The Danish medical cannabis pilot programme: putting the patient first
With the Danish medical cannabis pilot scheme now well underway, then Minister for Health Ellen Trane Nørby, talks about her vision for the programme.
Ellen...
New standards raise the bar for IBD care
Crohn’s & Colitis UK and IBD UK campaign to promote better care for everyone with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) – will there be a...
The European Burns Association and the world of burn care
The European Burns Association aims to encourage the co-operation of burn care throughout Europe, here we take a look into the association and what...
The next leader in cannabis cultivation across the continent of Africa
Cannabis cultivation has the potential to help Africa advance in more ways than one, and with increasing legalisation across the world, the continent may...
Hip replacement operations highlight trend of NHS privatisation
A report published by the Royal Society of Medicine highlights that NHS-funded private sector hip operations are worsening health inequality in the UK and...
The importance of gut microbiome for Type 1 diabetes risk
A new study has highlighted that children with a high risk of type 1 diabetes have a different gut microbiome to children at low...
The NHS could save millions by targeting vitamin D deficiency
Adding vitamin D to wheat flour would prevent 10 million new cases of vitamin D deficiency in England and Wales and save the NHS £65m...
The rise of measles in Europe: social media taking responsibility
A recent global rise of measles has seen a number of American states declare a state of emergency and the World Health Organisation (WHO)...
Alleviating depression: exercise and the endocannabinoid system
Beneficial links between exercise and the endocannabinoid system are coming to light thanks to new research.
Besides just the physical benefits of exercise, for centuries...
Wearable sweat sensors can detect what is in your blood
Needles could be a thing of the past with the development of new sweat sensors that can tell what is in our blood.
Medical technology...
Genes and addiction: study shows gene mutation is linked to abuse
Nature or nurture has always been the big question when it comes to addiction. Now, a researcher has discovered that there is a link...
Does medicinal cannabis actually help Australian patients?
There have been more than 7,500 approvals for medicinal cannabis in Australia since legalisation in 2016 - so why don’t we know if it...
The world of silent strokes: a common phenomenon you didn’t know about
Canadian researchers have discovered that covert or silent strokes are common in seniors after they have elective, non-cardiac surgery and double their risk of...
Decoding the human immune system with the Human Vaccines Project
Director General Dr Jerome Kim joins the Human Vaccines Project’s efforts as one of four distinguished global leaders to decode the human immune system.
Dr...
Breakthrough monkey malaria study offers cure for relapsing malaria
A breakthrough in monkey malaria research by University of Otago, New Zealand, could help scientists diagnose and treat a form of relapsing malaria.
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The need for products containing CBD: CMC announce partnership with GRS
The Centre for Medicinal Cannabis (CMC) announce partnership with Global Regulatory Services (GRS), highlighting the need for products containing CBD to be fully legal...
Starbuds cannabis coffee shop opens its doors in the UK
A cannabis coffee shop has opened its doors to customers in the UK offering people the opportunity to try their CBD infused products.
Starbuds cannabis...
Department of Health and Social Care to set up a service to deliver urgent...
As part of Brexit preparations, The Department of Health and Social Care is setting up a service to deliver urgent medicines and medical products...
Time to get acquainted with the industrial hemp revolution in Europe
Have you ever wondered about the applications and economics for industrial hemp? Here, Rob Kuvinka, manager of New Frontier Data, explores this further.
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Did you know that nanoparticle therapy can target lymph node metastases?
Reported in ACS Nano, researchers have developed a nanoparticle therapy to target lymph node metastases for destruction, before they can cause cancer at other...