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NICE says drug is not cost effective and shares fears of side effects

The spending watchdog has recommended that a drug shown to slow the progression of Alzheimer’s disease should not be rolled out on the NHS.

The treatment works with medications that Parkinson’s patients take to manage their symptoms.

Scientists say automated adjustment of levels could halve duration of most troublesome symptoms

Resolution Foundation points to growth in claims for conditions such as autism and says adulthood brings financial cliff edge

Baby girl had ‘constellation of injuries’, according to doctors

Other lives: Driving force in the campaign to save the Waverley route between Edinburgh and Carlisle from closure in the 1960s

If you ask most people how the crisis in the NHS has had an impact on their lives, they will recount stories of a horrifying 12-hour wait in A&E, a cancelled operation or a delayed cancer diagnosis. Politicians know this: it explains the obsessive focus on the waiting list or…

Researchers used advanced techniques to detect if patients in a coma or vegetative state were following instructions.