Treating bladder cancer with short, intense radiotherapy reduces risk of disease returning

People with bladder cancer should be given a shorter, more intense course of radiotherapy, say researchers, as it lowers the risk of the disease returning by 29 per cent. Researchers at The Institute of Cancer Research and the University of Manchester analysed data from two previous clinical trials on radiotherapy treatments. They found that giving … Read more

Delilah Belle Hamlin asks her followers for advice on treating her ‘SIBO or IBS flare up’

Delilah Belle Hamlin asks her followers for advice on treating her ‘SIBO or IBS flare up’: ‘I don’t know how to make my tummy feel better!’ By Dailymail.com Reporter Published: 03:26 GMT, 19 January 2021 | Updated: 03:26 GMT, 19 January 2021 She’s one of Lisa Rinna’s two luminous and beautiful young daughters. But Delilah … Read more

Health: ‘Tantalising’ new method of treating cancer by dietary changes uncovered in mouse study 

‘Tantalising’ new method of treating cancer by removing amino acid found in meat, fish and eggs from patient’s diets is uncovered in mouse study Serine is a protein building block that cancer cells require in extra amounts Lowering levels of the amino acid thus has the potential to inhibit tumour growth Many cancer cells, however, a … Read more

STEPHEN GLOVER: Pangolin barbs from Boris Johnson won’t stop China treating us with scorn 

At the turn of the 20th century, the question that most preoccupied British policymakers was: What do we do about Germany? The answer turned out to be two world wars, the collapse of British power and the rise of two new superpowers — the Soviet Union and the United States. The German problem was eventually … Read more

NHS hospitals are treating less than HALF the cancer patients they usually would

NHS hospitals are treating less than HALF the cancer patients they usually would as coronavirus surge overwhelms hospitals Around 10,000 fewer non-Covid patients in hospitals compared with December Three times as many frontline health workers are off sick compared to last year More than 3,800 cancer patients have been waiting over 62 days for treatment   … Read more

Coronavirus UK: NHS hospitals treating MORE patients than in spring

Two thirds of hospitals currently have more Covid patients than they did on England’s worst day in April last year when the pandemic first exploded, official figures show as Number 10 last night shifted back to another national lockdown to ‘protect the NHS’. There were a record 26,000 infected patients in hospital beds across England … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Two thirds of NHS hospitals now treating MORE Covid patients than in the spring

Two thirds of NHS hospitals currently have more Covid patients than they did on England’s worst day in April last year when the pandemic first exploded, official figures show as the Government last night shifted back to a total national lockdown to ‘protect the NHS’. There were a record 26,000 infected patients taking up hospital … Read more

JOHN HUMPHRYS: Why is Boris Johnson treating us like children? 

Well, that’s scuppered my plans for Christmas. I knew there would be a limit to the number of people I could invite, so I came up with the ripping wheeze of inviting the virus instead of the relatives. All of it. No problem with the seating plan. Some scientists have calculated that the amount of … Read more

Tyson Fury defends treating his wife Paris to lavish designer presents for their 12th anniversary

Tyson Fury posted a passionate Instagram comment defending his lavish lifestyle on Sunday. The boxer was celebrating his 12th wedding anniversary with wife Paris, who took to her Instagram account to show off the designer presents Tyson had bought her. After one fan branded the gift haul ‘tasteless’, Tyson added a comment on his wife’s … Read more

DR MICHAEL MOSLEY: Why won’t the NHS tell you the secret to treating diabetes?

Eight years ago I managed to beat type 2 diabetes by going on my 5:2 diet (cutting my calories two days a week) and losing weight — 9kg to be precise.  Since then I’ve become something of a broken record on the importance of shedding body fat to improve your blood sugar levels. So I … Read more