Advanced cancer treatments
Cancer being a dreaded disease causes fear in the mind of many people.Moreover, to cure this disease you need the best and advanced cancer treatment. When it comes to cancer, the most troubling thing is the cost of the treatment.
Pioneering new medical cannabis clinic opens in UK
UK’s first specialist medical cannabis clinic opened in Manchester – could this be the vital step forward to tackle chronic and debilitating conditions?9 March 2019, open to patients at The Beeches Consulting Centre in Manchester, UK, patients and clinicians have
Massive rise in Brits travelling abroad for IVF treatment after NHS cuts and private clinic price hikes
The Department of Health warn against treatment abroad but 13 areas in England are said to have limited or halted IVFMore than 1,500 couples from the UK and Republic of Ireland have used the Cube IVF clinic in Prague (pictured)
You Can Now Get Medical Marijuana While Vacationing In Hawaii: The Cannabis Visiting Patient Program
Vacationing in Hawaii just got a lot cooler – not that it wasn’t already.Earlier this week, Hawaii’s Department of Health announced a new 10-minute, online process that allows for out-of-state cannabis users to get medical marijuana in the island. So, if you’re a patient who qualifies
Drug scarcity hits Aso Rock clinic despite N3.87bn budget
Despite the N3.87bn allocated to it in the 2016 Appropriation Act, lack of drugs and other essential medical items have crippled operations at the State House Medical Centre, The PUNCH has learnt.The centre provides medical services to the President, Vice-President and their
Praise for revolutionary heart surgery at Basildon Hospital
THE Essex Cardiothoracic Centre (CTC) is the first in the UK to perform life-saving surgery on a heart attack patient using a new type of rapid cooling method.Cooling, or therapeutic hypothermia (TH), involves reducing the body’s internal temperature to minimise
Demands for change as Scots patients reveal heartbreaking battle to access life-saving new drugs on NHS
NONE of us should have to face the experience that Lesley Stephen went through. Diagnosed with incurable breast cancer, she faced a battle not only to stay alive but also to obtain a drug which could extend her life by
The maker of a high-priced Hepatitis C cure used shell companies to avoid billions in taxes
Gilead Science, the drug maker widely criticized for pricing a life-saving anti-viral drug beyond the reach of many patients, has also used a controversial tax strategy to to keep nearly $28.5 billion in profit out of reach of the US
Adult Stem Cells: The Best Kept Secret In Medicine
Stem cell therapies and their lifesaving results are arguably the best kept medical secret. Stem cells are currently being used in several thousand FDA-approved clinical trials, are treating tens of thousands of patients every year, and cumulatively over 1.5 million
Wonder cancer drug venetoclax which ‘melts’ tumors approved in the US
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), on Tuesday, approved the use of venetoclax, a cancer drug developed in Australia, for use in the United States, reported Xinhua.The approval has been granted for outside human trials for patients with chronic