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Far-reaching consequences: the importance of recognising blood clot risks
Posted: 19/03/2025
Blood clots can be extremely dangerous to a person’s health, but the risk of them developing can be minimised and they are reasonably straightforward to treat when they are diagnosed early enough. Clinically known as a thrombus, a blood clot can develop in a vein deep in the body and is then called a deep vein thrombosis (DVT). The clot forms......>>
Prostate cancer – the importance of screening and early detection
Posted: 14/02/2025
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men with more than 52,000 men being diagnosed every year. Indeed, one in eight men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime and around 490,000 men are living with and after prostate cancer. However, there is no national screening programme for the disease in the UK......>>
Carotid artery dissections: symptoms, diagnosis and securing compensation for negligent treatment
Posted: 07/02/2025
Carotid artery dissections can occur following a neck injury or trauma, but equally after something as simple as coughing strenuously or taking a long phone call with your neck stretched in an awkward position. Penningtons Manches Cooper clinical negligence partner Alison Johnson examines the potential consequences if a medical......>>
How life can change in a heartbeat – when aortic dissections strike without warning
Posted: 06/11/2024
Four thousand people suffer aortic dissection in the UK each year and only 50% of them survive. Aortic dissection is a life-threatening condition that occurs when the inner layer of the aorta, the body's main artery, tears. Blood rushes through the tear, splitting the inner and middle layers of the aorta, which is known as a dissection. Aortic......>>
How dangerous are venous blood clots and how can they be avoided?
Posted: 29/10/2024
Put simply, blood clots can be fatal. It is estimated that approximately 30,000 deaths occur in the UK each year from people suffering fatal blood clots in the veins, the medical term for which is venous thromboembolism (VTE). Venous thrombosis is the blockage of a vein caused by a thrombus. A common form of venous thrombosis is deep vein......>>
Bone cancer awareness: enhancing understanding to help save lives
Posted: 21/10/2024
Over 70% of primary bone cancer cases are initially misdiagnosed, according to statistics provided by the Bone Cancer Research Trust. Only by continuing to improve awareness of the signs and symptoms of this disease - amongst both the general public and the medical profession - can these alarming statistics be addressed. Primary bone cancer is......>>
Sepsis: the importance of rapid treatment in the ‘golden hour’
Posted: 04/07/2024
A student who died in hospital after her sepsis infection went unnoticed ‘wasn't listened to in screams of pain’, according to media reports, which stated that Maddy Lawrence, 20 years old, was playing rugby when she was injured after being tackled. She dislocated her hip and was taken to Southmead Hospital in Bristol, but died just over......>>
The pelvic mesh health scandal – new redress scheme for patients proposed
Posted: 06/03/2024
Many women experience stress incontinence following childbirth, which is bladder leakage caused either by impact activities, or simply from coughing or sneezing. One in five feel it negatively affects their lives to the point of considering surgery for vaginal mesh (also known as pelvic mesh) implants. Likewise, up to half of women who......>>
World Hearing Day 2024: managing the challenges of sudden sensorineural hearing loss
Posted: 29/02/2024
World Hearing Day, which falls on Sunday 3 March 2024, is a globally recognised annual event. Organised by the World Health Organization (WHO), it aims to raise awareness about hearing loss and promote ear and hearing care worldwide. The theme for this year is ’Changing mindsets: Let’s make ear and hearing care a reality for all!’ As part of......>>
The risks of failing to diagnose bowel cancer
Posted: 14/02/2024
Bowel cancer, or colorectal cancer, is the fourth most common cancer in the UK, with about 43,000 people diagnosed every year according to Bowel Cancer UK. The bowel is part of the digestive system, made up of the small bowel and large bowel. Your colon and rectum make up the large bowel. Bowel cancer typically affects the large bowel......>>

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