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Voice-activated mobile phone app accurately detects COVID-19
A mobile phone app can detect COVID-19 infection in people’s voices, global respiratory experts will hear today. Read more
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Ecstasy and psychotherapy combined for PTSD
Magic mushrooms and ecstasy show the most promise when it comes to helping people with post-traumatic stress disorder, a new review has suggested. Read more
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UK fuel poverty ‘humanitarian crisis’ – health expert
Fuel poverty in the UK will lead to a “significant humanitarian crisis with thousands of lives lost and millions of children’s development blighted”, the latest Marmot review warns today. Read more
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Basic hygiene services lacking worldwide
Health workers and patients around the world are at risk from an absence of basic hygiene in many hospitals and clinics, according to a new report. Read more
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Polypill shows promise after infarction
A polypill has successfully been used to provide drug treatments after adverse cardiovascular events, a conference has heard. Read more
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Gene variants reveal susceptibility to Crohn’s disease
Variants in ten genes that increase an individual’s susceptibility to Crohn’s disease have been identified for the first time, thanks the largest study to date on the subject, it was announced last night. Read more
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Statin users should ‘continue’ with the therapy
Stopping statin treatment early could substantially reduce lifetime protection against heart disease because most of the benefit occurs late in life, a major conference is to hear. Read more
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Scientists unveil synthetic embryo
A synthetic embryo, created in a British laboratory, has a beating heart and the foundations of a brain, scientists have announced. Read more
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Ukrainian health services shaken but continue
The health system in Ukraine has not collapsed although attacks on it continue “unabated”, the World Health Organization has reported. Read more
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Blood test potential to diagnose early aggressive lung cancer
A simple blood test could help to diagnose and characterise the most aggressive form of lung cancer, scientists have revealed. Read more