NHS rolls out lifesaving home testing for bowel cancer to over 50s
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More people will be sent a home-testing kit that can help to detect signs of bowel cancer, as the NHS expands its screening programme to those aged 50 in England. Finding cancer early makes it more treatable.
Currently more than 50 per cent of women are diagnosed with ovarian cancer at an advanced stage when fewer treatment options are available. A specialist medical tampon could be used to help diagnose ovarian cancer earlier, researchers believe.
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A clinical trial into puberty blockers for children has been paused after the medicines regulator warned it should have a minimum age limit of 14 because of the “unquantified risk” of “long-term biological harms”.
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