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Oct 2019
The new scanning technique will enable surgeons to position a distinctive type of pacemaker with extreme precision, to help regulate the beating heart. Experts believe the approach, which is the subject of a two year international trial, could enable more patients to live longer and healthier lives. Aldo Rinaldi, consultant cardiologist at Guy’s and St…
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Oct 2019
A review has called for easier access to NHS screening programmes in England, including weekend and evening clinics. The report by Professor Sir Mike Richards, also said that tests should be offered in a wider variety of locations, including mobile units, and also recommended the use of social media to promote available options. Sir Mike…
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Oct 2019
The most comprehensive baby microbiome study to date has found that babies born by caesarean section have different gut bacteria to those born vaginally. The study found that infants born naturally pick up most of their first dose of bacteria from their mother, while babies born by C-section contract more bugs through hospital environments, including…
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Oct 2019
A leading group of parliamentarians has warned that the gap in healthy life expectancy between areas in Britain has increased over the last ten years to become as large as that between the UK and Sudan. The report, compiled by the Centre for Progressive Policy thinktank, revealed that levels of health inequality have increased due…
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Oct 2019
New research has suggested that doctors may be able to predict if lung cancer will spread and become terminal through a simple tumour sample or blood test, raising hope that tens of thousands of patients can be spared from gruelling radiotherapy and chemotherapy. Currently, around 47,000 people in the UK and 234,030 in the USA…
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Oct 2019
Following a successful recruitment campaign, 237 Australian nurses are due to arrive at Bedford Hospital, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service. The drive to recruit more nurses came about after the majority of the hospital’s Spanish nurses left earlier this year, with Brexit uncertainty being blamed. Stephen Conroy, chief executive of the hospital, said…
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