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Feb 2020

Cancer scanner ‘could help early diagnoses’ of dementia

Doctors at University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff have said a scanner used for diagnosing cancer could identify some of the earliest and most difficult to diagnose forms of dementia, adding that its PET scanner could show signs of the condition in people who are not yet showing symptoms. Positron emission tomography (PET) scans reveal…

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26
Feb 2020

Call for concerns into maternity care at Moray hospital trust to be addressed quickly

The Royal College of Midwives in Scotland has said concerns of a risk to patient safety at Dr Gray’s Hospital in Elgin must be tackled “quickly and effectively”. An externally led review into maternity services at the hospital has described clinical governance as “not fully functional” and “dysfunctional and damaged” working relationships. NHS Grampian said…

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25
Feb 2020

World Health Organisation warns of uncertain future for children

The United Nations agency say children are being put at risk through climate change, under-age drinking and harmful advertising encouraging fast-food consumption. Although the UK was ranked amongst the top ten countries in the world for the overall health and wellbeing of children, it fell behind in safeguarding the environment for their future. The report…

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25
Feb 2020

Cardiac doctors ‘held back stent death data’

It has been revealed that doctors working on a clinical trial for treatment of heart disease held back key information. The Excel trial tested to see whether stents were as effective as open heart surgery at treating patients with a heart problem called left main disease. The data was eventually published, but only following treatment…

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25
Feb 2020

700% rise in mumps cases in Northern Ireland down to vaccine cycle

The Public Health Agency has said a rise of 700% in mumps cases in Northern Ireland is partly due to the vaccine becoming less effective over time. Northern Ireland Public Health Agency’s Dr Jillian Johnston said that most of the cases were children and young adults aged between 15 and 24, who had had two…

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25
Feb 2020

Wearable device to detect early stages of Alzheimer’s being launched

The Edon (Early Detection of Neurogenerative Diseases) project is being spearheaded by charity Alzheimer’s Research UK. The project will initially analyse data from ongoing studies into the disease through the use of artificial intelligence, the information from which will be used to design a prototype device within three years. The wearable device will collect an…

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