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Jan 2024
New research suggests that wearing hearing aids can delay the onset and progression of dementia. While hearing loss can increase the chances of developing dementia by up to 20 per cent, the research found that the risk can be cut by up to seven per cent if those experiencing it use the devices. Experts…
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Jan 2024
Thousands of NHS patients have suffered from having botched procedures, including medical equipment being left inside during surgery and having the wrong organs removed. An analysis of health service data found that between the years 2015 and 2023, 3,684 life-threatening errors by doctors were recorded, the most common and serious, known as ‘never events’…
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Jan 2024
An expert microbiologist has hailed the discovery of a potential new class of antibiotics able to treat lethal hospital-acquired infections as “very exciting”. Professor Laura Piddock, scientific director at the Global Antibiotic Research and Development Partnership, said the new compound, zosurabalpin, worked “extremely well” in mice and test-tubes, adding that the research offered “definite…
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Jan 2024
According to new analysis from NHS England, up to three million people were seen for an urgent cancer check over the last 12 months. The number tested has risen by more than a quarter compared with the same period before the pandemic. The government says early diagnosis is crucial to improving survival rates, but…
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Dec 2023
Baby loss charity Sands has said that parents whose baby died during pregnancy or shortly after birth believe they received worse care due to their ethnicity. The charity spoke to a group of bereaved parents, some of whom believed stereotyping had put them at increased risk. Data also shows Black and Asian babies…
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Dec 2023
According to new NHS data, the average wait for an autism diagnosis in England has hit 300 days, up 53 per cent from 12 months previously and exceeding the NICE target of 91 days. The National Autistic Society described such wait times as appalling, warning “autistic people shouldn’t miss out on vital support because…
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