Doctors 'could prescribe air con'
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GPs could prescribe air conditioning and anger management classes under a new Â£8.9m government scheme.
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Patients suffering from asthma, arthritis and heart failure will be encouraged to treat their own conditions as part of government measures to save billions of pounds for the NHS, a report said Wednesday.
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Greater numbers of seriously ill patients could get experimental medicines under proposed federal guidelines released yesterday that would allow drug companies to charge for the medicines.
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Dentists develop an alternative sedation procedure to potentially risky general anaesthetic.
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Doctors treating Indonesia's critically ill former president Suharto were considering weaning him off a ventilator if he remained in a stable condition on Wednesday, they said.
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a potential problem that led a national group of emergency-room doctors Monday to call for better preparation for the oncoming
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Thousands of intensive care patients are set to benefit from a drug which has been recommended to NHS doctors.
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The new policy raises the possibility of changes in medical practice as doctors hew more closely to clinical guidelines.
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Doctors  and weather forecasters work together to cut hospital admissions for chest patients.
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NEW YORK  - Although home use of short-burst oxygen therapy is widely prescribed in the UK for patients with COPD, it may be helpful only in a small minority of patients, researchers report in the current issue of Thorax.
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Proposed changes to healthcare regulation in the European Union could threaten  patient care standards, doctors argue.
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HUNDREDS of thousands of patients taking commonly prescribed painkillers should have their treatment reviewed by a doctor after growing concerns about possible health risks, a government watchdog said yesterday.
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Imagine you&#39;ve been diagnosed with high cholesterol and your doctor is preparing to write a prescription to help remedy the problem.
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A breathing mixture commonly used by deep-sea divers shows promise for treating asthma attacks.
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CHICAGO A leading doctor says physicians and patients are obliged to keep a close watch on new prescription drugs for side effects.
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GPs could not believe the terms they were offered when negotiating their new contract, a doctor says.
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Patients will be put at risk by a new regulatory system being brought in for homeopathic medicine, experts say.