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Study adds to HRT and Alzheimer's debate

Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) could cut the risk of Alzheimer's in some women at elevated risk of the disease, according to researchers in the UK.

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US eyes link between Pfizer bivalent COVID jab and stroke

Regulatory authorities in the US are investigating a possible link between the new Pfizer/BioNTech bivalent COVID-19 booster vaccine and strokes in people aged 65 or over, but still recomme

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NICE says statins should be used more widely in NHS

Cholesterol-lowering statin drugs could be available to millions more patients in the UK, if new recommendations from health technology assessment (HTA) organisation NICE are implemented.

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Women in Alabama could face prosecution over use of abortion...

The Attorney General of Alabama has threatened to use an obscure law passed in 2006 to prosecute women who terminate a pregnancy using pharmacological means, shortly after the FDA made acce

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After FDA nod, Eisai and Biogen file lecanemab in EU

Eisai and Biogen have moved swiftly ahead with regulatory filings for their new Alzheimer's therapy lecanemab in the EU, after getting a green light for the anti-amyloid beta antibody in th

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NICE backs "artificial pancreas" tech for type 1 diabetics

More than 100,000 people in England and Wales with type 1 diabetes that they find hard to control with current therapy could soon be offered new technology via the NHS.

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NICE says statins should be used more widely in NHS

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