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Apr 2021
A trial by doctors at Guy’s at St Thomas’ Hospital in London has found that a new blood test, called the basophil activation test (BAT), is nearly 100 per cent accurate at spotting nut allergies. Allergic reactions occur when the body’s immune system overreacts to a trigger, usually mediation, environmental or a food irritant, which…
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Apr 2021
Healthy young people who have previously been infected with Covid-19 are being asked to volunteer for a trial which will deliberately expose them to the virus. The experts conducting the study, which will begin this month, are looking to see how the immune system copes second time around, with the ultimate aim being to design…
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Apr 2021
A major study into dementia has found that people who consistently sleep for six hours or less in middle age have an increased chance of developing dementia when compared to those who routinely sleep seven hours. Researchers found a 30 per cent increased risk of dementia in those who during their 50s, 60s and 70s…
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Apr 2021
NHS bosses, doctors and nurses have pleaded with Boris Johnson to make a financial commitment to finally end the chronic lack of staff across the health service. In a letter published earlier this week, they warn Mr Johnson that the strain of working in a perpetually understaffed service is so great that it risks creating…
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Apr 2021
A charity has said infant mortality is not being ‘openly discussed’ among some communities, as the city attempts to tackle a long-standing problem. For the last ten years, Birmingham has had one of the highest rates of infant mortality in England. The city council has started a taskforce in an attempt to halve the number…
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Apr 2021
In what is being hailed as a major scientific breakthrough for the world, a malaria vaccine, developed by the same team behind the Oxford coronavirus jab, has been found to be 77 per cent effective in providing protection against the disease. The findings have come from the first twelve months of an ongoing trial, involving…
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