Martin Bagot
Health and Science Editor at The Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror Health and Science Editor. Hoping one day the NHS will be put back on its feet. Loves a campaign. Stoke City fan.
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2 weeks ago |
dailyrecord.co.uk | Rachel Cronin |Martin Bagot
A 'ground-breaking' clinical trial saw patients with peanut allergies 'desensitising' themselves to the nuts. Peanut allergies can range between mild and life-threatening, and it's estimated that in the UK, about one in 50 children and one in 200 adults have a nut allergy, according to Anaphylaxis Campaign. But one man with a life-threatening nut allergy is now eating peanuts every morning after taking part in a 'ground-breaking' trial, reports The Mirror.
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2 weeks ago |
mirror.co.uk | Martin Bagot
Lab-grown blood could mean Britain no longer needs to rely on donations and could end shortages. The Government's chief scientific adviser has said unlimited blood grown from stem cells could soon be stored in huge factories around the country. Dame Angela McClean has released a report showing areas of engineering biology where Britain is pioneering new technologies, including creating compatible synthetic blood.
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2 weeks ago |
mirror.co.uk | Martin Bagot
Pharmacy closured called off after pay deal agreed in win for Mirror campaignPharmacists agree pay deal with Government and halt 'collective action' to cut opening hours and stop some services in a win for the Mirror's campaign to help save family chemistsPharmacy leaders have called off “collective action” for chemists to shut on weekends and some evenings in a major win for the Mirror.
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2 weeks ago |
mirror.co.uk | Martin Bagot
Age at which harms from drinking and smoking kick in uncovered by scientistsA 30-year study found that changing ways early by your thirties could prevent years of ill health... but researchers say it is never too late to changeThe effects of heavy drinking, smoking and not exercising enough kick in by the age of 36, scientists have found. A 30-year study found that changing our ways early in adulthood and midlife can prevent years of subsequent ill health.
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3 weeks ago |
mirror.co.uk | Martin Bagot
'Peanut allergy put me in hospital 4 times - now my life has been transformed'Richard Lassiter had been hospitalised multiple times after accidentally eating nuts but now he eats four peanuts every morning as his 'medicine"A man with a life-threatening nut allergy is now eating peanuts every morning after taking part in a "groundbreaking” trial in which he was gradually introduced to them.
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NHS universal cancer blood test could prevent up to half of cases becoming advanced if rolled out as national screening, modelling finds https://t.co/ojEZQeroce https://t.co/FGa6RrEnGl
Common contraceptive pill leaves women aged under 35 at greater risk of asthma attack https://t.co/G39BRXXVgH https://t.co/U4plxL3m7A
Surprisingly much of the furious Reform/Tory-inspired press coverage today on the NI exemption in the UK-India trade deal fails to include this crucial context, even as a RoR It's not really 'two-tier' when both countries benefit from it (Cr: @politico London Playbook) https://t.co/SpeRfLlxCC