This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-49661516 By BBC Health News Cancer survival in the UK is on the up, but is still lagging behind other high-income countries, analysis suggests. Five-year survival rates for rectal and colon cancer improved the most since 1995, and pancreatic cancer the least. Advances in treatment and surgery are thought to…
This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-49632609 By James GallagherHealth and science correspondent, BBC News Supercooling human livers to -4C triples the time they can be kept before transplant compared with putting them on ice, US researchers say. It slows the metabolic rate to prevent damage, Nature Biotechnology reports. It means organs can be kept viable for more…
This article was taken from: https://www.bhf.org.uk/what-we-do/news-from-the-bhf/news-archive/2019/september/nhs-england-announces-review-into-access-to-statins By Patrick Pringle, at the British Heart Foundation High dose statins could be made available to patients directly from high street pharmacies, NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens announced at the NHS Expo yesterday. Low dose statins can currently be given over the counter. However, NHS England says it…
This article was taken from: https://inews.co.uk/news/science/heart-attack-ai-artificial-intelligence-save-lives-scientists/ By Tom Bawden Researchers hope the new technique could become routine in the NHS within two years Artificial intelligence could be saving lives within a year by making it possible to identify people at high risk of a heart attack at least five years before it strikes, scientists claim. Those…
This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-49565740 By BBC Health News Patients with a rare inherited eye disorder are set to be able to access a new gene therapy on the NHS which slows down sight loss. Draft NICE guidance recommends the therapy (Luxturna) to treat inherited retinal dystrophies. The National Institute for Health and Care…