Purple Alert for pancreatic cancer

Over a third of adults in the UK would not be worried if they had a few of the potential symptoms of pancreatic cancer, according to survey results released by Pancreatic Cancer UK today, the first day of its Purple Alert campaign to mark pancreatic cancer awareness month. The charity is concerned this could mean that […]

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Epilepsy & Seizure Disorder

  What is Epilepsy? Epilepsy is a condition characterized by recurrent and unpredictable seizures. Seizures are characterized by groups of neurons being activated simultaneously, leading to both outward symptoms like muscle jerking and convulsions, as well as inward symptoms like abnormal sensations. Video by Osmosis Health and Medicine. #epilepsyday […]

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Missing early signs of heart attack

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Heart attack symptoms may have been missed in one in six heart attack patients admitted to hospital in England who later died, according to a new study published in The Lancet Public Health. The authors, from Imperial College London, say more research is urgently needed to establish whether it is possible to predict the risk […]

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Multiple sclerosis treatment ‘resets’ immune system

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A type of treatment for multiple sclerosis that ‘resets’ the immune system may stop progression of the disease in nearly half of patients. In a new study, led by Imperial College London, the treatment prevented symptoms of severe disease from worsening for five years, in 46 per cent of patients. However, as the treatment involves […]

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