HEALTH NOTES: Hidden wave of sleep paralysis is caused by pandemic stress, experts claim

Sleep paralysis could be far more common than previously thought. A number of British sleep experts warned that the pandemic was triggering a rise in those suffering insomnia Kidney patients lack home care Almost half of cancer patients don’t access vital support services such as psychological therapy and free taxis to hospital appointments, because they don’t know about them, a survey has found. Fund chairman Jonathan Dimbleby said: ‘After cancer treatment, you almost always need support.’ NHS doctors will use artificial intelligence to spot the early signs of bowel cancer in a UK trial. NHS doctors will use artificial intelligence to spot the early signs of bowel cancer in a UK trial Thousands of Britons with kidney failure are being denied the chance to have lifesaving treatment at home, according to a report. Patient advocate Maddy Warren, who co-wrote the report for medical company Quanta Dialysis, says: ‘Relying on hospital dialysis can prevent people from getting a job, seeing family and enjoying life.’