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Cervical cancer: Women to be offered home smear tests
Katie McGlynn urges women to get a smear test When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters.Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer.Our Privacy Notice explains more about how we use your data, and your rights.You can unsubscribe at any time. They will be […]
Sir Tom Hunter donates £1m to charity, inspired by musician with dementia
We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. Paul, 80, who was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s last year, became an online sensation after composing a piece based on just four notes. Entrepreneur and philanthropist Sir Tom, 59, who lost his parents […]
Simple blood test can detect five cancers four years early
PanSeer, a non-invasive technique that costs less than £80 a patient, is more than 90 percent accurate and could lead to screening for tumours of the lung, bowel, gullet, liver and stomach. These cancers claim around 69,300 lives each year in the UK. Professor Kun Zhang, from the University of California, San Diego, said: “The […]
How eye test saved young mum’s life after dizzy spells
Amber Toon, 25, who was 20 weeks pregnant at the time, visited an optician after suffering dizzy spells. Instead of spending Christmas with her family, she ended up in hospital and needed an operation. Amber said: “One minute the optician was looking into the back of my eye, the next I was told to get […]
NHS home nursing scandal: 1,000 people a year die while waiting for help
Since 2015, more than 4,000 adults have died while awaiting decisions for healthcare outside hospital, either in their home or a nursing home. This is known as NHS Continuing Healthcare. Of the 164 health authorities that responded to a Freedom of Information request, only 79 gave information covering at least a year. This means the […]
Obesity ‘is a disease’: Genes mean it’s not their fault, say experts
Figures show 29 percent of adults in England are now obese. But scientists say the belief that obesity is self-inflicted is at odds with evidence that more than 200 genes – as well as social factors – can influence weight. Professor John Wilding of Liverpool University and Vicki Mooney of the European Coalition for People living […]
Booster jab plea as mumps cases rise
The data shows there were 795 cases of the highly contagious viral disease recorded in the first quarter of this year – extrapolated for the whole of 2019 it would equate to 3,180. This is almost five times more than the 145 recorded in the first quarter of 2016 – or 580 for the year. […]