Electrical implant helps paralysed people to walk again
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Electrical implant helps paralysed people to walk again

This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-45628498 By BBC Health news Three patients, all paralysed from the waist down, have been able to walk again after having an electrical patch fitted to their spinal cords. Experts say the device, which is placed below the injury, helps lost signals from the brain reach the leg muscles. US…

‘More cures, fewer side-effects’ with pioneering radiotherapy machine
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‘More cures, fewer side-effects’ with pioneering radiotherapy machine

This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-45627165 By Fergus Walsh The first patient in the UK has been treated with a pioneering new radiotherapy machine. The MR Linac simultaneously scans tumours inside the body while delivering X-ray radiation beams. It means clinicians can plan and adjust radiotherapy in real time, allowing it to be more accurate than ever…

Child mental health: Camhs ‘not fit for purpose’
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Child mental health: Camhs ‘not fit for purpose’

This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-45607313 By BBC Health news Children with mental health problems are not receiving treatment until they are in crisis and sometimes suicidal, doctors have told the BBC. A letter leaked to Panorama reveals at least one area’s child and adolescent mental health service (Camhs) to be rationing care. Leading psychiatrist Jon…

Infected NHS blood inquiry opens with tribute to victims
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Infected NHS blood inquiry opens with tribute to victims

This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/sep/24/infected-nhs-blood-inquiry-opens-with-tribute-to-victims?CMP=twt_gu&__twitter_impression=true By Owen Bowcott Investigation into scandal, thought to have killed more than 2,000 people, will start on Monday The inquiry into the contaminated blood scandal in the NHS, which is estimated to have killed more than 2,000 people since the 1970s, will open in London with a commemoration of its victims. The infected…

Obesity ‘to be linked to more female cancers’ than smoking
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Obesity ‘to be linked to more female cancers’ than smoking

This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-45601052 By BBC Health news Obesity is set to overtake smoking as the biggest preventable cause of cancer in UK women by 2043, a Cancer Research UK report predicts. Currently, 12% of cancers in women are linked to smoking, and 7% to being overweight and obese. But with the number of…