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NICE's criteria to decide who is referred for further breast cancer risk assessment miss up to 95% of younger women who go on to develop the disease.

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All newborns in England will be screened for rare muscle-wasting disease spinal muscular atrophy from 2027, in a landmark move for patients.

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A new study will attempt to improve screening for CPE, one of the fastest-growing drug-resistant bacterial threats facing hospitals in England.

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Amid the push to digitise the UK health service, a study has sounded a note of caution about entrusting important patient appointments to chatbots.

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The UK's National Screening Committee has concluded that the harms of widespread prostate cancer screening would outweigh its benefits.

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A study has found that undiagnosed heart failure can be detected in people with high-risk diabetes using a simple, GP-led care pathway.