Recent years have seen incredible advances in eyesight restoration. But should we approach blindness as something that needs to be ‘cured’? Comedian Tom Skelton, who started losing his sight at 21, explores. Made in partnership with UKRI (UK Research and Innovation). Source link
Fergus Walsh Medical Editor BBC Mary Catchpole is the first person to benefit from a new treatment for a rare condition affecting her family A teenager from Norfolk has become the first patient in Europe to be given a newly licensed treatment which could potentially cure her life-threatening, inherited disorder. Mary Catchpole, 19, lost her … Read more
Getty Images Ruth Clegg Health and well-being reporter It’s a condition that affects more than 10 million people in the UK. It can change futures, end careers, and shrink worlds. So when a hack comes along that says it can “cure”, or at the very least fend off a migraine, people will try it. While … Read more
Britain’s pioneering nature writer on the link between mental health and the natural world Source link
Sharon Barbour Health Correspondent, North East and Cumbria BBC Samantha Denison is at least the fourth generation of her family to have neuroferritinopathy, but her daughter has escaped it A woman who is at least the fourth generation of her family to suffer a “cruel” brain disorder, which leaves people trapped in their own bodies, … Read more
Kirthana Balachandran Kirthana Balachandran was diagnosed when she was three months old and is now studying to be a doctor The first therapy that uses gene-editing is to be offered on the NHS in a “revolutionary breakthrough” for patients. It will be used as a potential cure for the blood disorder beta thalassaemia. Stem cells … Read more
The local council says it is aware of concerns over “experimental procedures” on autistic children. Source link
Doctors at the Royal Stoke Hospital helped a 13-year-old girl with her rare liver condition. Source link
Over the past decade, their team’s research on immunotherapy, which uses the body’s immune system to attack cancer cells, has dramatically improved outcomes for advanced melanoma patients around the world. Half are now essentially cured, up from less than 10%. Source link
They studied women at the Rosie Maternity Hospital in Cambridge and found those with a genetic variant putting them at a greater risk of HG had lower levels of the hormone, while women with the blood disorder beta thalassemia, which causes very high levels of GDF15 prior to pregnancy, experienced very little nausea or vomiting. … Read more