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Afinitor and Uptravi gain funding from NHS England
Louise Fish, chief executive of charity the TSA Association, said: “We’re delighted that NHS England has decided to fund this life-changing and potentially life-saving treatment from April 2019 ... If left untreated, life expectancy in PAH patients
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Orphan drugs from Biogen and Amicus win UK Prix Galien
He commented on Galafold: “For the 855 patients in the UK, Fabry disease will cut their life expectancy by 15-20 years. ... Rawlins. “The 2018 Awards yet again confirmed the depth and diversity of innovation in UK life sciences.
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Healthcare prevention plan worthy, but funding an issue
Aims to boost national life expectancy by five years. Health Secretary Matt Hancock has issued a call for the NHS to place a greater emphasis on disease prevention to try to ... boost the national life expectancy by five years.
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Kymriah rejected in DLBCL - but NICE wants to keep talking about cost effectiveness
We were surprised that NICE have not supported the “end of life” criteria for this population of DLBCL patients and strongly disagree with this decision. ... This relates to individuals who have already failed two previous therapies, and for the vast
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ACT immunotherapy cures terminal breast cancer patient
Now, after an infusion of billions of cancer-killing immune cells, and having been given a life expectancy of just a few months, there is no sign of cancer in her
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Pfizer drug gets speedy FDA review for rare heart failure complication
The average life expectancy for people with transthyretin cardiomyopathy is three to five years from diagnosis, says Pfizer, which also got fast-track status for tafamidis last year.
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The true potential of mobile health tech
So, if life expectancy and health behaviour are directly correlated,. it should follow that if we can create an environment where people are more active within their health,. ... we can influence their health-related quality of life at a population level.
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Is AI changing the future of healthcare?
Life expectancy around the globe continues to rise and so the need for new treatments and a greater understanding of what’s happening in our societies health-wise is at an ... For example, an AI programme named Woebot has been created to act like an
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The real-world data conundrum
This change is affecting all stakeholders. From a drug development perspective, a new data science is driving a paradigm shift in the product life cycle. ... Is this realistic? Or rather, is this within our grasp? The high levels of innovation understood
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A healthy challenge
There are further stark gaps in life expectancy between the least and most educated, and the poorest and richest, says the report. ... On average across EU countries, the life expectancy of people with the lowest level of education is seven years shorter
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Should we be concerned about medical progress?
We are considering an innovation that is raising life expectancy at age 50 by about one year and induces about $20, 000 in additional healthcare expenditure over a representative individual's ... Finally, mortality-reducing medical innovations tend to
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Ageing Asia: What does this mean for the future of healthcare?
This has contributed to declining fertility and increasing life expectancy. But in turn, these changing demographic features are set to have profound repercussions on the continent’s socio-economic and healthcare
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Putting disease prevention on a par with cure
What influences health? The healthy life expectancy gap between the most and least deprived areas in the UK is 19 years.
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World AIDS Day 2018: Fighting the stigma surrounding HIV
4. Myth: There is no treatment for HIV infection. Although HIV infection currently has no cure, effective antiretroviral treatment has enabled people with HIV to have the same life expectancy as ... NHS. What is the life expectancy for someone with HIV?
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Bedrock supports international kidney charity Transplant Links Community (TLC) with its major fund-raising activities
Life expectancy without a kidney transplant in Africa is just 3 months.
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Barber shops provide a short cut to BP reduction
The basics of preventive medicine are cut and dried: don't smoke, eat less, drink less, exercise more, and reduce your risk factors for life-limiting illnesses like cardiovascular disease, diabetes ... higher morbidity and lower life expectancy.
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