NICE's fast-tracked guidance follows the re-classification of these products last year to allow specialist doctors to prescribe them where the clinical needs of patients cannot be met by licensed medicines.

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Deaths from asthma attacks are at the highest point for a decade and have increased by more than 33% over the last ten years, according to Asthma UK's analysis of data from The Office for National Statistics.

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Researchers found that the use of pre-biopsy MRI combined with targeted prostate biopsy was better than a biopsy alone in detecting prostate cancers that are likely to need treatment.

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A new lung cancer treatment has been made available on the Cancer Drugs Fund after receiving NICE approval

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Untire, an app that tracks cancer-related fatigue has become the first of its kind to be listed on the NHS Apps library.

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Scientists have found that natural properties found in pollen shells could help develop new techniques to tackle antibiotic resistance

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A defective gene in breast tumour cells 'hijacks' the immune system and can promote metastases elsewhere in the body, a new study published in the journal Nature has revealed.

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With an ageing population, body pain is a common and growing everyday complaint. Nurofen has launched the Know More Pain campaign, which encourages people to understand more about body pain, including its causes, and ways to better engage in managing it.

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Nicotine exposure during pregnancy, whether from smoking cigarettes, or nicotine patches and e-cigarettes, increases risk of sudden infant death syndrome (also known as cot death or SIDS) - according to new research published in The Journal of Physiology. 

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In updated guidance, NICE has said that a hysteroscopy should be available as a first line diagnostic test for women with heavy menstrual bleeding.

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