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Solicitor Sezan Taner explains what healthcare professionals need to know Related items from OnMedica All pregnant women with type 1 diabetes should be offered continuous glucose monitoringToddler and maternal fructose intake linked to asthmaWomen happier with maternity care, national survey showsFirst trimester exposure to antithyroid drugs linked with birth defects Premature births linked to bacterial …

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(Reuters) – Use of Xtandi in early stage prostate cancer on top of standard hormone therapy reduced the risk of disease spreading or death by 71 percent compared with hormone therapy alone, study results that could lead to significantly increased sales of the Pfizer Inc and Astellas Pharma Inc medicine. Source: Reuters Medical News

(Reuters Health) – Drinking scalding hot tea is associated with an increased risk of esophageal tumors in people who also smoke and drink alcohol, two habits that already make many cancers more likely, a Chinese study suggests. Source: Reuters Medical News

(Reuters Health) – Newborns suffering from opioid withdrawal might have shorter hospital stays and less need for medications if they stay in a room with their mother instead of being sent to intensive care, a research review suggests. Source: Reuters Medical News

LONDON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump drew a fierce reaction from angry Britons, including health minister Jeremy Hunt, on Monday after criticizing Britain’s publicly funded healthcare system as “going broke and not working”. Source: Reuters Medical News

(Reuters Health) – Transgender teens may be more likely to miss preventive health checkups and have untreated medical problems than their non-transgender peers, a U.S. study suggests. Source: Reuters Medical News

The Psychiatric Teaching Unit at Derbyshire Healthcare NHSFT has won accolades for its programme of involving patients in the teaching and training of undergraduate medical students – here’s why Related items from OnMedica GP complaints system ‘must improve’Families of older patients struggle to complainComplaints to primary care rose by 9.7% in past year Check history …

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Ciaran Harper reflects on the NHS winter crisis and its impact Related items from OnMedica Give us long-term solutions, not quick fixes, urge health and social care leadersNHS 111 calls hit new high as winter pressures buildSickness surveillance system hopes to ease winter pressuresBMA calls for increased funding to end annual winter crisisLong-term solutions needed …

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Eleanor Pearce-Willis sheds light on how lessons learned from vanguard programmes across Nottinghamshire are being applied to the development of the area’s accountable care system Related items from OnMedica Give public say on US style make-over of healthcare, Hunt urgedGPs need to prioritise mental health more, say expertsStick with STPs, government and NHS urgedCQC head …

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