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• Wed 19th Oct

  
  Why doctors will never be totally replaced by machines

  Artificial intelligence is becoming increasingly sophisticated and advanced, and is starting to be more prominently...

• Fri 14th Oct

  
  More doctors needed, as patients dislike speaking to receptionists

  More doctors are urgently needed in the UK, as a new report reveals many patients do not feel comfortable speaking...

• Wed 12th Oct

  
  Doctors presented with new list of dementia risk factors

  UK doctors have been presented with a new list of environmental risk factors for dementia that could help them...

• Mon 26th Sep

  
  Doctors treating more diabetic patients than ever

  GPs and hospital doctors are receiving more visits from diabetic patients than ever before, as new figures reveal...

• Wed 21st Sep

  
  Doctors should prescribe exercise to tackle obesity

  Doctors practising in the UK should be prescribing exercise to overweight or obese patients on a more regular basis.This...

• Mon 22nd Aug

  
  Cancer now kills more UK patients than heart disease

  Hospital doctors in the UK are now recording more deaths from cancer than heart disease for the first time ever,...

• Mon 8th Aug

  
  Doctors warned to expect increase in requests for measles...

  Doctors could be set to experience an increase in requests for measles vaccinations over the coming weeks.This...

• Fri 5th Aug

  
  NICE: Doctors could help prevent 8,000 strokes each...

  UK doctors are being asked to do their bit to submit data to their local Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) in order...

• Thu 28th Jul

  
  First official UK FGM figures show extent of problem...

  The first ever official figures relating to cases of female genital mutilation (FGM) in the UK have been published,...

• Thu 28th Jul

  
  UK doctors dealing with increase in unnecessary diabetes...

  Hospital doctors in the UK are finding themselves dealing with an increasing number of visits from diabetic patients...

• Mon 25th Jul

  
  Doctors need to treat sepsis with same urgency as a heart...

  Patients showing signs of sepsis should be treated with the same urgency as if they were suffering a heart attack,...

• Fri 15th Jul

  
  Antibiotic prescriptions drop but diabetes drugs rise

  A new report has shown that the number antibiotic prescriptions has fallen, which is positive for those concerned...

• Tue 21st Jun

  
  Doctors need to encourage increased uptake of smear...

  UK doctors are being urged to encourage greater uptake of smear tests among over-50s, as new figures reveal that...

• Mon 20th Jun

  
  NICE issues new guidance on discharging patients

  UK hospital doctors have been issued with new guidance on discharging patients.This is in light of a new report...

• Mon 13th Jun

  
  Women under 35 most likely to visit doctor with anxiety

  Women aged 35 and under are the people most likely to visit their doctor seeking help for anxiety disorders, according...

• Fri 20th May

  
  Doctors could be set to receive extra help from nurses...

  Doctors in UK hospitals should be given extra support from nurses, paramedics and other medical professionals to prevent...

• Wed 18th May

  
  New app to help doctors form closer relationships with...

  A new artificial intelligence-based mobile app has been launched at Alder Hey Children's Hospital in Liverpool...

• Fri 13th May

  
  NHS doctors treating more patients than ever before

  NHS doctors experienced their busiest year in history in 2015, treating more patients in a 12-month period than...

• Mon 9th May

  
  Doctors warned of poor health MOT results

  People aged 40 and above living in the UK are entitled to a free health MOT from their doctor to look for signs...

• Thu 28th Apr

  
  Extent of doctors increasing workloads revealed

  The extent of UK GPs' ever-increasing workloads has been revealed, meaning there could be an increase in opportunities...

• Mon 11th Apr

  
  Doctors more likely to prescribe antibiotics to women

  There has been a clampdown in the past few years with regard to antibiotic prescriptions in a bid to prevent people's...

• Thu 7th Apr

  
  How is the UK preparing medical doctors for space programmes?

  People have long been fascinated by the concept of space travel, with the first moon landing in 1969 attracting...

• Fri 18th Mar

  
  How important is the way doctors communicate with patients?

  The way that doctors communicate with patients, including the language they use when speaking to them, can influence...

