September 8th, 2021Inclisiran, administered through twice-yearly injections, saw cholesterol levels fall by half in an Imperial College London study. Under a British NHS plan, the...
June 30th, 2021Healthcare staff in the United Kingdom should give clear and up-to-date information on e-cigarettes to people who are interested in using them to stop smoking, according...
April 1st, 2020
Italy's pressured health services has issued guidelines on the rationing of ventilators and intensive care beds, as patient demand escalates, while in the former chief...
May 29th, 2019It's increasingly popular to try to fund expensive medical treatments — or alternative therapies — by appealing online for donations. It can be a heartbreaking...
April 24th, 2019Older women are being exploited by IVF clinics “trading on hope”, the UK’s fertility watchdog has warned.
The Daily Telegraph quotes Sally Cheshire, chair of...
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...
Many patients with dangerously high cholesterol or a genetic predisposition to it don’t take statin drugs that can lower cholesterol, a US study suggests. Statins were...Neurology
A new drug for multiple sclerosis could slow the progression of symptoms of a form of the disease for which effective treatments have proved elusive, The Guardian...
October 25th, 2017The UK government has refused to hold a public inquiry into the use of vaginal mesh implants which medical experts have described as a health scandal worse than...
A systematic review finds that total knee arthroplasty (TKA) and total hip arthroplasty (THA) are cost-effective interventions, especially when not delayed, compared...
