DOCTOR’S NOTES
■ DEATHS from liver cancer have increased by around 50% in the past decade, an analysis of mortality data by Cancer Research UK showed.
Around 5,700 such deaths occurred in 2017 in the UK, the highest yearly number ever recorded. This compared with 3,200 deaths in 2007.
The charity attributed the trend to a 60% rise in the number of people having liver cancer diagnosed in the past decade and to increases in obesity, diabetes and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.
New treatments and better prevention could help tackle the trend, it said.
■ NEARLY half of adults over 75 may be dehydrated, increasing their risk of health problems.
Patients hospitalised with a stroke while low on fluids are more than twice as likely to suffer impairments later.
People might need to train themselves to drink water, rather than waiting for a thirst, Medical News Today reports.