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A new report shows an overall improvement in the implementation of Health 2020 values and principles in the WHO European Region, with the number of countries that have policies addressing health inequalities and their social determinants increasing from 88 per cent to 98 percent between 2010 and 2016

An early death under age 75 is 20 per cent more likely in the north than the south of England according to research led by Manchester University, which shows there 14,333 more premature deaths in the north in 2015 and 1.2 million more early deaths in the north from 1965 to 2015

A new Human Pathology Atlas launched this month by researchers at Sweden’s national Science for Life Laboratory analyses all human genes in all major cancers, showing the consequence of their corresponding protein levels for overall patient survival

A scheme launched in 2011 to help patients stick to their drug regimens has been so successful that in its first five years it saved the National Health Service in England £75.4 million, and will save £517.6m in the longer-term

Strategy report calls for funding to create new industries, increased collaboration between pharmaceutical companies and the National Health Service, and incentives to keep the UK attractive to world class scientists after it leaves the EU

The euro may be strengthening but austerity still rules. Meeting the Lisbon target of spending 3% of GDP on research looks as remote as ever