New antibiotic on the horizon to combat drug resistance
Today, more and more bacterial pathogens of infectious diseases are becoming resistant to customary antibiotics.
A new discovery, from an international team of researchers, with...
Lack of sleep in disadvantaged people could be linked to heart disease
Socieconomically disadvantaged groups are more likely to have poor sleep due to life factors such as financial worry or working multiple jobs.
A new study,...
Kannabeira: standardised pharmaceutical grade cannabis and derivatives
Don’t you think health agencies and regulatory bodies could access better data if pharmaceutical grade cannabis medicines were standardised everywhere?
Kannabeira explain how their collaboration...
EESC warns Artificial Intelligence must benefit everybody
The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) is adopting a firm stance on Artificial Intelligence.
The EESC has insisted that Artificial Intelligence must benefit everyone...
Standardised cannabis: Excellence within Portugal and beyond
KANNABEIRA® is a project and a registered trademark under the company Green Donation, Ltd. for the production R&D of pharmaceutical grade standardised cannabis.
Here the...
EIT Health, TeiaCare and €1.1m in funding for pioneering digital monitoring technology
With the help of EIT Health Investor Network, TeiaCare raises €1.1m in funding for pioneering digital monitoring technology.
Italian start-up TeiaCare announced today that they...
Health Foundation delivers UK general election briefing on nation’s health
People in the UK today are living longer than ever before, however, there remains huge difference in longevity and quality of life between people...
Investigating the effectiveness of a new cosmetic treatment for melasma
Treatment for melasma has been difficult to achieve due to extended treatment periods and inconsistent results, here researchers explore this dermatological pathology further.
Published in...
Prototype microscope teaches itself settings for diagnosing malaria
Engineers at Duke University have developed a microscope that has taught itself the optimal settings needed to complete a given diagnostic task.
In the initial...
Greenheart CBD: a different kind of green crop grows in Ireland
Presenting Greenheart CBD – a company about to embark on a journey in an industry that is exploding.
In the heart of rural Ireland, as...
Fill That Gap supports community health workers in Lebanon
Sharing experiences from the frontline, Fill That Gap highlight the community health workers and vulnerable populations in Lebanon.
Fill That Gap is a not for...
The only alternative to antibiotics for animals is disease prevention
Dr Olivier Espeisse, of AnimalhealthEurope, discusses how the alternative to antibiotics for animals is prevention of disease.
Tackling drug resistance is often treated like the...
Is diagnosing cancer with a urine test a possibility?
Feeling anxious around needles is common – the NHS estimates that around 1 in 10 people have a fear of medical procedures that involve needles or...
Looking to the future: 25 years of Regions for Health Network
From its launch in 1993 to the present day, the Regions for Health Network (RHN) has worked towards ensuring that no one is left...
UCLA awarded $3.5m grant to study pain relief and cannabis
The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), has been awarded a grant of $3.5m (~€3.16m) from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
The grant will...
Urban green spaces: exposure to greenery can prevent premature deaths
The largest ever study to look at urban green spaces has outlined how green areas can impact mortality.
According to a systematic review and meta-analysis...
Britain’s treatment of asylum seekers hits the disabled hardest
The Immigration Advice Service talks us through how the global refugee crisis is weighted against those with physical and mental disabilities.
The last decade has...
Clinical trials will look at using psilocybin to treat depression
A new wave of scientific research into psilocybin has opened up new avenues for treating depression.
King’s College London's Psychedelic Trials Group at the Centre...
Cannabis lowers odds of illicit opioid use in chronic pain patients
Canada and America are currently experiencing an opioid crisis – with two million people suffering with an opioid disorder and more than 130 opioid...
World-first: new 4D printing technique has biomedical applications
A group of researchers have made a world-first discovery that can be used for biomedical applications.
Delivering cancer drugs more efficiently and tissue engineering are...