Clare Wilson

3 days ago | inews.co.uk | Clare Wilson

There is more hope than ever for medicines that can treat and even prevent Alzheimer’s disease because of the large quantity and diversity of drugs being tested in clinical trials, experts have said. An annual report has found there are 138 substances being tested globally, which target different aspects of the disease. The number of drugs entering early-stage trials has risen from 27 last year to 48 this year.

4 days ago | inews.co.uk | Clare Wilson

Exercise is well known to bring health benefits. But it has now been found to cut deaths from cancer even when people get fit after their diagnosis – and it can have as much benefit as chemotherapy. The results come from a trial of exercise coaching in people who recently had surgery and a course of chemotherapy for an early-stage colon tumour. After eight years, 10 per cent of those in the exercise programme had died from their cancer, compared with 17 per cent in a control group.

5 days ago | msn.com | Clare Wilson

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5 days ago | inews.co.uk | Clare Wilson

The ban on disposable vapes that came in last week was meant to reduce teenage vaping and cut down on litter and pollution in one blow. But manufacturers have already designed new vapes that get around the new law, because while technically reusable, they look like disposables and are priced just as cheaply. One vape store manager, who asked to remain anonymous, told The i Paper some of his disposable customers had switched to buying reusables in advance of the ban.

5 days ago | inews.co.uk | Clare Wilson

A new study has found that regular exercise for people suffering colon cancer can have the same effect as chemotherapy and cut death rates by over a third. The results come from the CO21 Challenge trial of exercise coaching in people who had recently had surgery and a course of chemotherapy for an early-stage colon tumour. The trial involved 31,800 people at an average of 61.