Similar Posts
Life-changing eye implant helps blind patients read again
Fergus WalshMedical editor Sheila Irvine, who is registered blind, punches the air with joy at being able to read again A group of blind patients can now read again after being fitted with a life-changing implant at the back of the eye. A surgeon who inserted the microchips in five patients at Moorfields Eye Hospital…
UK scientists developing Ebola vaccine that could be ready for trials in months
“It is possible that doses of that could be available for clinical trial in two to three months, but there is a lot of uncertainty,” a spokesman added, saying it would depend on animal trials as to whether it could be considered “a promising candidate research vaccine” for Bundibugyo.
NHS health checks to include questions about the menopause
Nick TriggleHealth correspondent Getty Images Health checks would include asking women about menopause symptoms, though exact questions have yet to be decided Menopause screening is to be officially incorporated into NHS health checks in England for the first time. Women getting the checks – offered to adults aged 40 to 74 every five years –…
