This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-46363869 By BBC Health news Thousands of people with type 2 diabetes in England are to be prescribed a very low-calorie diet in the hope of reversing their condition. Under the pilot they will be restricted to 800 calories a day, in the form of soups and shakes, for three months. …
This article was taken from: https://www.standard.co.uk/futurelondon/health/dr-chris-eccleston-on-ai-in-mental-health-and-pain-a3998406.html By Jessica Taylor There are around 740 million people living in Europe today. About 140 million of those people are living in chronic pain, according to pain specialist Dr Chris Eccleston of Bath University. Dr Eccleston is known in his field for researching how the human brain processes pain and the…
This article was taken from: By Sarah Boseley Health editor Many more people who go to see their GP with possible cancer symptoms need to be sent for hospital tests if England is to have a hope of bringing survival rates up to the level of equivalent countries, according to a report. The report by a team…
This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-46349989 By Nick Triggle Health correspondent at the BBC News England has failed to close the gap on the best-performing nations when it comes to cancer care despite 20 years of trying, analysis suggests. The review by the Health Foundation of the government’s record between 1995 and 2015 said that despite four strategies…
This article was taken from: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/11/26/chinese-scientist-creates-worlds-first-genetically-edited-babies/ By The Telegraphs, Foreign Staff A Chinese researcher claims he helped make the world’s first genetically edited babies – twin girls whose DNA he said he altered with a powerful new tool capable of rewriting the very blueprint of life. If true, it would be a profound leap of science and ethics….