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Dec 2020
An Oxford University of ten patients used a unique scanning technique to identify damage not picked up by conventional scans. The technique uses a gas known as xenon during MRI scans to create images of damage to the lungs. Lung experts have said that a test that was able to detect long-term damage would make…
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Dec 2020
Leading charities have warned that healthcare providers are not checking enough women for HIV, even though they now make up substantial amounts of new diagnoses. Chamut Kifetew of the Terrence Higgins Trust, said women are often overlooked by healthcare professionals, adding “In sexual health clinics, women are least likely to be offered a HIV test.…
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Dec 2020
It has emerged that millions of pounds have been paid by the taxpayer to private hospitals under contracts with the NHS, despite two-thirds of extra capacity beds going unused for months during the summer. According to leaked documents, a majority of beds in private hospitals during the four months from June to September were not…
08
Dec 2020
A procedure, which uses small cameras inside a pill to help detect bowel cancer, has been launched in Tayside. The ScotCap test will now now be rolled out across health boards in Scotland as an alternative to traditional colonoscopy. The cameras take photographs of the bowel lining to detect any problems or signs of disease.…
08
Dec 2020
MPs have warned the NHS is facing a unique set of pressures as winter nears and lockdown ends. The government has admitted the NHS in England does not have enough doctors and nurses to be able to keep all services running should there be a third spike in coronavirus cases, as leaked figures show staff…
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Dec 2020
Researchers in Canada have concluded that women are 20 per cent more likely to die in the first five years following their first heart attack than men. For the research, 45,064 patients who had been hospitalised after their first heart attack were studied and monitored for around six years. The team found that on average,…
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