Three jabs a year of new drug could save eyesight in 800,000 Brits
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteTwo eye conditions that cause blindness can be treated with a breakthrough drug that dramatically slows the loss of vision. Read More
CDC rolls back some limits on opioid prescriptions including restrictions on receiving treatment for more than three days and 90 mg limits on morphine access
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is rolling back some restrictions placed on opioid distribution Read More
The biggest shake-up in breast cancer screening for 30 years: New system of mammograms, gene tests and check ups could catch more cancers ... and spare women the distress of a false alarm
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteTop cancer doctors are carrying out research that may lead to the most radical shake-up of the NHS breast screening programme Read More
Secret hideouts of ovarian cancer revealed by a study
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteOvarian cancer often goes undetected until it reaches a level wherein it has spread within the pelvis and stomach . Read More
Ebola can 'hide' in a person's brain after infection and kill them YEARS later, US Army study finds
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteEbola may be even more dangerous than believed, as even people who survive initial infection from the virus may still end up…
Looking after grandchildren won’t make you feel younger, study suggests
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteGrandparents planning hefty amounts of childcare this half term might want to think again after research claimed to disprove previous findings of…
OPINION - Black cancer matters: Time’s up for medicine’s race problem
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteAnew study has found that Black women in the US with the most common forms of breast cancer are 42 per cent…
'Sleep is about quality, not quantity' Why so many people are getting it wrong
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA regular eight hours sleep is recommended by medics, but it’s about quality of a night’s rest as well as quantity –…
Teenager addicted to vaping on life support ‘toxic’ e-cigarette chemical damages lungs
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Reading Time: < 1 minute A US teenager addicted to vaping has vowed to never pick up the habit again after a “toxic chemical” in an…
England records its first ever Lassa fever death: Hospitalised patient in Bedfordshire succumbs to eye-bleeding virus after becoming third member of family to test positive following trip to West Africa
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA person in Bedfordshire has become the first in England to die after catching Lassa fever, the UK Health Security Agency announced…