Lancashire- Hospitals

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

Group B Neisseria meningitidis Vaccine Shows Promise

An investigational vaccine may represent a strong lead in the fight against group B Neisseria meningitidis according to results of a phase 2 study published online in the Lancet Administered in 3 doses over the course of 6 months a new bivalent vaccine was well tolerated and induced a strong immune response against multiple strains of the poten... Read More