Health

New technique identifies causes of cancer

A team of Yale-led researchers have quantified the factors causing changes in DNA that contribute most to cancer growth in tumours.

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Government urges more men to take up bowel cancer screening

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Life expectancy in poorer areas of UK drastically lower

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Air pollution exposure may cause heart attack within hour

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Around 30% of Covid-19 patients develop ‘Long Covid’, research finds

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Air pollution linked to higher risk of Covid-19 in young adults

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Small ‘good cholesterol’ particles in Alzheimer’s prevention link

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Adolescent drug overdose deaths rose exponentially during pandemic

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Analysis reveals poverty divide in UK women’s life expectancy

Analysis by the Health Foundation has revealed that life expectancy for women living in the poorest 10% of areas in England is lower than overall life expectancy in any other OECD county, except Mexico.

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Few online sexually transmitted infection test services meet national standards

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Call for evidence on Women’s Health Strategy draws 100,000 responses

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Thousands more patients to access second Covid antiviral

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NHS patients requiring fertility freezing treatments face ‘postcode lottery’

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One third of UK cancer patients diagnosed as emergencies

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Children over five at higher risk of COVID-related multisystem inflammatory syndrome

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Feature: Should healthcare professionals do more to warn their patients about the risks of air pollution?