Former Nice chief’s new job stirs concern
The outgoing chairman of the government’s medicines advisory body has joined the board of a pharmaceutical company just weeks after his retirement, raising concerns over a potential conflict of interest.…
Scientists make human cloning breakthrough
©PA Scientists have for the first time produced human embryonic stem cells from adult cells through a cloning process. The success by a team at Oregon Health and Science University…
An unhealthy state
Boost: the federal government has promised to pay for expanded health coverage for the first three years The Texas miracle never made it to Brownsville. The grim statistics that plague…
Fears bill will hit elderly in private care
A much-vaunted cap on the costs people face in old age risks leaving those in private care homes out of pocket, it emerged as the government published the bill to…
Germany: for richer, for poorer
Pity the poor Germans. Never mind that two Bundesliga teams are in the Champions League football final this month. Or that the Dax index of German stocks hit an all-time…
Khan to campaign from hospital bed
©AP Rescue workers take Imran Khan to hospital after he fell from a makeshift lift at a political rally Imran Khan will address millions of television viewers from his hospital…
Giving is a must for successful founders
The most insightful words about having a great fortune were written by industrialist Andrew Carnegie, one of the most generous philanthropists of all time, in The Gospel of Wealth. He…
Virgin Care expands in prison healthcare
Virgin Care, part of Sir Richard Branson’s business empire, has expanded its presence in UK prisons, as more NHS trusts seek to hand the provision of key services to the…
Private providers attack NHS closures
©Getty National Health Service walk-in clinics, most of which are run by companies including Virgin Care and Care UK, are being closed at a rate that is putting pressure on…
Scientists need to prevent health scares
©Getty Metal-free microneedles could help tackle trypanophobia – the fear of needles – as well as make vaccination easier in tropical countries Swansea in Wales is experiencing a serious measles…
Smith & Nephew launches share buyback
Shareholders in Smith & Nephew are poised to receive a $300m windfall this year, after the FTSE 100 medical device maker launched a share buyback programme. The London-listed group –…
Second record day for Wall Street
US stocks closed at a record level for a second consecutive day, shaking off sluggishness from early trading after the pharmaceutical company Pfizer lowered its full-year profit outlook. The S&P…
Hopes gene therapy will treat heart failure
Britain’s first clinical trials of gene therapy to treat heart failure will get under way in the next few weeks. The treatment is designed to strengthen hearts that have been…
Spire Healthcare doubles sales to NHS
Spire Healthcare, one of the UK’s biggest private hospital providers, has doubled sales of services to the NHS in the past five years, as it seeks to compensate for a…
Call to regulate ‘cosmetic interventions’
©Dreamstime Some hazardous cosmetic procedures, such as injecting “dermal fillers” to remove wrinkles, are unregulated and urgently need a new legal framework, a hard-hitting government report urges. Sir Bruce Keogh,…