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The UK has recently seen the introduction of a new treatment type that has been shown to be particularly effective in treating children with certain types of cancer. The treatment is advanced radiotherapy and it is hoped that it will help to treat over 1000 patients in the country every year. Before this year, the treatment [...]  Viaspan is a solution created by the pharmaceutical company, Bristol-Myers Squibb which is used for the preservation of organs before they are transplanted into a recipient. An investigation is currently taking place as to what caused a bacteria outbreak in the solution and it is believed to be a faulty pressure gauge at the company. On [...] More good news on the fertility front comes from research at the Newcastle Fertility Centre, based at the Centre for Life, and part of the Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. A report published last week in the Public Library of Science ONE shows that the odds of success in an IVF pregnancy may be improved [...] A recent study has shown that the UK has one of the poorest cancer survival rates for people over 70 in Europe. In recent years however this number has improved as healthcare providers are working hard to diagnose cancer at an earlier stage, which makes treatment more successful. Hazel Brodie is an expert in elderly cancer [...] A recent study has been conducted and released results which have shown that women who are on oestrogen hormone replacement therapy are less likely to develop breast cancer. The study has shown that those who were on the therapy treatments for over six years have a nearly 25 percent reduced chance of developing the disease. The [...] Here’s an alarming development: your iPad may be dangerous for your health. There is even a medical term for this hereto unknown ailment: iPad Hand. If you have noticed cramping and pain in your fingers, hands, arms, shoulders or neck, or any combination of those body parts during or after a long session with your [...] Researchers involved with cancer have recently called for the amount of salt, fat and sugar to be reduced in foods. They have stated that if diet is managed better, around 30 percent of all cancers could be prevented. Campaigning groups have said that if the government really wants to tackle cancer then they need to start [...] £5.1M award will help to tackle fungal killers Around 1.5m deaths a year worldwide are caused by invasive fungal infections. The problem is that fungal infections are still poorly understood, and there is much less public awareness that there is for the diseases that are caused by viruses, parasites and bacteria. The University of Aberdeen has just [...] A recent investigation by the consumer group Which? has shown that some advice being given out by therapists focusing on nutrition could be seriously bad for the health of some patients. The group sent out researchers who were posing as patients and they pretended to have a range of health complaints. The treatment they received was then [...] Doctors have been shocked by a teenager who has defied their predictions that she would die within half a year because of liver failure. Elle Wilkinson was told that if they were unable to find a donor liver within six months she would be dead. The 16-year-old from East Yorkshire took up eating a high [...] |
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