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Nov 2015
Microscopic heat-triggered ‘grenades’ have been designed by a team of scientists that can kill targeted tumours. The ‘grenades’, which will consist of liposomes (fatty spheres that carry materials around the body) will release toxic drugs when their temperature is raised, the intention being to ensure that the drugs only target the tumour, thereby avoiding side-effects.…
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Nov 2015
According to the Department of Health, GPs’ time is currently being wasted in the referral of patients back for hospital outpatient appointments. The move has been announced as part of a range of measures, which will include ratings for NHS services, such as cancer care. However, the doctors’ union the BMA, has said that care…
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Nov 2015
Experts are warning that opportunities are being missed to diagnose cancer earlier in patients in England and increase their chances of survival. Cancer Research UK has found, after reviewing cases in 2012 and 2013, that there is an “unacceptable variation” between different areas, and it said that if all areas across the country were at…
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Oct 2015
An ex-chief executive of Addenbrooke’s Hospital, which is part of Cambridge University Hospitals Trust, has said that in order to break even, Addenbrooke’s Hospital would have to close its accident and emergency department on nine days in every ten. Keith McNeil, who quite Addenbrooke’s in September, said that a funding standard, which means that hospitals…
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Oct 2015
A new clinical trial has begun in the UK, involving around 11,000 patients who have had early breast, prostate, bowel, stomach and oesophageal cancer, to examine whether aspirin can prevent these cancers from returning. The study, which is being funded by Cancer Research UK and the National Institute for Health Research, will involve patients taking…
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Oct 2015
A report by the charity Bliss, has found that currently there are not enough nursing staff in 64% of neonatal units across England and that in 70% of intensive care units, more babies are being cared for than is safe. The charity has called for urgent action to provide the needed resources. Although a plan…
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