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Trump Begins ‘Quarantine Process’ After Hope Hicks Gets COVID-19
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he and first lady Melania Trump are beginning a “quarantine process” as they await coronavirus test results after a top aide he spent substantial time with this week tested positive for COVID-19. Trump’s comments came after he confirmed that Hope Hicks, one his closest aides, had tested positive […]
Coronavirus: Immune clue sparks treatment hope
UK scientists are to begin testing a treatment that it is hoped could counter the effects of Covid-19 in the most seriously ill patients. It has been found those with the most severe form of the disease have extremely low numbers of an immune cell called a T-cell. T-cells clear infection from the body. The […]
7 Things Top Hairstylists Hope You’re Doing at Home
Skip to content At this point, it’s easy to admit that we’ve simply given up on trying to make our hair look presentable. At least in my case, the “throw it up in a bun and see what happens” mentality is the only solution to the overgrown, broken mess that I call my […]
Hope Solo Announces She’s Pregnant with Twins Just Months After Revealing Devastating Miscarriage
Hope Solo Announces She’s Pregnant with Twins Just Months After Revealing Devastating Miscarriage – Health Top Navigation Close Explore Health Profile Menu Follow us Close Share options Close View image Hope Solo Announces She’s Pregnant with Twins Just Months After Revealing Devastating Miscarriage this link is to an external site that may or may not […]
Immunotherapy offers hope for men with prostate cancer
A major trial of an immunotherapy drug has shown it can be effective in some men with advanced prostate cancer. The men had stopped responding to the main treatment options. Researchers found that a small proportion of men, described as “super responders”, remained well even after the trial ended, despite a very poor prognosis before […]
Caroline Wyatt: The MS research that’s offering me hope
“I don’t like to think of the future. It’s such a big question mark. I just keep living in the present.” Karine Mather was diagnosed with MS when she was 27, although she noticed the first symptoms much earlier. It started off as a mental-health issue with anxiety and depression, she remembers. Later, she noticed […]
Prostate cancer: New urine test hope
An experimental new urine test can reveal if men with early prostate cancer will probably need aggressive therapy or can be left untreated but monitored, UK researchers say. Current PSA blood tests cannot do this, meaning many men experience unnecessary worry, investigations and treatment. The prostate urine risk (PUR) test looks for genetic markers to […]
‘Living drug’ offers hope to terminal blood cancer patients
NHS patients with lymphoma have for the first time been given a pioneering treatment that genetically reprogrammes their immune system to fight cancer. Mike Simpson, 62, from Durham, says his cancer is now “on the run”. The therapy, called CAR-T, is a “living drug” that is tailor-made for each patient using their body’s own cells […]
Prostate cancer screening scan hope
Hundreds of UK men are trying out a new screening test for prostate cancer to see if it should eventually be offered routinely on the NHS. The test is a non-invasive MRI scan that takes images of the inside of the body to check for any abnormal growths. Scientists running the trial say it will […]
We both now have hope – MS sisters
Sisters Zoe Bowman and Vikki Langford were both diagnosed with multiple sclerosis within weeks of each other. But while Vikki has been able to get treatment for her form of the condition, Zoe has not. That is because Zoe has the primary progressive form of the disease for which there has been no treatment available […]
'Baby Grady' gives hope to infertile boys with cancer
Scientists say they have made a significant leap towards helping boys with cancer stay fertile, thanks to a baby monkey called Grady. Cancer treatment can damage a boy’s undeveloped testes and leaves a third of survivors infertile in adulthood. Baby Grady is the first primate born using frozen samples of testicles taken before her dad […]
Rebecca Henderson: Transplant hope for rucksack heart woman
Media playback is unsupported on your device A woman who carries an artificial heart in a rucksack after her own organ was removed because of cancer has been added to the transplant list. Rebecca Henderson, 24, has been given the green light to receive a donor heart after scans showed she has been clear of […]
Sponge offers hope of 'less toxic' chemotherapy
Scientists believe they may have found a way to make cancer chemotherapy treatment less toxic to the body. They have begun testing a tiny sponge that sits inside a vein and removes excess chemo drugs from the blood once they have attacked the target tumour. Experts say the early work, in the journal ACS Central […]