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Dec 2020
A procedure, which uses small cameras inside a pill to help detect bowel cancer, has been launched in Tayside. The ScotCap test will now now be rolled out across health boards in Scotland as an alternative to traditional colonoscopy. The cameras take photographs of the bowel lining to detect any problems or signs of disease.…
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Dec 2020
MPs have warned the NHS is facing a unique set of pressures as winter nears and lockdown ends. The government has admitted the NHS in England does not have enough doctors and nurses to be able to keep all services running should there be a third spike in coronavirus cases, as leaked figures show staff…
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Dec 2020
Researchers in Canada have concluded that women are 20 per cent more likely to die in the first five years following their first heart attack than men. For the research, 45,064 patients who had been hospitalised after their first heart attack were studied and monitored for around six years. The team found that on average,…
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Dec 2020
A pioneering implant to treat complicated leg fractures can help challenging cases that until now may have led to amputation. Alex Trompeter, a consultant orthopaedic trauma and limb reconstruction surgeon at St George’s University Hospital in London, said “When a patient suffers a complex fracture, we normally try to pin the bone in place and…
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Dec 2020
An ‘electronic’ man-made blood vessel that replaces diseased arteries could transform the treatment of heart disease. The implant, which is about the width of a straw and made of plastic mesh, is filled with cells capable to growing into healthy endothelial tissue, which makes up blood vessels throughout the body. Prior to being surgically implanted…
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Dec 2020
Azeem Rafiq receives test backing in fight against institutional racism in cricket Test players Tino Best and Rana Naveed-ul-Hassan confirm Azeem Rafiq’s allegations of racism at Yorkshire County Cricket Club The England & Wales Cricket Board introduces reforms following Mr Rafiq’s revelations Mr Rafiq seeks urgent meeting with ECB to develop further safeguards against…
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