Lee Charlie/Shutterstock.com An AI system trained on photographs of the face and tongue correctly identified every patient with coronary heart disease (CHD) in a small test, according to a new study from China. The researchers recruited 518 people: 200 with diagnosed CHD and 318 healthy volunteers. Each had their faceContinue Reading
Measles causes a distinctive rash that usually begins on the face before spreading across the body. Falling vaccination rates have contributed to its resurgence. phichet chaiyabin/Shutterstock Three measles-related deaths have been reported in England in 2026. One child died from an acute infection, another from the long-term effects of measles,Continue Reading
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PeopleImages/Shutterstock.com In what looked like a return to the dark days of Reefer Madness – a 1936 film that portrayed cannabis as a drug that could drive people to madness and murder – a recent article in the Daily Telegraph claimed that cannabis users are “twice as likely to beContinue Reading
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Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Membership today. Join today Already a member? Log in A world-leading NHS lab has launched in the UK to improve personalised testing and treatments for cancer patients. The Royal Marsden Centre for Cancer GenomicsContinue Reading
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Studio Romantic/Shutterstock.com Data from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) shows more flu activity in September than in the same month of the past four years. However, flu is still circulating at relatively low levels in the community. If cases continue to rise over the coming weeks, this would suggestContinue Reading
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