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Relief as first UK patients fitted with app-controlled sleep apnoea microchip | Science, Climate & Tech News
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A new electronic chip could bring relief to patients with a serious disorder that stops them breathing in their sleep. Eight million people in the UK suffer from sleep apnoea. Their airway becomes obstructed, and their breathing repeatedly stops for several seconds or even minutes. But surgeons have now begun implanting a chip on a…
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Paralysed patients able to walk short distances after having electrodes implanted in their brains | Science, Climate & Tech News
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Two paralysed patients have been able to walk short distances and even climb stairs once more after being implanted with electrodes in their brains. Both had catastrophic spinal injuries that meant they relied on a wheelchair before the operation. But in a world first, surgeons used a technique called deep brain stimulation to “re-awaken” dormant…
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NHS pilots new iPhone adapter to check patients for throat cancer | UK News
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The NHS has begun trialling a new iPhone adapter which can check whether someone has throat cancer. It is hoped the device will allow thousands of patients to be given the all-clear from the disease within hours – rather than days or weeks – as well as helping to detect cases early. People suspected of…
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Surgeon removes large brain tumours through patients’ eyebrows in ‘world first’ | UK News
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A surgeon is removing brain tumours “the size of large apples” through patients’ eyebrows, in what is believed to be a world first. Consultant neurosurgeon Anastasios Giamouriadis, based in Aberdeen, has adapted an existing technique to remove the growths, leaving patients with only a small scar and black eye. The operation can be over in…
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Lecanemab: Bittersweet moment for Alzheimer’s patients – but hope of treatment is still possible | Science & Tech News
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This is a bittersweet moment for people living with Alzheimer’s disease and their families. Hopes had been high that for the first time they would have access to a treatment that could slow the decline in memory and thinking. When a pivotal clinical trial was released last year doctors hailed lecanemab as a game-changer, one…
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Gene therapy costing over £1.6m is approved for NHS patients with inherited blood disorder | UK News
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Patients in England with an inherited blood disorder are to become the first in Europe to benefit from a gene therapy costing well over one million pounds a shot. The treatment, called Casgevy, uses ‘molecular scissors’ to disable a faulty gene that causes the debilitating condition beta-thalassaemia. Currently people severely affected by the disease need…
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World’s first jab to stop skin cancer being tested in UK patients | UK News
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The world’s first personalised mRNA cancer jab for melanoma is being tested in British patients. The “gamechanger” jab also has the potential to stop bladder, lung and kidney cancer. It’s custom built for each person and tells the body to identify cancer cells and stops the disease returning. A stage-two trial found it significantly reduced…
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AI could predict patients’ future health conditions, study finds | Science & Tech News
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Artificial intelligence (AI) could be used to predict the type of health conditions a patient is likely to develop in the future, a study has found. The technology could be used to help doctors when it comes to monitoring patients or making decisions around diagnosis, researchers said. The AI tool, known as Foresight, belongs to…
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IVF: More than 100 patients at Guy’s and St Thomas’ and Jessop Fertility ‘exposed to faulty egg and embryo freezing liquid’ | UK News
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Fertility patients at two clinics in England have been exposed to a faulty egg and embryo-freezing solution that might have impaired their chances of having children, the industry regulator has said. The defective liquid was used at the Assisted Conception Unit (ACU) at Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital, in London and Jessop Fertility, in Sheffield.…
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Robots made to help elderly patients pass testing phase | Science & Tech News
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Robots said to be capable of natural conversations and understanding patient needs have been tested successfully in healthcare environments. The Spring (Socially Assistive Robots in Gerontological healthcare) units greeted patients, answered questions and gave directions during initial trials at Assistance Publique Hopitaux de Paris, in France. The robots, equipped with artificial intelligence, were also able…