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NEWS
Health service accused of abandoning stroke victims

Stroke survivors are being abandoned by the NHS and denied the chance of making a proper recovery because of a lack of posthospital care a damming report claims today One of the largest ever surveys of stroke survivors in the UK reveals nearly four in 10 patients never get their treatment needs assessed after they have left hospital One in fi... Read More

ARTICLES
Better to transplant smokers lungs than staying on wait list UK study finds

Transplant patients who need new lungs have a better overall chance of survival if they receive donor lungs from smokers than if they remain on wait lists new British research shows The study provides strong evidence there is a net benefit to patients receiving smokers lungs even though recipients of such organs are less likely to live as long... Read More