• Fri 11th Mar

  
  Patients value doctors politeness more than seven-day...

  Patients are more concerned about whether or not their GP is polite than whether or not they can access their local...

• Thu 3rd Mar

  
  Doctors call for rugby tackling ban in UK schools

  A group of 70 UK doctors are calling for tackling in rugby to be banned at schools throughout Britain in a bid to prevent...

• Wed 10th Feb

  
  More doctors needed to boost patient satisfaction

  Patients' satisfaction with the NHS has dipped slightly over the past 12 months, indicating that there could...

• Thu 4th Feb

  
  Doctors could encourage greater take-up of bowel cancer...

  Doctors may be able to encourage greater take-up of home bowel cancer tests in the UK, according to new research.A...

• Tue 2nd Feb

  
  Zika virus declared a global emergency

  The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared a global emergency as the Zika virus spreads throughout the Caribbean...

• Tue 12th Jan

  
  Doctors welcome new alcohol guidelines

  Doctors and other medical professionals throughout the UK have welcomed new alcohol guidelines designed to lower...

• Fri 8th Jan

  
  More doctors needed to save GP surgeries

  More doctors are desperately needed to enable GP surgeries throughout the UK to provide the best level of care...

• Tue 5th Jan

  
  Doctors could soon be growing body parts

  Groundbreaking new research from doctors in Swansea has led to hope that scientists could soon be growing body...

• Fri 18th Dec
  Hiring more doctors could prevent patients dying
• Wed 16th Dec
  Doctors to benefit from new death cause app
• Thu 10th Dec
  Doctors need better understanding of FGM
• Mon 23rd Nov
  Are doctors carrying out too many blood transfusions?
• Fri 13th Nov
  Doctors given new guidance on advising menopausal women
• Tue 10th Nov
  Doctors increasingly using smartphones for work
• Fri 6th Nov
  Early cancer diagnoses have significant regional variations
• Fri 30th Oct
  Junior doctors wont lose money
• Tue 6th Oct
  The BMJ Careers Fair
• Mon 5th Oct
  10 women to trial innovative womb transplant
• Tue 15th Sep
  BMA announces weekend contract talks
• Wed 9th Sep
  Postcode lottery for childrens health
• Wed 2nd Sep
  Five million at risk of diabetes
• Fri 28th Aug
  MRI could deliver experimental cancer treatment
• Fri 14th Aug
  RCPs team without walls’ vision
• Mon 10th Aug
  Wales to pilot novel ambulance scheme
• Thu 6th Aug
  Music in surgery can be disruptive
• Mon 27th Jul
  Doctors perform worlds first bionic eye implant
• Thu 23rd Jul
  NHS needs more investment
• Thu 23rd Jul
  New proposals to amend heart surgery
• Thu 16th Jul
  Doctors could be forced to work weekends
• Tue 23rd Jun
  Half of people born with natural flu protection
• Mon 15th Jun
  Current gestational diabetes guidelines could miss...
• Mon 8th Jun
  Doctors perform worlds first skull transplant
• Fri 29th May
  Palm could reveal secrets of future health
• Thu 14th May
  Campaign launched to stop doctors over-treating
• Wed 6th May
  3D windpipe saves childrens lives
• Fri 17th Apr
  Melanoma drugs can benefit some lung cancer patients
• Thu 16th Apr
  Why is the UK facing a GP shortage?
• Wed 8th Apr
  Pay rise for military doctors wont ease staffing shortage
• Wed 8th Apr
  Why are A&E waiting targets being missed?
• Fri 27th Mar
  How the role of doctors is changing
• Mon 23rd Mar
  Ageing population will heighten demand for doctors
• Mon 2nd Mar
  Potential new treatment to prevent migraines
• Mon 23rd Feb
  Doctors need better guidance over internet use
• Mon 16th Feb
  New smart insulin could change diabetic treatment
• Thu 12th Feb
  Leading doctors join forces to fight TB
• Thu 22nd Jan
  GPs could deliver new treatment to repair osteoarthritis...
• Fri 16th Jan
  Plans to speed up cancer diagnosis
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