Health magazine: news from the media - Page 49

Lupus

New blood test detects stroke and heart attack risk in lupus patients with no CVD symptoms

19 Oct 2017

The results of a study presented at the Annual European Congress of Rheumatology (EULAR) 2017 press conference have shown that a specific biomarker detected in the blood of lupus patients with no...

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Parkinson's disease

Parkinson's breakthrough: New disease-causing mechanism found

2 Oct 2017

A new study led by scientists in South Korea and Singapore "overturns three decades of consensus" on what causes Parkinson's disease symptoms. A study recently published in the journal Neuron sheds...

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Prostate cancer

Pelvis-targeting radiotherapy safe for prostate cancer patients

28 Sep 2017

A form of radiotherapy targeting the pelvis is safe for men with advanced localised prostate cancer, according to a new study. In a trial part-funded by Cancer Research UK, patients who received the...

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UK scientists edit DNA of human embryos

22 Sep 2017

The blueprint for life - DNA - has been altered in human embryos for the first time in the UK. The team at the Francis Crick Institute are unravelling the mysteries of the earliest moments of life. Un...

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Could electrical implants replace pills for some illnesses?

22 Sep 2017

A pioneering approach to tackling a host of diseases using an electrical implant could eventually reduce or even end pill-taking for some patients, researchers have claimed. The technology relies on...

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Agoraphobia
Alexithymia
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Behavioural disorders / Mental illness
Beta-thalassemia
Bipolar disorder
Borderline personality disorder
Cardiac conduction defect syndrome
Childhood disintegrative disorder
Claustrophobia
Coffin-Lowry syndrome
Cyclothymia
Delirious flushes
Depersonalization disorder
Depression
Dissociative identity disorder
Dysmorphic disorder
Dysthymia
Frontotemporal dementia
Frontotemporal dementia with tau inclusions
Generalized anxiety disorder
Gilles de la Tourette syndrome
Hyperactivity
Hypomania
Identity Crisis
Impostor syndrome
Learning disabilities (Dys)
Lubie
Melancholy
Mitral valve disorder
Multiple Complex Developmental Disorder
Neurosis
Obsessive compulsive disorder
Panic attack
Paranoia
Pathological demand avoidance syndrome
Phobias
Post traumatic stress disorder
Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures
Psychosis
Psychotic disorder
Schizoaffective disorder
Schizotypal personality disorder
Seasonal affective disorder
Secondary Trauma
Social anxiety disorder
Stress
Tics
Trichotillomania
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Lack of NHS psyciatrists in some parts of the UK

15 Sep 2017 • 1 comment

There are not enough NHS psychiatrists in some parts of the UK and more should be recruited to improve care, says the Royal College of Psychiatrists. In Scotland, there are 10 consultant...

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Cancer

A new invention to help surgeons during operations on cancer patients

8 Sep 2017

A pen-sized device could soon help cancer surgeons tell whether the tissue they plan to cut out of a person is cancerous or healthy. It usually takes several days for pathologists to analyse a tissue...

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Adams-Stokes syndrome
Aneurysm
Angina pectoris
Angio-osteohypertrophic syndrome
Angioedema
Aortic arch interruption
Aortic dissection
Arrhythmias
Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia
Arterial hypertension
Arteriovenous malformation
Atherosclerosis
Atrial fibrillation
Attention deficit disorder with or without hyperactivity
Atypical coarctation of aorta
Brugada syndrome
Budd-Chiari syndrome
Buerger disease
CADASIL syndrome
Cardiac syndrome X
Cardiomyopathy
Cardiovascular diseases
Cardiovascular syncope
Catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia
Cerebral arteriovenous malformation
Cerebral vasculitis
Cerebrovascular accident
Chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency
Complete atrioventricular canal
Congenital heart disease
Congenital pulmonary valve stenosis
Congestive heart failure
Coronary heart disease
Criss-cross heart
Dependent personality disorder
Disorders of the heart valves
Ebstein malformation
Endocarditis
Familial isolated dilated cardiomyopathy
Familial isolated restrictive cardiomyopathy
Familial long QT syndrome
Giant cell arteritis
Heart attack / Infarction
Heart murmur
Hemorrhoid
Hereditary angioedema
Hereditary spherocytosis
Holt-Oram syndrome
Hypercholesterolemia
Idiopathic orthostatic hypotension
Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension
Low blood pressure
Mitral valve prolapse
Moyamoya disease
Myocardial infarction
Myocarditis
Non-familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Obliterative arteriopathy
Orthostatic hypertension
Other diseases
Partial atrioventricular canal
Patent ductus arteriosus
Pericarditis
Peripheral arterial disease
Peripheral artery occlusive disease
Phlebitis
Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome
Pulmonary arterial hypertension
Pulmonary embolism
Pulmonary Hypertension
Raynaud Syndrome
Rendu-Osler-Weber disease
Romano-Ward syndrome
Scimitar syndrome
Silent ischemia
Supra ventricular tachycardia
Supravalvular aortic stenosis
Takayasu arteritis
Temporal arteritis
Tetralogy of Fallot
Transient ischemic attack
Transposition of the great arteries
Tricuspid atresia
Tumours of the heart
Valvular heart disease
Varicose veins
Vasculitis
Venous thrombosis
Ventricular tachycardia
Wegener granulomatosis
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