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Dec 2023
Scientists at Stanford University say they can run a blood test to check how fast a person’s internal organs are ageing, is able to predict which ones may soon fail, and monitor eleven major body parts, including the brain, heart and lungs. The blood test was trialled on thousands of adults, mostly middle-aged or…
12
Dec 2023
Following clinical trials in Australia, researchers have said that baricitinib, a rheumatoid arthritis drug, can suppress the progress of type 1 diabetes in newly diagnosed patients by preserving the body’s own insulin production. As a result, the anti-inflammatory drug, also known by its brand name Olumiant, reduces the amount of insulin patients need to…
12
Dec 2023
Researchers at Oxford University have developed a blood test to identify people who are likely to develop Parkinson’s disease. The Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences said the test could detect early signs of the disease long before the onset of symptoms. Parkinsons’s disease is known to start more than ten years before patients…
12
Dec 2023
According to a new report by The Dementia Commission, almost two in five with the condition do not know they have it – 36 per cent remain undiagnosed, but in the worst-affected authorities, rates are as high as 50 per cent, and the report’s authors are calling for improved ways to tackle these “alarming” rates.…
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Dec 2023
Barton Brook Care Home in Eccles has been rated as inadequate and placed into special measures by the Care Quality Commission. The health watchdog has concerns over safeguarding, staffing levels, falls management and leadership at the home. Alison Chilton, deputy director of operations in the north at the CQC, said it reported its…
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Dec 2023
A new study has confirmed that a drug known as PrEP, which stops HIV infecting the body has proved to be a highly effective “real-world” preventative treatment and the results of the research on 24,000 people across England, have been described as “reassuring”. The UK Health Security Agency which led the trial with the…
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