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Prevention is the cheapest medicine England refuses to buy
An energy drinks ban, a diabetes surge among women in their 20s, and 16 million people too far from a defibrillator. The NHS keeps paying for the same illness twice.
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Focal therapy matches surgery for prostate cancer with half the side effects, 10-year study finds
Of nearly 3,500 men treated on the NHS, only two died of the disease within a decade — evidence regulators had said was missing.
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More than 16 million people in England and Wales live too far from a 24/7 defibrillator
New research finds that in 264 of 318 local authorities, most residents cannot reach a publicly accessible defibrillator within the recommended three to five minutes.
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Type 2 diabetes is rising sharply among women in their 20s, Imperial study finds
Researchers analysing 13 years of NHS data found the disease falling slightly in older adults while climbing fastest in women aged 20 to 29.
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