09
Nov 2021
Around 1,600 fewer people than expected were diagnosed with the three most common cancers during the first nine months of the Covid pandemic, with statistics showing that breast cancer diagnosis was down by 19 per cent, lung cancer by 9 per cent and bowel cancer by 25 per cent. Public Health Scotland has attempted…
09
Nov 2021
New blood tests are being trialled in the West Midlands in a drive to detect cancers early and before symptoms appear. The trial, which will take place in a mobile clinic, aims to recruit 140,000 volunteers in eight regions of England. The blood tests are expected to be able to detect over 50…
09
Nov 2021
All recipients of the cuff machines will be asked to take a reading up to once a month and submit the results to their GP via telephone or email. Health chiefs hope the monitoring will enable doctors to detect people with high blood pressure who have an increased risk of a potentially fatal heart…
09
Nov 2021
Doctors say women who lose a baby during pregnancy should be offered help and support after having one miscarriage instead of the three currently needed to trigger NHS support. The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) have asked for the NHS to overhaul its rules so that any woman who suffers a miscarriage…
09
Nov 2021
A major study has found that cervical cancer has been virtually eradicated in young women due to the HPV vaccine’s ‘remarkable’ success. Cases of the disease have fallen by 87 per cent as a result of the NHS vaccine programme, and among women who are now in their twenties, cases have now dropped from…
09
Nov 2021
Leeds residents are being urged to think twice before turning up at the city’s accident and emergency departments, as doctors say they are coming under increasing pressure. According to NHS Leeds Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), “record numbers” of patients are arriving at St James’s Hospital and Leeds General Infirmary, saying that the hospitals are…
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