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Sep 2019
An international team of scientists have discovered that a drug which is currently used to treat enlarged prostates may also prove to be an effective and powerful medicine against Parkinson’s disease. The medicine, Terazosin, helps to relieve prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) by relaxing the muscles of the prostate and bladder. However, researchers at the University of…
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Sep 2019
Scientists believe they may have found a way to halt the common cold and other closely related viruses. Tackling and beating the common cold has been a significant problem in medicine. Although most colds are caused by rhinoviruses, there are around 160 different kinds and are so easily mutated that they can quickly learn to…
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Sep 2019
A radical new radiotherapy approach is set to benefit prostate cancer patients, cutting the length of treatment from eight weeks to five days. Radiotherapy has traditionally been given over 39 days, requiring patients to attend hospital every weekday for nearly two months. However, the new trial means that powerful beams of precisely targeted radiation can…
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Sep 2019
Charity Diabetes UK has estimated that one in four beds will be taken up by diabetic patients, although one expert has claimed this figure was conservative and that the number could rise from this as obesity levels continue to increase. Currently one in six hospital admitted patients has diabetes and although the majority are not…
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Sep 2019
A report has found that ‘best practice’ was not always adhered to, in relation to the deaths of five women whose maternity care was overseen by the same hospital trust. The trust, which incorporates two acute sites where their maternity services are based, have said that although there had been no evidence that the deaths…
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Sep 2019
Recent research in the US has revealed that the supercooling of human livers to -4oc triples the length of time they can be stored before a transplant when compared with putting them on ice, by slowing the metabolic rate to avoid damage. The technology was pioneered five years ago, firstly through the use of rats,…
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