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By Health Correspondent Children in the UK for years have been placed in narrow diagnostic categories—and one leading UK brain expert believes this approach may be preventing young people from realising their full potential. Dr Andrew Curran, a best-selling author, neurologist, and neurobiologist with more than 25 years of
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By Health Correspondent Upgraded ambulances with new design features to improve patient comfort and to help clinicians move people more easily during treatment are joining London Ambulance Service’s fleet ahead of winter. The 60 upgraded light-weight Ford ambulances are going out on the road in the coming weeks and
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By Health Correspondent An opinion piece written by Professor Eef Hogervorst from the School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences for The Conversation: A new study suggests that even low levels of physical activity could protect the brain from Alzheimer’s disease – but not in the way scientists expected. The
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By Josh Bell, Charities Correspondent A new community partnership between Donate For Defib Weston-super-Mare and University of Bristol Medical Students is giving local residents the chance to play a key role in lifesaving research. The collaboration focuses on understanding the barriers to performing CPR and using defibrillators during cardiac arrests,
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By Community Correspondent Representatives from the Oddfellows, a national friendly society, visited the Manchester Cancer Research Centre (MCRC) on Thursday 2 October to present a cheque for £67,068 to Prevent Breast Cancer to help progress its innovative breast cancer prevention research project. The research project, carried out by University
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By Health Correspondent A European clinical trial, published in The New England Journal of Medicine, found that 84% of participants regained the ability to read letters, numbers, and words using a new retinal implant in an eye blinded by geographic atrophy from dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Patients, who previously
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By Health Correspondent A team of cancer scientists and clinicians at the University of Southampton and University Hospital Southampton has received £1.2 million from the World Cancer Research Fund to improve breast cancer treatment. Led by Professors Ellen Copson and Ramsey Cutress, the researchers will study how body composition
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By Health Correspondent Communities across London will have better access to life-saving defibrillators as the Mayor of London donates £150,000 to the London Ambulance Charity. The huge donation – on Restart a Heart Day – means the charity’s London Heart Starters campaign has reached its target to install 200 defibrillators
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By Health Correspondent Air Ambulance Charity Kent Surrey Sussex (KSS) is creating an army of lifesavers by providing FREE sessions on how to give CPR and use a defibrillator in a series of livestreamed and in-person events to support national Restart a Heart Day on Thursday 16 October. Thousands of
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By Josh Bell, Charities and Schools Correspondent The Donate For Defib Weston-super-Mare Project made another valuable community connection this week, as members were warmly welcomed by the Royal Sands Community Group for a CPR and Early Defibrillation Awareness presentation. Over coffee, cake, and plenty of smiles, 25 residents took part
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By Josh Bell, Charities and Schools Correspondent Donate For Defib, the award-winning community project dedicated to expanding access to life-saving defibrillators, is delighted to announce an exciting new collaboration with the University of Bristol. Project leads Andy, Sarah, and Josh met with an esteemed team of Clinical Experts — Professor Graham
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By Health Correspondent Eating fruit may reduce the effects of air pollution on lung function, according to research presented at the European Respiratory Society Congress in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The study was presented by Pimpika Kaewsri, a PhD student from the Centre for Environmental Health and Sustainability at the University
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By Health Correspondent Hands-free AI technology that gives doctors more time to see their patients has been piloted at St George’s in the largest, most extensive trial of its kind. Tech trialled in the emergency department halved the time it took clinicians to do paperwork, saving each an additional
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By Science Correspondent A new study shows that helping others just a few hours a week can significantly slow cognitive decline in middle-aged and older adults. Researchers from The University of Texas at Austin and the University of Massachusetts Boston found that both formal volunteering and informal helping—such as
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By Science Correspondent A new cancer treatment has shown early promise in pet cats—and it might help humans too. Researchers in the U.S. have completed the first-ever clinical trial of a new drug for head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC), a type of cancer that’s very
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By Science Correspondent In a first-of-its-kind study, researchers found that the brain’s control center for a lost appendage can persist long after surgical amputation — a finding that challenges long-held theories about the brain’s ability to reorganize itself, also known as plasticity. Scientists from the National Institutes of Health