£700m investment into NHS hospitals this winter
NHS hospitals will benefit from a share of £700m to help tackle waiting lists and improve care. It will help over 785 schemes across...
Blood sugar control is key to reducing cancer risk in obesity and type 2...
Blood sugar control is important for reducing cancer risk in obesity and type 2 diabetes. Significant weight loss appears to afford protection against cancer,...
Elevated heart rate linked to increased risk of dementia
An elevated heart rate in old age could be a risk factor of dementia, according to a study at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden published...
US researchers collaborate to combat deadly Clostridium difficile superbug
A team of US biologists have conducted a novel study to attain unprecedented insights into Clostridium difficile, an incredibly virulent superbug that’s claims thousands...
Over 600 people in England to benefit from new lung cancer treatment
Osimertinib (Tagrisso) is a new lung cancer treatment that will be used for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) that has begun to spread. It...
New covid treatment cuts hospitalisation and death by 79%
The UK regulator, Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), has authorised Xevudy (sotrovimab) as a covid treatment for people at high risk of...
New study shows that nerve cells can regenerate lost heart muscle
John Hopkins Medicine researchers produced new evidence from mouse experiments that show that manipulating certain nerve cells or the genes that control them might...
New tool helps people decide how to protect themselves and others from coronavirus
A new interactive graphic developed by UK researchers and published by The BMJ will help people to decide how to protect themselves and others...
Financial incentives help pregnant women quit smoking
A new trial from France published in The BMJ has shown that pregnant women are more likely to stop smoking if financial incentives are...
Clinical trial of new Parkinson’s disease drug starts in Sweden
The first participant has been recruited to a pioneering clinical trial which is testing a new drug called NLX-112 that could be used for...
Diabetes medication that could revolutionise heart failure treatment
A diabetes medication used to treat the chronic disease is the first to help people with heart failure and could revolutionise treatments, according to...
One third of first-year university students have moderate to severe depression or anxiety
The first study of its kind has been published in the open access journal BMJ Open and suggests that around a third of first-year...
First long-acting injectable HIV treatment approved by NICE
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has approved a new HIV treatment that can be injected rather than taken orally in a...
Allergies linked to low COVID-19 infection risk
A new study published in the respiratory journal Thorax, found that individuals with allergies such as hay fever, rhinitis, and atopic eczema, may have...
Risk of type 2 diabetes higher in people with common psychiatric disorders
A new study published in Diabetologia, the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes, found that the prevalence of type 2...
The link between processed foods and the risk of second heart attacks or strokes
A new study shows that the high consumption of industrially processed foods significantly increases the risk of second heart attacks or fatal strokes in...
How poverty and family adversity impact children’s mental health
A new study by the University of Liverpool has found that persistent poverty and/or persistent poor parental mental health affects children’s mental health, with...
New report calls for UK to capitalise on potential £1.2bn medical cannabis industry
A new report by drug policy reform advocacy group Volteface has revealed the UK is missing out on a potential £1.2bn medical cannabis industry...
First new covid variant cases found in UK
Following overnight genome sequencing, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has confirmed three cases of the new covid variant, Omicron (B.1.1.529), in the UK...
€1m grant awarded to enhance research for lymphoma treatment
A substantial €1m in funding has been presented to advance lymphoma treatment, a significant milestone toward developing an effective therapy for the form of...