DIY home testing kit that diagnoses prostate cancer trialled in Britain Researchers will post kits to 2,000 men in this country, Europe and Canada Men who could benefit from the test include those with low-risk prostate cancer They could be seen less frequently – potentially only every two or three years By Victoria Allen Science … Read more
DIY home testing kit that diagnoses prostate cancer trialled in Britain Researchers will post kits to 2,000 men in this country, Europe and Canada Men who could benefit from the test include those with low-risk prostate cancer They could be seen less frequently – potentially only every two or three years By Victoria Allen Science … Read more
The volcanic plume from one of Iceland’s biggest eruptions of the last 200 years led to an increase in respiratory disease diagnoses by 23 per cent, experts warned. Experts from the UK and Iceland studied the impact the 2014–15 Holuhraun lava eruption, which spewed out 11 million tonnes of sulphur dioxide over six months. While the plume … Read more
NHS visitor bans mean teenagers with cancer are going alone to appointments where doctors tell them their illness is terminal, campaigners warn. The Teenage Cancer Trust and CLIC Sargent have written a letter to health ministers across the UK asking them to pledge that young cancer patients will not have to face the devastating news … Read more
Matt Hancock claims some cancer patients receive terminal diagnoses over Skype because they prefer to get bad news while at home with loved ones Health Secretary said some patients might prefer to be given news over Skype He said that some would want to be surrounded by family rather than doctors However one patient was … Read more
What is the coronavirus? A coronavirus is a type of virus which can cause illness in animals and people. Viruses break into cells inside their host and use them to reproduce itself and disrupt the body’s normal functions. Coronaviruses are named after the Latin word ‘corona’, which means crown, because they are encased by a … Read more