Posts by Liz Bestic
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Gold-standard care is NHS national target
Centralising acute stroke services, with specialist care and state-of-the-art equipment, is saving lives, as Liz Bestic discovers
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Sleep disorders go beyond insomnia
Almost one in ten people in the UK ask their doctor for sleeping tablets, but sleep disorders go beyond insomnia and can have wide-ranging consequences on health, as Liz Bestic reports
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Know the risks and be healthy
Heart disease doesn’t have to be a killer. Liz Bestic finds out what can be done to minimise the risks
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More career women take time to start a family
Private maternity units, offering greater flexibility and added safeguards, are seeing an increase in the number of older women checking in, as Liz Bestic reports
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From Oldham to fertility clinics around the world
Since the world’s first “test-tube baby” was born in Oldham almost 35 years ago, the revolutionary treatment of in vitro fertilisation (IVF) has continued to advance, as Liz Bestic reports
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Playing God or advancing the frontiers of medical science?
Fertility treatment has always been a highly controversial area of medicine and ever since its inception IVF has had its critics. Now some of the newer techniques are prompting fresh ethical dilemmas, as Liz Bestic reports
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Reforms must not harm patients
The UK has some of the best acute stroke services in the world. But experts are concerned that changes within the National Health Service may mean stroke slips down the healthcare agenda, as Liz Bestic reports
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Social care remains vital in face of government cuts
The wide range of services designed to support people living with HIV are under threat from government cutbacks, but campaigners are resisting, as Liz Bestic reports