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The end-of-life care conundrum

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Ben Hargreaves examines why there is no easy answer to the question of when palliative care is the right option for patients. More research is needed to determine if this change has affected the way end-of-life care is provided,” Adelson concluded. The difficult conversations are often the most important ones. Quality of life.

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UK govt pledges £260m to health data, manufacturing

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This will make crucial data more securely and quickly available for research, while maintaining privacy, and help the NHS to deliver new life-saving treatments to patients faster, according to the Department of Health.

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Mental health platform helps students facing exam results during pandemic

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Kooth has launched the campaign called #PositiveFutures, which will last from 10th to 20th August ahead of an exam results fortnight made more stressful because of the pandemic. The Scottish Qualifications Authority worked out National exam results using estimates made by teachers, based on the pupil’s performance over the last school year.

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Preventing the next pandemic: Learning the lessons

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In the first of a three part series, Ben Hargreaves looks at what the odds are of another pandemic arising in our lifetimes and what can be done to lower the risk of this happening again. With the current pandemic refusing to dissipate, the discussions around future pandemics become more difficult to countenance. Pharma invested.

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Increasing sustainability in pharma requires an industry-wide effort

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With COP27 concluding in November, Ben Hargreaves takes a look at what efforts pharma companies are making to limit their environmental impact. The authors outline that the process “is no different from a business’s commercial agenda. The past eight years are set to be the eight warmest on record.

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How to write a health insurance appeal letter

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“If your health plan denies coverage for a treatment, test, service, or surgery, it is important to note that you do have the option to challenge this, which is called an appeal,” says Ben Aiken, MD, a family physician at Lantern Health and the VP of Health at insurance company Decent. “If Your Address. Write short, factual statements.

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Disrupted medical conferences: Lessons learnt

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To anyone unfamiliar with the medical conference world this phenomenon might be described as revolutionary, however, to those who have been following the slow but steady shift towards the integration of more and better digital options at society events it is far better described as evolutionary. More opportunities for patient inclusion.

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