Air pollution ‘triggers hundreds more heart attacks and strokes’
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Air pollution ‘triggers hundreds more heart attacks and strokes’

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-50119981 By BBC Health news Sudden spikes in air pollution in the UK trigger hundreds more heart attacks, strokes and acute asthma attacks on those days, research suggests. A team at King’s College London looked at data from London, Birmingham, Bristol, Derby, Liverpool, Manchester, Nottingham, Oxford and Southampton. Days when…

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

Byangie vallejo

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…

Inevitable muscle wasting of old age could be stopped, scientists believe
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Inevitable muscle wasting of old age could be stopped, scientists believe

ByMatthew Betteridge

This article was taken from: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2018/03/12/inevitable-muscle-wasting-old-age-could-stopped-scientists-believe/ By Sarah Knapton, science editor The inevitable muscle wasting of old age could be stopped, scientists believe, after discovering why people become frail as they grow older. Most people become weaker in their later years, as their leg muscles get smaller and less able to bear weight, which often leads to disability and…