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Teenagers invited to join meningitis B trial to aid immunisation research
The Oxford Vaccine Group is inviting year 12 school students across the UK to participate in a research project which aims to understand whether...
Daily ibuprofen can prevent Alzheimer’s disease
A research team of neuroscientists based in Vancouver, Canada, have carried out studies which suggest that having a daily regimen of non-prescription ibuprofen could...
Number of tuberculosis cases falls by over a third in last six years
Newly released data from Public Health England (PHE) has shown a 9.3% decline in cases of tuberculosis (TB) in 2017, which represents the lowest...
Respiratory infections increase risk of heart attack and stroke
People who have had respiratory infections are six times more likely to suffer from a heart attack or stroke in the days following infection,...
Could over 2,500 cancer cases be avoided each week?
New figures published today by Cancer Research UK have revealed that more than 135,500 cancer cases a year in the UK, equating to 2,500...
Chronic fatigue syndrome explained by low thyroid hormone levels?
A link between chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and lower levels of key thyroid hormones has been discovered which creates a promising outlook for treatment...
Two genes that trigger leukaemia development discovered
An international group of researchers have made a breakthrough in the understanding of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, finding two cancer genes working together to trigger...
Colorectal cancer death rates continue to fall
Researchers have called colorectal cancer one of the major success stories of the past 30 years in Europe, predicting that in 2018 death rates...
An MRI scan can improve prostate cancer detection
An international study led by the University College London (UCL) and University College London Hospital (UCLH) has found that an MRI scan and targeted...
Drinking alcohol linked to increased heart rate
New research presented at the EHRA 2018 Congress, organised by the European Society of Cardiology, has found a link between alcohol intake and increased...
Gender-based treatment being explored for sudden cardiac arrest
Researchers at the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Network (ESCAPE-NET) have announced that they will explore different approaches to preventing and treating sudden cardiac arrest for...
British, German researchers unite against cardiovascular disease
A new €12m partnership has been announced between the German Centre for Cardiovascular Disease (DZHK) and the British Heart Foundation (BHF), to fund groundbreaking...
Physically fit middle-aged women 90% less likely to develop dementia
A study from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, has found that women in middle age who are physically fit are nearly 90% less likely...
Teenage obesity risk doubles with exposure to junk food adverts
The risk of teenage obesity doubles if the individual remembers seeing a junk food advert every day compared to those who couldn’t recall any...
New biomarkers discovered for neuroblastoma
Two new biomarkers have been discovered for neuroblastoma, a type of cancer in children. The findings are expected to have immediate significance for disease...
New link found between smoking and risk of psychoses
Smoking at least ten cigarettes a day is linked to a higher risk of psychoses compared to non-smoking young people, a new study suggests.
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Excessive TV viewing could increase bowel cancer risk in men
New research suggests that sitting down to watch over four hours of TV a day could increase bowel cancer risk in men compared to...
Risk of developing dementia identified through blood molecules
Researchers at the University of Texas at San Antonio, US, have identified certain blood molecules that could help indicate the level of risk of...
One-off prostate cancer PSA test does not save lives
Inviting men with no symptoms to a one-off PSA test for prostate cancer does not save lives, according to results from a ten-year Cancer...
Detecting early stages of Alzheimer’s disease with new blood test
Researchers at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) have developed a new blood test that can diagnose the early stages of Alzheimer's...