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  1. J

    New here, need help for my mum

    Hi everyone, I hope you're in good health and well. I need help and advice in how I can help my mum. She's 80 and has had Type 2 since 1998 as well as chronic arthritis and the pain that comes with that. When she feels arthritis pain, that increases her blood glucose levels. She describes the...
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  2. Northerner

    Hundreds more surviving heart failure in hospital, study shows

    Hundreds more people are surviving heart failure through better treatment after being admitted to hospital in England and Wales, a study suggests. The National Heart Failure Audit found that 8.9% of patients had died in 2015-16, down from 9.6% the previous year, saving around 500 lives...
  3. Northerner

    Balloon 'last chance treatment' for heart failure

    Scientists have used a pioneering balloon technique as a "last chance" treatment to help a patient with severe heart failure. Richard Reach, 59, had the balloon device implanted to close off a leaky heart valve, after he was told he was too unwell to have open heart surgery. Doctors at King's...
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