Power of touch: blind women helping to detect breast cancer in India Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed (non-skin) cancer worldwide. In India, it is the leading cause of death from cancer among women, but 60% of cases are diagnosed at stage three or four of the disease, resulting in a significant reduction in […]
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Antidepressants: two million taking them for 5 years or more More than a quarter of patients on antidepressants in England – about two million people – have been taking them for five years, the BBC has found. More than eight million people in England are on antidepressants, which is over 12% of the population. They […]
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Super-engineered vaccines developed which may end polio Scientists have ‘super-engineered’ polio vaccines to prevent them mutating into a dangerous form that can cause outbreaks and paralysis. Polio can spread into the nervous system, causing paralysis. Cases have fallen by more than 99% since the late 1980s and about 20 million people who would have been […]
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Applications of ChatGPT in medical practice, education and research ChatGPT, which can automatically generate written responses to queries using internet sources, soon went viral after its release at the end of 2022. Its role in medicine has been debated recently in the Clinical Medicine journal (Sedaghat, 2023) from which this blog is derived. “The performance […]
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How to live longer – be active not passive Health – and longevity – is unevenly distributed across socioeconomic status. Persons of lower income, education, or occupational status experience worse health, and die earlier than do their better-off counterparts. These disparities can be lessened by being active not passive in terms of decisions about your […]
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What? New figures reveal that England is experiencing a concerning surge in sexually transmitted infections (STIs), particularly gonorrhoea and syphilis, following a decline during the Covid-19 pandemic. In 2022, there were a staggering 82,592 cases of gonorrhoea, marking a 50% increase from the previous year. Additionally, syphilis cases rose by 15%, reaching the highest recorded […]
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How much water should I drink a day? To answer this question, you need to know three facts. Bladder volume – the human bladder volume is 300 (200-400) mls – i.e. quite small – a can of coke Frequency of urination – the average adult urinates approximately 6-7 times a day, depending on fluid intake […]
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How long do mammals urinate for? Interestingly, mammals empty their bladders on average for 21 seconds (standard deviation 13 seconds), despite a difference in bladder volume from 0.15 ml (mouse bladder) and 300 ml (human) to 18 L (elephant) and 300 L (blue whale). Oh yes, the blue whale heart is 200 kg. This is […]
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In the NHS Galleri Trial, a multi-cancer blood test has shown real promise. A blood test – called the Galleri test – for more than 50 types of cancer has shown real promise in a major NHS trial. The test correctly revealed two out of every three cancers among 5,000 people who had visited their […]
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How many skilled health professionals in the UK (and your country?) According to the latest WHO data, in the UK, there are 113 skilled health professionals per 10,000 people – doctors, nurses and other. This equates to about 1 in 100 of the population. But this number is no where near the number of all […]
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