Cancer survivor left bald after treatment charts recovery with moving day-by-day photo diary of hair re-growing
A brave hairdresser photographed her hair growing day by day for nearly a year after chemotherapy for breast cancer left her bald.
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A quarter of young women are embarrassed to have cervical cancer smear tests
Almost half of women aged 25-29 years old put off their screening, and on average delay it for 15 months, according to research by Censuswide for charity Jos Cervical Cancer Trust.
Man’s best friend just got better: Dogs can predict and understand human behaviour better than ever, and future generations may not need training
A study by the University of Abertay in Dundee found that a dogs understanding of our minds is increasingly instinctive, as is the ability to predict the desires and reactions of its human pack leader.
Predicting time from Alzheimer’s onset to nursing home, death
A Columbia University Medical Center-led research team has clinically validated a new method for predicting time to full-time care, nursing home residence, or death for patients with Alzheimer’s disease.
Tenth of doctor visits by sufferers of loneliness
UP TO one in ten patients visiting doctors surgeries may be there because they are lonely rather than physically unwell, research suggests.
‘I left upset I was not providing the care I needed to’
FOR The Herald’s NHS Time for Action series Helen Puttick, health correspondent, has spoken to nurses and collected views from around the country.
Scientists discover new drug that can stop memory loss in Alzheimers
A new class of experimental drug-like small molecules is showing great promise in targeting a brain enzyme to prevent early memory loss in Alzheimers disease, scientists claim.
A Question of Kindness: A special report on nursing in the UK
The Royal College of Nursing believes nurses are burdened with too much paperwork and targets.
Can anti-smoking tactics solve obesity crisis?
New guidelines from the National Obesity Forum suggest using “harder hitting” anti-obesity campaigns, akin to anti-tobacco campaigns, in the UK.
20% of NHS work does no good, says Welsh minister
Up to a fifth of the NHS’s work does not benefit patients and could cause harm, the health minister has said.