देश के कई राज्यों में लगातार बढ़ रहे कोरोना वायरस के केस, गुजरात में 183, महाराष्ट्र में 86 नए मरीज

देश के कई राज्यों में लगातार बढ़ रहे कोरोना वायरस के केस, गुजरात में 183, महाराष्ट्र में 86 नए मरीज

देशभर में एक बार फिर से कोरोना संक्रमण के मामले धीरे-धीरे बढ़ने लगे हैं. कई राज्यों में एक्टिव केस की संख्या में बढ़ोतरी देखी जा रही है. स्वास्थ्य विभाग द्वारा जारी ताजा आंकड़ों के अनुसार, हरियाणा, गुजरात, महाराष्ट्र, उत्तराखंड और पश्चिम बंगाल समेत कई राज्यों में नए मरीज सामने आए हैं. हरियाणा में इस समय … Read more

Kara Tointon has double mastectomy after cancer gene test

Kara Tointon has double mastectomy after cancer gene test

Former EastEnders actress Kara Tointon has revealed she has undergone a double mastectomy following a gene test. The 41-year-old, also known for her work in dramas including The Teacher and Mr Selfridge, revealed that tests showed she carried the BRCA gene – which can put her at very high risk of cancer. Tointon, from Basildon … Read more

New rapid brain tumour test a ‘game changer’, say experts

New rapid brain tumour test a ‘game changer’, say experts

Rob Sissons BBC News, Nottingham Dan Martin BBC News, East Midlands BBC Consultant neurosurgeon Stuart Smith said the test could assist “surgical strategy” A new test has been developed that reduces the time it takes to diagnose types of brain tumours from weeks to just hours, researchers say. Surgeons have described the “ultra-rapid” method of … Read more

Hepatitis C test: GPs to help NHS find more infected blood victims

Hepatitis C test: GPs to help NHS find more infected blood victims

GPs in England are to help the NHS find more undiagnosed patients affected by the contaminated blood scandal. It is thought thousands of people could have been exposed to the hepatitis C virus through contaminated blood transfusions in the 1970s, 80s and 90s; part of a scandal which affected more than 30,000 people in the … Read more

Matt Hancock ignored call to test all NHS staff, Covid inquiry hears

Matt Hancock ignored call to test all NHS staff, Covid inquiry hears

Getty Images The government ignored an early warning by two Nobel prize-winning scientists that all healthcare workers should be routinely tested for coronavirus in the pandemic, the Covid inquiry has heard. The advice came in a strongly-worded letter sent in April 2020 by the chief executive of the Francis Crick Institute, Sir Paul Nurse, and … Read more

Metagenomics test saves woman’s sight after mystery infection

Metagenomics test saves woman’s sight after mystery infection

Fergus Walsh Medical editor BBC Dr Ellie Irwin’s sight has been saved after a test pinpointed the cause of her long-lasting eye inflammation A 29-year-old doctor from Bristol has had her eyesight saved after a “game-changing” test identified a mystery infection that had plagued her health for five years. Ellie Irwin suffered persistent inflammation in … Read more

Blood test firm blamed by GPs for ‘catalogue of disasters’

Blood test firm blamed by GPs for ‘catalogue of disasters’

Ashley John-Baptiste BBC News Investigations Getty Images Blood test results have been leading to misdiagnoses and unnecessary hospital referrals, GPs have told the BBC An NHS provider that won a £2bn contract to deliver blood-testing services for hospitals and GPs is failing to deliver reliable results, according to medical professionals. Synnovis, a public-private partnership between … Read more