Drugs prescribed to high-risk stroke patients are costing the NHS hundreds of millions each year—but they are so effective, the service is actually saving money. Analysis of stroke data showed that the cost to NHS England of prescribing direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) increased by £733m from 2011 to 2017, but resulted in a substantial 11% […]
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China’s virus crackdown leaves millions working at home
In the middle of a phone call with a customer, an important visitor knocks on Michael Xiong’s door: his 3-year-old son. Xiong, a salesman in Chibi, a city near the center of a virus outbreak, is one of millions of people in China who are obeying government orders to work from home as part of […]
Hope for millions of Irritable Bowel Syndrome sufferers as research identifies cause of pain as ‘gut itch’
This is big news for Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) patients: 11 percent of the world’s population suffers from IBS, but the fight against chronic pain has taken a major step forward with scientists identifying receptors in the nervous system which cause the condition in the hope of developing effective treatments. Flinders University researchers at SAHMRI […]
Millions of adults should NOT take aspirin to ward off heart disease
Millions of people should STOP taking aspirin for heart health because it does more them harm than good, researchers warn Aspirin thins the blood, which makes it less likely to ‘stick’ and form clots Three major studies found aspirin is used even in people at risk of bleeding Officials recommend aspirin to heart disease patients […]
Hope for millions of German scientists celebrate breakthrough in Diabetes research – Diabetes
According to information of the Robert Koch-Institute more than 4.5 million Germans are suffering from a Form of Diabetes. Due to the significant result of faster progress is the disease in the research value of Gold. Austrian scientists have now made a first breakthrough that can change the management of the disease in the future. […]
What’s your heart’s age? NHS test shows risk of deadly heart attacks
What’s your heart’s age? NHS test shows risk of deadly heart attacks for millions What is your heart’s age? Results of NHS test shows the risk of deadly heart attacks and strokes for millions The obesity crisis is taking its toll on the nation’s heart health With 78 per cent of over-30s found to have […]
New urine dipstick test detects cause of disease that blinds millions
Scientists at Scripps Research have developed a urine diagnostic to detect the parasitic worms that cause river blindness, also called onchocerciasis, a tropical disease that afflicts 18 to 120 million people worldwide. Described in the journal ACS Infectious Diseases, the new, non-invasive test may provide an inexpensive method of determining in real time whether a […]
Basic research in fruit flies leads to potential drug for diseases afflicting millions
River blindness and elephantiasis are debilitating diseases caused by parasitic worms that infect as many as 150 million people worldwide. They are among the “neglected tropical diseases” for which better treatments are desperately needed. But they were far from the mind of cell biologist William Sullivan when he began studying the microbial parasite Wolbachia, best […]