‘Game-changing’ immunotherapy cancer drug boosts survival rates five-fold
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‘Game-changing’ immunotherapy cancer drug boosts survival rates five-fold

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This article was taken from: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/09/10/game-changing-immunotherapy-cancer-drug-boosts-survival-rates/ By Laura Donnelly, health editor An ew immunotherapy cancer drug boosts survival rate five-fold, scientists from Yale have found. Patients with advanced lung cancer were far more likely to be alive after five years, compared with those given standard chemotherapy. The immunotherapy drug nivolumab, which is used for several cancers, works…

Game-changing implant could prevent HIV transmission for up to a year
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Game-changing implant could prevent HIV transmission for up to a year

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This article was taken from: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/game-changing-implant-could-prevent-hiv-transmission-year/ By Anne Gulland, global health security correspondent Researchers have unveiled the results of the first ever human trial of what could be a game-changing HIV prevention tool. At this week’s International Aids Society conference in Mexico City researchers presented the preliminary results of a trial of a pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) implant that could prevent…

Rural lifestyles drive the global obesity epidemic, report warns
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Rural lifestyles drive the global obesity epidemic, report warns

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This article was taken from: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/05/09/rural-lifestyles-drive-global-obesity-epidemic-report-warns/ By Sarah Newey  Rural lifestyles are a major driver of the global obesity epidemic, contradicting the commonly held view that growing waist-lines are an urban problem, experts have warned. Rates of obesity have nearly tripled since 1975, with urbanisation often attributed as the cause. But in a study of body-mass…

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

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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…

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…