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Dec 2023
A study has found that personalised treatment for the most common form of adult leukaemia is helping patients to survive for longer and to stay in remission. The trial led by the University of Leeds found therapy could be individualised for each patient by using regular blood tests to monitor their response. Cancer…
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Dec 2023
Male cancer warnings are to appear on urinal mats in public toilets as part of a drive by NHS England to increase early detection of the disease. The mats, which are to be installed in thousands of toilets in pubs, restaurants, hotels, football grounds and some workplaces, will carry a message urging men to…
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Dec 2023
Scientists at Stanford University say they can run a blood test to check how fast a person’s internal organs are ageing, is able to predict which ones may soon fail, and monitor eleven major body parts, including the brain, heart and lungs. The blood test was trialled on thousands of adults, mostly middle-aged or…
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Dec 2023
Following clinical trials in Australia, researchers have said that baricitinib, a rheumatoid arthritis drug, can suppress the progress of type 1 diabetes in newly diagnosed patients by preserving the body’s own insulin production. As a result, the anti-inflammatory drug, also known by its brand name Olumiant, reduces the amount of insulin patients need to…
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Dec 2023
Researchers at Oxford University have developed a blood test to identify people who are likely to develop Parkinson’s disease. The Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences said the test could detect early signs of the disease long before the onset of symptoms. Parkinsons’s disease is known to start more than ten years before patients…
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Dec 2023
According to a new report by The Dementia Commission, almost two in five with the condition do not know they have it – 36 per cent remain undiagnosed, but in the worst-affected authorities, rates are as high as 50 per cent, and the report’s authors are calling for improved ways to tackle these “alarming” rates.…
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