Doctors have launched a clinical trial of a £100 blood test for Alzheimer’s disease in the hope of transforming diagnosis of the devastating condition in the NHS. More than 1,000 patients with suspected dementia are being recruited from memory clinics across the UK to see whether the test leads to faster and more reliable diagnoses and better care for those …
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‘Holy grail’ weight loss pill moves closer to NHS after staggering human trial results
Weight loss drugs seem to be on the up and up at the moment, with all sorts of options available and plenty of people giving them a try. Mounjaro and Wegovy are the two biggest ones out there at the moment, at least among those actually approved for the purposes of weight loss, and they’re both available on the NHS …
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BBC Tom Parker, 37, broke his leg in a fishing accident three miles off the Devon coast Tom Parker was working alone three miles (4.8km) off the Devon coast when his fishing boat hit a wave and lurched to one side. “I was pulling one of the ropes and I slipped and fell,” he says. “I had this really, really …
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