UK Commits £80 Million to Accelerate Dementia Diagnosis
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The UK's national research agency is backing a plan to speed up dementia testing with up to £80 million ($105.48 million) in funding, to improve diagnosis rates and cut waiting times that can exceed a year.
A simple urine test devised by researchers at Stanford Medicine and the VA Palo Alto Health Care System can diagnose bladder cancer more accurately than current standard methods.
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Researchers at The Royal Marsden NHS Trust have found that routine whole-body MRI scans can reveal far more about multiple myeloma patient health, including likely patient outcomes, than simply showing where their cancer is.
Multiple myeloma is an incurable cancer…