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The NHS is in such a dire state the next government should declare it a national emergency, experts are warning, as it emerged that record numbers of patients are being denied timely cancer treatment. By Tuesday afternoon, more than half of Ardent’s 25 emergency rooms had resumed accepting some patients by ambulance or by fully lifting their “divert” status, Ardent spokesperson Will Roberts said. Divert status means hospitals have asked ambulances to take people needing emergency care to other nearby facilities.

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Medical legal experts and some of the pioneers of the IVF technology last night issued warnings about the proliferation of so-called ‘snake-oil’ treatments within fertility clinics. Today, fertility specialists have hit back, saying Australia is an international leader in infertility research and treatment, and is governed by a code of practice that’s the envy of the world. But observers of health policy and fertility technology say the industry has undergone enormous change and regulation hasn’t kept pace.

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When a patient is experiencing heart failure, a leading cause of death worldwide, they begin to lose healthy and functioning cardiac cells. Heart failure causes these once-flexible cells to develop into fibrotic cells that … Autoimmune diseases occur when the body’s immune system attacks healthy cells instead of protecting them. Systemic sclerosis is one such autoimmune condition characterized by faulty circulatory and immune systems, leading …

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