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Precision psychiatry push starts in Europe

As geopolitical tensions ratchet up around the world, an initiative has been launched to drive improvements in diagnostic accuracy and precision care.

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Denying prostate cancer screening 'no longer rational'

A German study has stoked debate about the merits of screening for prostate cancer, which is lagging behind breast cancer screening in Europe.

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Poll finds Americans cutting back elsewhere to fund health

Many Americans are forced to make difficult trade-offs with living expenses and delay life events like retirement to afford health, says a new poll.

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'Dismal' survival demands change in bile duct cancer therapy

International cancer experts have called for big changes to bile duct cancer, which kills three-quarters of patients within a year of diagnosis.

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Patients struggling with NHS complexity, says report

For patients and GPs, accessing NHS services can feel like a "maze of dead ends and detours," according to a new poll.

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UK firm steps in to ease medicine supply crisis in NHS

Amid reports that a shortage of bone cement in the UK is leading to delayed orthopaedic surgeries, Biocomposites has brought forward a product launch.