It would direct pharmacists to offer patients a risk assessment questionnaire and information on treatments to avoid complications and ensure they feel safe with pharmacist-prescribed contraception.
As has been noted in other studies, the numbers of Black male doctors remains stubbornly low. The diversity goal “is not about quotas, it’s about excellence,” one expert said.
The Government has been urged to set tougher legally binding pollution targets by the coroner in an inquest into a 9-year-old girl who died of a fatal asthma attack after being exposed to toxic air.
Rapid weight loss via a calorie-restricted diet offers more than sustained type 2 diabetes remission, say researchers who found improvements in heart health and cost savings with the intervention.
Preconception paternal alcohol consumption is associated with an increased risk of fetal birth defects, driven by an elevated risk of clefts in particular, a Chinese study suggests.
A doctor could still face legal action for giving vaccine doses to people outside the vaccination event he was leading in December 2020 as the doses were about to expire.
“This research highlights the high cardiovascular toll exacted by continuing failure to tackle obesity, particularly among more socio-economically deprived populations,” say study authors.
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