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Feb 2022
People who develop Alzheimer’s disease can suffer from disturbances in sleep for years before the condition takes hold, but whether there was a link has always proved hard for scientists to determine. Now researchers in the US have made a breakthrough which raises hopes for new therapies, and how tackling the disease and its…
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Feb 2022
The NHS has said that thousands more lives could be saved if people knew how to detect the early signs of a heart attack. Doctors want people to be more familiar with common early symptoms, such as tightness in the chest and sweating, and to call 999 if they experience them. The advice…
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Feb 2022
Pressures on Shrewsbury and Telford Hospitals NHS Trust have been branded “a risk to life” after critical incident status was declared last week, with significant delays for patients needing treatment. Pressure group Defend Our NHS reported that a 95-year-old woman recently endured a 14 hour wait inside an ambulance outside A&E. The trust,…
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Feb 2022
It is believed that more than 14,000 men in the UK need treatment for prostate cancer, but have not come forward because of the pandemic. The NHS is urging men to check their risk online as a first step to identifying the cancer, which is very treatable if caught early enough. Since April 2020,…
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Feb 2022
Researchers at the University of Bristol, say the scheme could save the NHS £14m a year. The five year research programme, led by the university and North Bristol NHS Trust, involved patients attending a clinic three months after their surgery. Patients were required to complete pain questionnaires, have X-rays taken and were tested…
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Feb 2022
The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, Essex, is to spend £1,049,180 on maternity staff and plans to recruit 22 new posts in the midwifery team following reports of shortages. A trust report found a deficit of clinical midwives, managerial positions and maternity support workers. They added that there were currently enough front-line midwives, and…
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