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Sep 2019
A study suggests that new type 2 diabetes cases could be stabilising or even falling. The research looked at 47 studies from the mid 1960s to 2014, from countries across Europe including the UK, and Canada and the USA. A third of populations studied between the years 2006 and 2014 saw a reduction in new…
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Sep 2019
New analysis shows that survival rates in the UK are on the up, but are still behind other high-income countries. Survival rates over five years for colon and rectal cancer have improved the most since 1994 and pancreatic cancer the least. Progress is said to be due to advances in surgery and treatment. However, the…
06
Sep 2019
The NHS is set to offer a new gene therapy which slows down loss of sight in patients suffering from retinal dystrophies, an inherited and rare eye disorder. Congenital retinal dystrophies, which cause a gradual degeneration of the light-sensitive cells on the retina, are usually diagnosed in childhood. The condition brings about vision loss, ultimately…
06
Sep 2019
Although globally, strokes and heart problems are the leading causes of death among the middle-aged, a new study published by the Lancet medical journal suggests that cancer is now the cause of more deaths amongst this age group in higher-income countries than cardiovascular disease. In less affluent areas, the reverse is true – with cardiovascular…
06
Sep 2019
An orthopaedic surgeon fabricated records and lied to a patient after performing the wrong operation on her. Alan Norrish admitted undertaking the incorrect type of partial knee replacement operation on his patient at the Nuffield Hospital in Cambridge, in January 2018. Having realised his mistake, he attempted to cover it up by fabricating records and…
06
Sep 2019
A report has confirmed that a patient at South Tyneside District Hospital, was almost given a prosthetic knee for the wrong leg, and another patient at a nearby hospital had surgery on their elbow instead of their wrist. The so-called ‘never event’ procedures are being investigated by the NHS. South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation…
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