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Oct 2018
A new clinical trial has suggested that by combining hormone therapy with a pioneering drug may extend the lives of some women with advanced breast cancer. The women who took part in the trial and received the drug palbociclib alongside hormone therapy lived for up to 40 months longer than those given hormone therapy alone.…
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Oct 2018
Early clinical trials have shown encouraging developments in a newly created antibiotic, which acts like the Greek legend’s Trojan horse, by tricking bacteria into allowing it to enter. Clinical trials on urinary tract and kidney infection patients showed that the drug was as effective as current treatments. Speaking of the trials, Research leader Dr Simon…
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Oct 2018
According to figures from NHS Digital, nearly 30 per cent of labour in England is induced, which is a rise from one in five ten years ago. Experts have said that the increasing numbers of overweight and older mothers is behind the trend. NHS data shows that in the year 2017-18, natural labours occurred in…
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Oct 2018
Yorkshire’s Legal People, Chadwick Lawrence, were proud sponsors at this year’s Yorkshire Awards as the celebration entered into its 30th Year. For three decades, the Yorkshire Awards have been recognising those who have had a positive impact on Yorkshire and its people, demonstrating their affection for, and real commitment to the county. A committee representing…
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Oct 2018
A new nerve-stimulating battery-powered implant is to be made available to patients in the UK with severe heart failure, offering hope to patients where standard treatments provide no relief. The implant, known as Barostim Neo, is sited in the chest below the collar-bone. A wire protruding from a small generator is connected beneath the patient’s…
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Oct 2018
The Apgar scoring system has been tested on newborns since 1952. The name represents an acronym (appearance, pulse, grimace, activity and respiration) and tests corresponding to these criteria take place one, five and ten minutes after a baby’s birth, and then a score is given of between zero and ten, ten being the maximum score,…
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