A simple arthritis drug could be an effective, low cost solution to treat patients with blood cancers such as polycythemia vera and essential thrombocythemia), a...
September 11th, 2019Using MRI scans to target biopsies is more effective at detecting prostate cancers that are likely to need treatment than standard ultrasound guided biopsies alone....
May 1st, 2019People who eat red and processed meat within department of health guidelines are still at increased risk of bowel cancer, according to a study by Cancer Research UK and...
March 13th, 2019Claims by a group of Kenyan doctors against ‘apartheid-style’discrimination by the Kenya Medical Research Institute have been rejected by the country’s Court of...
March 6th, 2019
Rebecca Henderson, who carried an artificial heart in a rucksack after her own was removed, has died from transplant complications. BBC News reports that Henderson,...
November 7th, 2018Butter is back. Saturated fat is good for you. Cholesterol is not the cause of heart disease. By far the greatest threat to our hearts and vascular systems comes from...
Group cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) could be the best choice of psychotherapy for anxiety disorders in children and adolescents, according to a network...Weekly Roundup
The UK’s Ethical Medicines Industry Group (EMIG) has written to the health secretary in England, Matt Hancock, urging the minister to "make financial support available...International
Surgical interventions with vaginal mesh should be offered as a last resort, according to new UK draft guidelines, while the Australian government has, meanwhile, issued...
September 19th, 2018Two innovations to the Apple Watch – automatically calling emergency services after a fall and an alert if its electrocardiogram detects heart rhythm changes – have...
