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Jan 2020
Motor neurone disease has been described as one of the few remaining illnesses that is still largely a mystery, even though it claims hundreds of lives each year in the UK. The disease, for which there is currently no effective cure or treatment, sees muscles waste away after a loss of nerve cells that control…
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Jan 2020
A number of local NHS trusts have recorded their worst waiting time performance in five years as thousands of patients were left waiting for over four hours before being seen at West Yorkshire hospitals last month. NHS statistics show that patients at Calderdale and Huddersfield Foundation Trust waited longer than the required target on 2,404…
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Jan 2020
Neighbours often argue about rights over land, for example, a neighbour might have a right to go over another’s property to access a road or garage. Disputes can be made more complicated by unclear plans or changes in the layout of gardens or new buildings. Sometimes rights of way are blocked, built over or their…
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Jan 2020
People often use or “possess” land that does not belong to them. Depending upon the circumstances of that possession, this can sometimes be sufficient for the occupier to obtain a legal title. For example, there are often areas of gardens where the owner is unclear and some land has never been registered at the Land…
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Jan 2020
Leading academics at the Academy of Medical Science have warned that future medical advances are being placed at risk as pressures within the NHS are hampering the ability of staff to take part in vital research. The Academy said that the number of doctors involved in research had fallen while budgets had frozen and added…
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Jan 2020
A Cambridge University study of 200,000 patients identified 352 genetic mutations that can influence whether a person is likely to develop the disease. The findings could help to identify which women are predisposed to developing the disease and thereby allow them to be monitored more closely. Breast cancer is the most common type of the…
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