Some people with profound and multiple learning disabilities will die earlier or suffer lifelong problems because care they needed was interrupted during the pandemic, an inquiry has heard. The Scottish
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The use of chemotherapy and radiotherapy in the UK lags behind comparable countries and people wait too long for treatment, research has found. Two new studies part-funded by Cancer Research
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The parents of a disabled four-year-old have had a “lovely” start to the week after receiving a £5,000 donation from actor Michael Sheen to adapt their home. Aaron and Charlotte
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Parkinson’s sufferers are struggling to afford the basics as they face a benefits system that is failing them due to not enough understanding of the condition, a charity has said.
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Cancer patients living on Scottish islands were more likely to die within a year of diagnosis than those on the mainland, according to a study. The research, which looked at
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Medicine shortages have increased and are “around double what they were a year ago”, it has been claimed. Speaking to the Health and Social Care Committee on Monday, Mark Samuels,
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A wearable drug pump that delivers medication to Parkinson’s patients 24 hours a day to better manage their symptoms is being rolled out on the NHS later this month. The
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A blood test that looks for changes in certain proteins could predict dementia up to 15 years before diagnosis, research suggests. Scientists have identified 11 proteins that they say are
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The King has been diagnosed with a form of cancer, Buckingham Palace has announced. The Palace confirmed the disease, which is not prostate cancer, was discovered while the King was
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Charity leaders are set to meet with the Government to discuss a shortage in the supply of the only licenced medicine that treats degenerative condition motor neurone disease (MND), with
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