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Sep 2022
The UK’s first institute dedicated to studying and detecting cancers at the earliest stage has been launched. Scientists at the Early Cancer Institute will focus on hard-to-treat cancers such as pancreas and lung. Rebecca Fitzgerald, director of the institute, said the research was essential to improve survival rates in patients, adding “Outcomes can…
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Sep 2022
Scientists say they have slowed down and even reversed some of the relentless and devastating decline caused by motor neurone disease. The treatment has so far only worked in 2% of patients, but has been described as “truly remarkable” and a “real moment of hope” for the whole disease. The MND Association said…
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Sep 2022
The health secretary is promising to improve access to GPs, including same-day appointments for patients who need them, as part of a new plan in England. Therese Coffey will make the pledge as she unveils her NHS plan for the next two winters. Plans including GPs being able to take on extra staff,…
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Sep 2022
A major review has found that breast cancer surgery guidelines are leaving thousands of women at risk of the disease returning, adding that around one in five women who undergo treatment to remove tumours are having insufficient breast tissue removed. This leaves them with an increased risk of the cancer recurring in the breast…
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Sep 2022
When children are involved in a family law case it can be an overwhelming time for them. They may be caught in the middle of disputing parents or family members and feel they have no voice; this is where CAFCASS comes in. CAFCASS stands for ‘Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service. CAFCASS is…
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Sep 2022
Scientists have said that a blood test that could spot fifty types of cancer has shown ‘promise’ in early trials, after it detected the disease in previously healthy people. In the New York-based trials, scientists detected 35 cases of cancer when using the test, but another 57 people were wrongly diagnosed with the condition.…
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