One in 10 over 40s has diabetes, amid doubling in numbers with the condition
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One in 10 over 40s has diabetes, amid doubling in numbers with the condition

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This article was taken from: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/02/26/one-10-40s-has-diabetes-amid-doubling-numbers-condition/ By Laura Donnelly, health editor One in ten people over 40 now has diabetes, amid a doubling in the numbers suffering the condition within two decades, new figures show. The research by Diabetes UK suggests that by 2030, around 5.5 million people will be suffering from the condition, which is fuelled by obesity. The…

The ingenious new tricks to beat disease
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The ingenious new tricks to beat disease

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This article was taken from: http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20190222-the-ingenious-new-tricks-to-beat-disease By Adrienne Bernhard According to the World Health Organization, so-called Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) affect more than one billion people and cost developing economies billions of dollars every year. Populations living in poverty, without adequate sanitation and in close contact with infectious vectors such as livestock are most affected by these…

Cervical cancer could be eradicated in three decades, experts claim
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Cervical cancer could be eradicated in three decades, experts claim

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This article was taken from: https://www.biggleswadetoday.co.uk/news/health/cervical-cancer-could-be-eradicated-in-three-decades-experts-claim-1-8824236 By Laura Hutchinson at Biggleswade Chronicle Cervical cancer could effectively be eliminated from the UK in around three decades, experts have claimed. An estimated nine women are diagnosed with cervical cancer in Central Bedfordshire every year, according to the most recent figures from Public Health England. That’s a rate of…

Breakthrough for NHS as hundreds more men study nursing
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Breakthrough for NHS as hundreds more men study nursing

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This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/feb/24/nhs-breakthrough-more-men-study-nursing By Raj Soni at The Guardian Numbers of males – especially school-leavers – wanting to get on college courses are the highest in a decade The NHS has seen a significant rise in the number of men applying to be nurses, following a recruitment drive aimed at changing attitudes towards a career…

Could we soon be able to detect cancer in 10 minutes?
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Could we soon be able to detect cancer in 10 minutes?

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This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/feb/24/the-10-minute-test-for-cancer-pioneering-methods-blood-test-detection-tumours-lung-breast-colorectal By Zoë Corbyn at the Guardian Pioneering methods are being developed to find traces of tumours quickly in small blood samples About seven years ago, researchers at the US DNA sequencing company Illumina started to notice something odd. A new blood test it ran on 125,000 expectant mothers looking for genetic abnormalities such as…