rising unemployment points to worrying signs for UK economy

theguardian.com The government has patted itself on the back in recent years for presiding over a period of low unemployment, but underneath the latest headline figures there are concerning…

NHS England hires KPMG to promote local rollout of FDP

theregister.com The UK's health department has awarded global consultancy KPMG an £8.5 million ($10.5 million) contract to help implement the controversial Federated Data Platform (FDP) at…

The Post Office inquiry is finally exposing the part politicians played in the Horizon scandal

theguardian.com If the Horizon inquiry has one consistent theme, it’s ignorance. Alan Cook (managing director, 2006-2010) wasn’t even aware that the Post Office oversaw prosecutions of…

Neurovalens: A novel, non-invasive solution to pervasive health issues

siliconrepublic.com The Belfast-based medical device company founded in 2015 just received two FDA approvals in five months. Brain implants that can treat a range of issues in humans such as…