Radio Hauraki hosts Jeremy Wells and Matt Heath will next week broadcast a morning show from the Empire Tavern toilets to raise funds for Bowel Cancer New Zealand. Photo / Jason Oxenham The Radio Hauraki team is putting the “pub” in a public toilet this Wednesday with hosts broadcasting for...
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Professor Rick Body, Group Director of Research and Innovation at MFT, said: “We are delighted to receive this funding and very proud to deliver this important research at MFT. Early diagnosis of cancer provides the best chance for successful treatment, which is why implementing this innovative test is so important....
Researchers led by Dr Luke Clifton at the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) ISIS Neutron and Muon Source (ISIS) in Oxfordshire and including partners from the University of Umea and European Spallation Source in Sweden, have been able to characterise the molecular mechanism of the early stages of programmed...
Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma patients to benefit from new medicine Polivy NHS patients being treated for an aggressive type of blood cancer will now benefit from a potent drug that can slash the risk of their disease returning. Experts say that the medicine, called Polivy, could drastically improve survival rates for...
A novel intervention that blends individualized care, mindfulness, and a tapering plan is more successful than usual care in helping patients discontinue opioids for chronic pain, new research shows. As part of the multisite Improving the Wellbeing of People with Opioid Treated Chronic Pain (I-WOTCH) study, 30% of participants in...
The 41-year-old mother-of-two with incurable breast cancer, running to give hope to others facing an uncertain future. The woman racing to boost funding for pancreatic cancer research – the disease that killed her mum on the day of her wedding. And the three siblings who, astonishingly, have had their stomachs...
When John Mestas’ ancestors moved to Colorado over 100 years ago to raise sheep in the San Luis Valley, they “hit paradise,” he said. “There was so much water, they thought it would never end,” Mestas said of the agricultural region at the headwaters of the Rio Grande. Now decades...
Acclaimed novelist Martin Amis, known for his provocative works including the London trilogy, has died at the age of 73. His wife, Isabel Fonseca, confirmed that Amis passed away at his home in Florida after a courageous battle with oesophageal cancer. Throughout his illustrious career, Amis published 15 novels, receiving...