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Aug 2018
Scientists at the University of Edinburgh have found a potential treatment for sudden liver failure, which could cut the need for transplants. The new treatment is a drug currently used to treat cancer that restores the regenerative potential. The team involved in the research have said that although the work is at an early stage,…
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Aug 2018
A study conducted by doctors at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust has found that babies in some intensive care units are being put at unnecessary risk by staff not correctly monitoring breathing tubes, leading to a possible risk of serious harm or death due to lack of oxygen. Researchers involved in the…
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Aug 2018
In a bid to cut NHS costs, several A&E departments have been downgraded or closed, meaning that patients are spending an extra nine minutes on average to travel to emergency departments in those areas. The new research, which follows a study published in Health Services and Delivery Research, says the NHS cut backs are causing…
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Aug 2018
Public Health England have announced that bowel cancer screening in England is to start earlier at the age of 50, claiming that evidence has shown that screening from a younger age would result in more bowel cancers being picked up at an earlier stage. The current age for the first invitation for screening is 60…
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Aug 2018
New figures have revealed that the NHS has missed its cancer referral time target for the first time since it was introduced in 2008. Despite the target of 93 per cent of patients being referred within two weeks, for the first time between April and June of this year, the figure dropped to 91.4 per…
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Aug 2018
Researchers at the University of California have discovered a treatment which stops the growth of aggressive drug-resistant cancers. The treatment works by targeting and stopping a communication line which sends cancer cell division into overdrive. The treatment has also slowed the growth of colon, lung, pancreatic and skin cancer cells. The trials have so far…
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