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Every year, around 10,000 people will be diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in the UK. For the vast majority of those people, the diagnosis will come too late – the disease will already be too far advanced to be operated on. And surgery is the only cure.
Spotting the early warning signs of this deadly but silent cancer could help many more people survive. Fortunately, this has been the recent work of Agnieszka Lemanska and colleagues. They discovered that people with pancreatic cancer experienced dramatic weight loss two years before their diagnosis. And blood glucose levels were raised even earlier – up to three years before the diagnosis. Hopefully, these, along with other signs and symptoms, will alert doctors
to a possible early diagnosis of pancreatic cancer and save more lives.
A job in the police used to be a job for life. Not anymore. But with so few officers being offered exit interviews, the reasons for the spike in resignations are hard to fathom. Here’s what one research team found. And the Horn of Africa is experiencing drought, yet groundwater supplies are increasing. Three experts on hydrology explain why.
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Clint Witchalls
Health + Medicine Editor (UK edition)
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Agnieszka Lemanska, University of Surrey
Large new study identifies very early risk factors for pancreatic cancer.
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Jemma Tyson, University of Portsmouth; Sarah Charman, University of Portsmouth
UK police forces have a leadership problem.
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Michael Singer, Cardiff University; Katerina Michaelides, University of Bristol; Markus Adloff, Université de Berne
High intensity rain has actually increased, which is topping up underground water stores.
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Ukraine Invasion
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Michael Ben-Gad, City, University of London
Eight million Ukrainians have fled abroad since the invasion started.
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Politics + Society
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Melanie Griffiths, University of Birmingham
Short-term Home Office facilities are holding people seeking refuge in overcrowded, unsanitary conditions and for far too long. This crisis has political roots.
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Arts + Culture
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Jane Lavery, University of Southampton
Far from an extension of our secular Halloween, this Mexican celebration is a deeply religious custom with its own rituals, folklore and history.
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Business + Economy
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Katie Bailey, King's College London
We are all told to follow our calling. Here’s what happens if you pursue a more ‘sensible’ career instead.
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Julie MacLeavy, University of Bristol; David Manley, University of Bristol; Jamie Evans, University of Bristol; Katie Cross, University of Bristol
Deprived areas were by far the hardest hit.
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Fatema Z. Sumar, Harvard Kennedy School
The United States has more economic inequality than other wealthy nations.
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Education
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Saira Fitzgerald, Lancaster University
The IB has a reputation as a rigorous and global qualification.
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Environment
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Ewan Gibbs, University of Glasgow
The green movement has more to thank workers in polluting industries than you might expect.
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Claudia Wascher, Anglia Ruskin University
A first of its kind study shows greylag geese are stressed by fireworks.
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Health
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Amal Osman, Flinders University; Bastien Lechat, Flinders University; Danny Eckert, Flinders University
Snoring and sleep apnoea can cause issues such as tiredness during the day for the person snoring and their bed partner. What treatments are available?
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Science + Technology
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Lynsay Matthews, University of Birmingham
One in 20 women have PMDD – though very few may realise they have it.
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