Iron in the brain linked to cognitive decline in Alzheimer’s patients

Iron accumulation in the outer layer of the brain is associated with cognitive deterioration in people with Alzheimer’s disease, scientists report.  MRI scans showed higher levels of iron in regions of the brain, including deep grey matter, temporal lobes and neo-cortex, in people with Alzheimer’s compared with those without the disease of the same age.  Brain … Read more

Toll of 25,000 dementia patients died in just two months of the pandemic, figures reveal

Twice as many dementia patients died at the height of the pandemic compared with previous years, figures reveal today. More than 25,000 died in the first two months of the outbreak alone, an analysis of official data found. Although many succumbed to the virus itself, thousands of others are feared to have died from other … Read more

Toll of 25,000 dementia patients died in just two months of the pandemic, figures reveal

Twice as many dementia patients died at the height of the pandemic compared with previous years, figures reveal today. More than 25,000 died in the first two months of the outbreak alone, an analysis of official data found. Although many succumbed to the virus itself, thousands of others are feared to have died from other … Read more

The SAGE files: One in 20 Covid-19 patients is infectious after 14 days, report finds

As many as one in 20 Covid-19 hospital patients remain infectious after two weeks, according to secret advice papers published today.  SAGE scientists warned the Government on May 28 that around 5 per cent of very unwell virus patients, mostly elderly people, can infect others for up to 20 days. They said this poses a … Read more

The SAGE files: One in 20 Covid-19 patients is infectious after 14 days, report finds

As many as one in 20 Covid-19 hospital patients remain infectious after two weeks, according to secret advice papers published today.  SAGE scientists warned the Government on May 28 that around 5 per cent of very unwell virus patients, mostly elderly people, can infect others for up to 20 days. They said this poses a … Read more

Covid-19 could lead to strokes in up to six out of 10 patients hospitalised

The coronavirus may cause brain damage in as many as six in 10 critically-ill patients in hospital, a study has suggested.  British researchers looked at 125 people hospitalised with the virus at the height of the UK’s crisis in April – but they admitted the patients were selected by doctors and were likely to be … Read more

Steroid that helps severely ill coronavirus patients may be dangerous for milder cases

A steroid found to help severely ill coronavirus patients does nothing to help people with milder cases, a new study suggests. Last week, British researchers published preliminary findings showing that  dexamethasone reduced death rates among patients on ventilators and those on supplemental oxygen without ventilation. But, in the full report released this week, results showed … Read more

Half of patients given drug to stop cancer cells repairing saw tumours stop growing or disappear

Half of patients given new drug that stops cancer cells from repairing themselves saw their tumours ‘stop growing’ or ‘disappear completely’ in first clinical trial Researchers in the UK tested berzosertib on 40 patients with advanced tumours Despite being an early trial to evaluate safe dosage, results were ‘encouraging’ Berzosertib works by blocking the protein in cancer … Read more

Thirty-six people contract COVID-19 at care home that unknowingly took three infected NHS patients

Thirty-six residents test positive for coronavirus at care home that admitted three hospital patients not knowing they had the disease Cheaney Court welcomed three ‘covid-free’ hospital patients earlier this month   However, the Kettering General Hospital patients did actually have the virus  As a result, 36 people in the care home unknowingly contracted coronavirus This was … Read more