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Jun 2023
From September, teenagers in England will be offered a single dose of the HPV jab instead of two, in line with latest evidence and recommendations already in place throughout Scotland. Global studies suggest one dose is adequate to provide enough protection against a range of cancers, including cervical cancer. School pupils are offered…
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Jun 2023
Scientists are hoping a breakthrough in the understanding of bowel cancer will lead to new treatments. Researchers at the University of Glasgow and Cancer Research UK’s Beatson Institute have discovered the answer as to why the immune system of patients ignores the disease. Until now, it has not been known how cancer blinds…
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Jun 2023
MND Scotland has announced a “historic” £2m investment in what is said to be the UK’s biggest ever clinical drug trial of the disease. The MND-SMART trial is designed to increase the speed of the search for treatment that can slow, reverse or stop the progression of the disease. MND Scotland said the…
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Jun 2023
The number of virtual ward beds is set to double across Shropshire as part of an effort to reduce the number of hospital patients in the region, and there are now more than 100 patients across the county who receive care through home visits or via an online “ward round”. Through the scheme, patients…
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Jun 2023
An analysis by the British Medical Journal has found that most women with early breast cancer now beat the disease thanks to significant improvements in treatments in recent years. Their risk of dying within five years of diagnosis is estimated to be around 5 per cent, down from 14 per cent in the 1990s.…
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Jun 2023
Plans have been unveiled to add additional facilities to Wharfedale Hospital in Otley and Chapel Allerton Hospital, in a drive to tackle the NHS operations backlog. Latest figures from NHS Digital show 90,000 patients are currently waiting for treatment from the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, and at the end of April, around 63…
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