Are genetic tests useful to predict cancer?
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Are genetic tests useful to predict cancer?

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/mar/23/are-predictive-genetic-test-useful-to-predict-cancer-matt-hancock By Hannah Devlin at the Guardian news The health secretary’s call for tests to be rolled out on NHS was met with controversy The health secretary, Matt Hancock, this week shared his shock at discovering that he is at greater than average risk for prostate cancer, despite having no family history of…

Health secretary urges national debate on ethics of genomic medicine
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Health secretary urges national debate on ethics of genomic medicine

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.bhf.org.uk/what-we-do/news-from-the-bhf/news-archive/2019/march/health-secretary-urges-national-debate-on-ethics-of-genomic-medicine By  Aaron McDonald at the British Heart Foundation The Health Secretary Matt Hancock today urged a national debate on the ethics around genomic medicine, as he revealed that he has recently undergone a genetic test. In a speech today at the Royal Society, the Health Secretary called on charities, the scientific community,…

UK breast cancer death rates falling fastest in ‘big six’ of Europe
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UK breast cancer death rates falling fastest in ‘big six’ of Europe

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/mar/19/uk-breast-cancer-death-rates-falling-fastest-in-big-six-of-europe By Denis Campbell Health policy editor Study says women aged 50-69 most likely to benefit, while those aged 70-79 will gain least Death rates from breast cancer are falling faster in Britain than in any other of the six most populous countries in Europe, research shows. The rate of death from the disease…

Social media addiction should be seen as a disease, MPs say
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Social media addiction should be seen as a disease, MPs say

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2019/mar/18/social-media-addiction-should-be-seen-as-disease-mps-say By Jim Waterson Media editor by the Guardian UK report suggests sites such as Facebook and Instagram could be harming mental health Social media addiction should be considered a disease, MPs have said, in a sign of the pressures facing technology companies and the growing concern over the impact social networks are…

New study shows effectiveness of shorter TB treatment
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New study shows effectiveness of shorter TB treatment

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/0/new-study-shows-effectiveness-shorter-tb-treatment/ By Anne Gulland, global health security correspondent A new study provides vital evidence that a nine-month treatment regime for one of the more serious forms of tuberculosis is just as effective as the standard programme which can take up to two years. Patients with multi-drug resistant TB (MDR-TB) have to take a cocktail of toxic…