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Preterm infants do not get used to repeated pain in the way that full-term infants, children and adults do habituate to pain, finds a study at UCLH and UCL.
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Acute loss of sense of smell should be considered globally as a criterion for self-isolation, testing, and contact tracing for Covid-19 infection according to researchers at UCLH and UCL.
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Well done to everyone who ran to support UCLH in the iconic London Landmarks Half Marathon on 2 April!
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Elderly patients suffering the most common type of heart attack may benefit from more invasive treatment, new research involving UCLH has shown.
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A front page story and patient case study highlight SUMMIT Study early diagnosis outcomes.
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A pioneering breast cancer therapy developed by UCLH and UCL, which requires just one shot of radiotherapy rather than conventional weeks-long treatment, has proven to be as effective for most women in treating the disease.
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The Sickle Cell Society (SCS) and the UK Thalassaemia Society (UKTS) have worked in partnership with the NHS sickle cell and thalassaemia (SCT) screening programme to engage with communities less likely to access health information through usual NHS channels. The societies provide feedback from people that share the same population background or have experience of the condition and to feed into the programme updates and improvements.
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As World Lung Cancer Day approaches (1 August) the SUMMIT Study reports that it has made great strides in catching up with patients whose nodule follow ups were cancelled due to COVID-19.
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The UCLH@Home service is helping patients like 80-year-old Margaret Stone to continue their recovery in their own home under the care of their hospital team.
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In a major study involving UCLH a third of people who took a new drug for treating obesity lost more than one-fifth of their total body weight.
