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Jul 2018
Official data shows that over 200,000 patients have been waiting for procedures and operations for six months or more and frustrated health workers have slammed the NHS England statistics, warning that there were neither the staff nor the resources to cope with the pressure. NHS England figures released today showed that over 200,000 patients in…
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Jul 2018
The revolutionary stem cell transplant procedure works by harvesting stem cells from the patient’s bone morrow, boosting their numbers in a laboratory and then injecting back into the patient, which is thought to encourage a damaged heart to heal itself, generating new blood vessels and cardiac tissue. Stem cell therapy, which is not yet available…
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Jul 2018
Giant cell arteritis (GCA) leads to an estimated 3,000 people going blind in the UK each year. The condition leads to an inflammation of the blood vessels in the neck and head, which reduces blood supply to the optic nerve. It can also raise the risk of an aortic aneurysm or stroke. The cause of…
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Jul 2018
More than 50 per cent of health boards throughout England have refused NHS funding for the procedure unless the patient is in so much pain they are unable to work. The rationing rules have been called ‘an absolute disgrace’ by leading surgeons, adding that in some cases patients’ lives could be at risk. Some clinical…
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Jul 2018
Experts believe they may have identified a way to stop high risk babies from developing type 1 diabetes, by providing them with powdered insulin to offer lifetime protection to train their immune system. The research will involve pregnant women under the care of a selection of maternity clinics being asked to take part in a…
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Jul 2018
A new study has found that a blood test could detect a person’s risk of developing leukemia five years before the cancer develops. Researchers involved in the study found that acute myeloid leukemia, an aggressive form of the disease, usually develops following genetic changes in the bloodstream. As no such treatment currently exists, it is…
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