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Feb 2020

WHO warns that global rates of cancer are set to soar by 60% in next twenty years if rates of HPV, hepatitis and smoking do not decline

In a new report, The World Health Organisation have warned that the world could see a 60 per cent rise in cases of cancer over the next two decades, driven by persistently high rates of hepatitis, smoking and HPV, with 80 per cent of these expected to be diagnosed in low-income countries. Around 90 per…

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11
Feb 2020

Cancer treatment is lagging in UK because NHS watchdogs take too long to approve new drugs

Experts at The Institute of Cancer Research have warned that cancer treatment in lagging in the UK because NHS watchdogs are taking too long to approve some of the best new drugs. Although an increasing number of drugs have been licensed since 2000 to target new mutations in cancer, some are taking over 20 years…

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11
Feb 2020

Thousands of miscarriages each year could be prevented with hormone therapy

A study undertaken by the University of Birmingham and Tommy’s National Centre for Miscarriage has suggested that more than 8,400 miscarriages each year in the UK could be prevented with a daily hormonal capsule. Experts say that women with a history of miscarriage or early bleeding in pregnancy could benefit from progesterone, which is naturally…

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11
Feb 2020

Watchdog warns short term fixes are leaving parts of the NHS ‘financially unstable’

The spending watchdog has warned that the NHS has become too dependent on “short term fixes” to fund critical services, leaving sections of the health service seriously financially unstable. The National Audit Office voiced the warning over the ability of the NHS to meet increasing demand in two recent reports, which come after A&E waiting…

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11
Feb 2020

NHS figures show 60% increase in alcohol-related hospital admissions over 10 years

Latest figures show that in 2018//19 there were 1,261,960 alcohol-linked hospital admissions, an 8 per cent increase over the previous year and a 60 per cent increase on figures for ten years previously. Just under two thirds of those admitted were male and nearly half were aged between 55 and 74. Campaigners have called on…

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11
Feb 2020

Type 1 diabetes could be tackled by new technique involving implanting insulin-producing cells into the eye

Trials have shown that the technique cut the need for regular daily insulin injections by more than 50 per cent in animals, and is now to be tested on humans. Whilst type-2 diabetes is linked to an unhealthy lifestyle and occurs when the body produces insufficient insulin, type-1 is caused by the immune system destroying…

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