Unleashing health and prosperity throughout Britain – NHS Confederation & PPR
- A report released by NHS Confederation and Institute for Public Policy Research has shown that inequalities in healthy life expectancy are widening across the country.
- In some local authorities, people are expected to live 20 more years in good health compared to other local authorities.
China’s new blood test achieves 90% accuracy in early gastric cancer detection
- Researchers have been leveraging AI to develop a simple blood test that can help in the early detection of gastric cancer.
- This promising approach has an accuracy rate of 90%, according to the researchers.
- Gastric cancer is a global health concern, ranking as the world’s fifth most common cancer and the fourth leading cause of cancer-related deaths.
Cancer rates in men will increase by a whopping 84% over the next three decades, researchers say
- Cancer rates in men are projected to jump by 84 percent from 2022 to 2050, while cancer deaths are expected to increase by 93.2 percent over the same time frame, according to the peer-reviewed study.
- The findings were published on Monday in the American Cancer Society’s research journal, CANCER.
- This gender disparity is in part because men are exposed more often to risk factors, such as smoking and drinking alcohol, according to the study.
Quarter of women with serious ovarian cancer could get earlier diagnosis – UK study
- A quarter of women with the most deadly form of ovarian cancer could receive an earlier diagnosis if they were tested and fast-tracked for specialist care, research suggests.
- The analysis involved researchers looking at data from the Refining Ovarian Cancer Test accuracy Scores (ROCkeTS) study, which involved 24 hospitals across the UK.
- Of the 1,741 patients who had their ovarian cancer test fast-tracked, 119 were diagnosed with high grade serous ovarian cancer, one of the more deadly variations of the disease.
As a cancer care expert, my fears over my own diagnosis run deeper than just curing the disease
- Jeff Dunn shares his fears about AMR as he battles aggressive lymphoma which has severely compromised his immune system.
NHS to run seven ‘tests’ to prepare for emergencies (paywall)
- NHS England has told organisations to run seven ‘tests’ to prepare for emergencies after admitting “further work” is needed to improve the resilience of the health service.
