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Extra £65m to be given to Wales from UK government

Around £65m to £78m in extra funding will be given to Wales from the UK government's budgets. Chancellor George Osborne has said there will be an extra £2bn announced in the Autumn Statement for health services across the UK, which…

Ebola crisis: Huge risk of spread - UN's Tony Banbury

The head of the UN Ebola response mission in West Africa has told the BBC there is still a "huge risk" the deadly disease could spread to other parts of the world. Tony Banbury declined to say if targets he had set in the fight against…

What Mayor Thomas Menino taught us about cancer

Beloved and deeply respected Boston mayor Thomas M. Menino died on hospice in Brigham and Women’s Hospital recently. Menino developed advanced cancer of unknown primary (CUP) in the spring of this year, and after six months of…

Medicaid, civil disobedience and Physicians

Civil Disobedience and Physicians — Protesting the Blockade of Medicaid Charles van der Horst, M.D. on  NEJM On May 6, 2013, I was arrested by the North Carolina Capitol Police in front of the doors of the state Senate chamber, protesting…

Future of Health, the NHS ideas about patients and carers

On the eve of the 2014 Future of Health Conference, NHS England’s Director for People with Long Term Conditions, Dr Martin McShane, explains why empowering patients is vital: "I was speaking at a conference last week and was introduced to…

Why do so many people die shovelling snow?

At least two people have died from heart attacks while shovelling snow in Buffalo, New York. Every winter, about 100 people in the US die doing this. Why? A study looking at data from 1990 to 2006 by researchers at the US Nationwide…