Customised resistance exercise is a factor for success with fibromyalgia
The correct support and individually adjusted resistance exercises have been found to produce considerable health improvements in female patients with fibromyalgia, according to research...
Type 1 diabetes in children: everything you need to know
Type 1 diabetes in children is an ever-growing issue, so in this Diabetes Week, we take a look into the facts and figures behind...
First of its kind AST-VAC2 vaccine gets tested to treat lung cancer
In a collaboration agreement between Cancer Research UK (CRUK) and Asterias, a first of its kind vaccine, AST-VAC2, has entered into a phase I...
Immune system remains damaged despite cured hepatitis C infection
The immune system remains changed for many years, even after a hepatitis C infection heals, according to a new study by Karolinska Institutet, Sweden,...
New 2018 European guidelines for treatment of arterial hypertension
A first look at the new European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and European Society of Hypertension (ESH) Joint Guidelines for the Management of Arterial...
Over half of diabetes patients are treated for mental health
A new study from a leading mental health provider reports that over half of the people living with diabetes in the UK have been...
STOP-CP in children – Stem cell Treatment Of Perinatal Cerebral Palsy using cord blood
Arne Jensen, CEO of BrainRepair UG and head of the Campus Clinic Gynaecology Bochum, Germany, outlines the motivation behind STOP-CP!: Stem cell Treatment Of...
Loneliness found to be strong predictor of premature death
Loneliness is bad for the heart and a strong predictor of premature death, a new study presented at EuroHeartCare 2018 suggests.
Loneliness and social isolation...
Antibodies work together to enhance immune system against malaria
A recent study has discovered a previously unnoticed characteristic of antibodies against the malaria parasite that improves immune system response, aiding scientists in developing...
Minimally invasive tissue sampling part of new global surveillance alliance
A new technique known as minimally invasive tissue sampling (MITS), developed by ISGlobal, will form part of a new global surveillance alliance which will...
Ex-smokers are advised to use high-nicotine e-cigarettes
Those who wish to quit smoking are better off having high-nicotine e-cigarettes as it reduces the risk of exposure to toxins in the vapour,...
Could time in education increase your risk of short-sightedness?
Being in full-time education for longer periods of time could make you more susceptible to developing short-sightedness (myopia), according to a new study published...
England one of worst countries for survival rates for breast cancer
Older women with breast cancer in England are less likely to survive the disease than four other European countries (Poland, Belgium, Ireland and the...
Kidney cancers found stealing other cells to spread around the body
A new study has identified how kidney cancers develop the ability to spread around the body by stealing genes from other cell types, therefore...
Triggers of acute heart failure found to vary depending on location
The triggers of acute heart failure vary depending on where someone is in the world, according to new findings from the REPORT-HF registry presented...
WHO assessment: European mental healthcare institutions below standard
A new WHO/Europe report has raised concerns over the quality of European mental healthcare institutions, saying that it is well below standard.
The report, ‘Mental...
How colon cancer mutates to avoid the immune system
Colon cancer genes have been found to alter during development of the disease in order to remain undetected by the immune system, according to...
Antibody therapy for migraine prevention set for marketing authorisation
The first monoclonal antibody therapy for migraine prevention, Aimovig, has been recommended for marketing authorisation by the European Medicines Agency's (EMA) Committee for Medicinal...
Towards a Decade of Healthy Ageing
Dr Jane Barratt and Megan Acton, of the International Federation on Ageing, set out their vision of a Decade of Healthy Ageing from 2020...
UEA event set to showcase groundbreaking dementia research
Health professionals, carers, people with dementia and members of the public have been invited by academics from the University of East Anglia (UEA), UK,...
