A new non-invasive MRI scan for prostate cancer could “revolutionise” diagnosis of the disease, scientists have claimed. Men in the UK aren’t screened for prostate cancer because the existing blood test – which looks for raised levels of the protein PSA – is unreliable. Most men with raised PSA levels don’t have cancer, but must …
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Manaus, Brazil The Vatican has opened the door to the possibility of married men becoming priests in remote parts of the Amazon basin. There is currently a drastic shortage of priests in the region – which extends across the borders of nine South American countries – and ministering to such a far-flung flock poses severe …
Letter to The Guardian: “Your article on “zero heroes” ( e.g zero emission champions) was worthy but it tiptoed around the main factor causing increased global pollution: increasing human numbers. Progressives often parade their environmental concerns loudly, but are strangely silent on the question of population growth. How can we get on top of warming …
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We were on our way home from Catania airport, Sicily, on a British Airways flight. It turned out that BA had transported 18 disabled people from Gatwick airport – in wheelchairs – to Sicily, and that these same people were on our return flight. ( I hope they enjoyed themselves) Now you would think that …
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The threat posed by antibiotic resistance has finally got through to governments. 98 new formulations are being tested in animals, and nearly two-thirds attack bacteria differently from older drugs, increasing their chance of success. In May this year, the UK government will pay two companies to bring new anti-microbial drugs to market. The price of …
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