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Posted onJames GallagherHealth and science correspondent Monty Rakusen/Getty The brain goes through five distinct phases in life, with key turning points at ages nine, 32, 66 and 83, scientists have revealed. Around 4,000 people up to the age of 90 had scans to reveal the connections between their brain cells. Researchers at the University of Cambridge…
Doctor strike during flu outbreak would be beyond belief, says Starmer
Posted onEPA Sir Keir Starmer has urged resident doctors not to go ahead with “reckless” strikes planned for next week, saying it is “beyond belief” they could take place during a flu outbreak. The prime minister said the NHS is in its “most precarious moment” since the coronavirus pandemic due to soaring flu cases across the…
Robert Kennedy Jr: Could he really revolutionise US healthcare?
Posted onBBC Listen to Jim read this article There’s a saying that Robert F Kennedy Jr is very fond of. He used it on the day he was confirmed as US health secretary. “A healthy person has a thousand dreams, a sick person only has one,” he said as he stood in the Oval Office. “60%…
Wes Streeting admits NHS falling short on autism and ADHD
Posted onThe Health Secretary has admitted the NHS is “falling short” on meeting demand for adult autism and ADHD diagnosis. Speaking to BBC Radio Oxford, he was responding to a question about adult referrals having been paused in Oxfordshire since 2024. But he said it was a national issue that he was “very worried about”. When…
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital uses augmented reality before endometriosis surgery
Posted onThe hospital is using augmented reality, a technology that overlays digital images onto the real world, during pre-surgical consultations to let patients view anatomically precise 3D models through a headset and see what might be happening inside their bodies.
Huntington’s disease successfully treated for first time
Posted onJames GallagherHealth and science correspondent BBC/Fergus Walsh Professors Ed Wild and Sarah Tabrizi led the UK part of the trial One of the cruellest and most devastating diseases – Huntington’s – has been successfully treated for the first time, say doctors. The disease runs through families, relentlessly kills brain cells and resembles a combination of…
