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Mar 2021
New figures have revealed the toll the pandemic continues to take on people waiting for cancer tests or treatments, despite the best efforts of healthcare staff who are said to have gone “above and beyond” to keep the services going. Although hospital bosses have maintained their focus on the top two priority groups throughout this…
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Mar 2021
The antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) carry out chemotherapy-like attacks on cancer cells without causing side effects such as nausea, fatigue and hair loss. It is highly accurate and is able to target tumours without harming healthy tissue, enabling doctors to give high doses. Research into the ADC drug enfortumab vedotin on bladder cancer has shown it…
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Mar 2021
New research has found that women in the most deprived areas of Wales can expect to live approximately six years less, with a life expectancy of 79 years, than those in the least deprived areas, where the life expectancy is 85 years. In men, there was a seven year gap between the most and least…
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Mar 2021
New data revealing a significant drop in urgent referrals for suspected cancers in England and a plummeting quality of life among patients awaiting knee and hip surgery in the UK has shown the Covid pandemic has cast a wide shadow over the nation’s health. The crisis has caused a significant disruption to healthcare services over…
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Mar 2021
Some viruses are known to complete to be the one that causes an infection, and now University of Glasgow scientists say it appears the cold-causing rhinovirus suppresses coronavirus. Although they say the benefits may be short-lived, rhinovirus is so widespread that it could still help to trump coronavirus. The research team at the Centre for…
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Mar 2021
Health board chiefs have been criticised for infection prevention failures at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (QEUH) in Glasgow, following an independent review from which it was found that 84 children had been infected with rare bacteria while undergoing treatment, with a third suffering a severe health impact. The review was commissioned by the health…
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