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BioMedical Design Novo Nordisk Foundation Fellowship Programme
Sys Zoffman Glud explains how the BioMedical Design Novo Nordisk Foundation Fellowship Programme will spot new potential for transforming healthcare.
The healthcare sector’s unexploited potential...
The Netherlands’ journey towards more sustainable healthcare
Speaking at CleanMed Europe 2018, the Dutch Minister for Medical Care and Sport, Bruno Bruins, set out the Netherlands’ efforts to achieve sustainable healthcare.
In...
Air pollution and abnormal foetal development
Recent research suggests that particles from air pollution could cause abnormal foetal development.
Air pollution has long been linked to abnormal foetal development, but new...
What do you know about the Danish medical cannabis pilot programme?
Minister of Health, Ellen Trane Nørby, provides insight into the recently introduced Danish medical cannabis pilot programme and its implications.
What does the Danish medical...
sphingotec to launch biomarkers addressing unmet medical need
sphingotec GmbH is set to launch first-in-class blood biomarker point-of-care tests that allow early diagnosis and monitoring of disorders caused by acute kidney dysfunction...
The gender agenda: WHO Europe’s new men’s health strategy
WHO Europe’s men’s health strategy is undoubtedly a milestone in men’s health, but how far does it go to address the neglected health needs...
Could inflammation be the key to pancreatic cancer prevention?
Health Europa presents recent research from the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre that has revealed an unexpected link between pancreatic cancer and inflammation.
Pancreatic cancer...
Is there a role for emergency medicine in climate change mitigation & response?
Emergency medicine must play a leading role in mitigating against and responding to climate change. Speaking at CleanMed Europe 2018, Jonathan E Slutzman, MD...
Breast Cancer Now urges government to tackle rising rates of breast cancer
Breast Cancer Now is calling on the UK Government to act now to prevent a projected rise in rates of breast cancer deaths by...
Rethinking the approach to UK dementia care
Dementia is now the leading cause of death in the United Kingdom, so why does dementia care and support lag woefully behind that for...
A new drug target for hepatocellular carcinoma
Health Europa explores how an international team of scientists have developed a novel peptide drug that could one day lead to more effective treatments...
CAR T-cell therapies in Europe
Health Europa reflects on the first two CAR T-cell therapies to have been recommended for approval in the European Union.
In June, the European Medicines...
The digital challenge: achieving a paperless NHS by 2020
Despite calls for a paperless NHS back in 2013, the service is far from completing its paperless journey. Qlik’s David Bolton sets out how...
The shocking burden of sleep apnoea
Vice-president of medical affairs at ResMed, discusses the high burden of sleep apnoea in Europe and how best the health community can respond.
Approximately 175...
Sustainability in biobanking: a perspective from ISBER
Zisis Kozlakidis, the past president of the International Society for Biological and Environmental Repositories, considers how to effectively confront the challenge of sustainability in...
How is Brexit expected to impact UK pharmacovigilance?
As the UK readies itself to leave the EU, the Pharmaceutical Information and Pharmacovigilance Association’s Sarah Hall considers the potential impact of Brexit on...
The immune landscape of breast cancer
At the University of Turku, Maija Hollmén, PhD, is helping to elucidate the significance of macrophage-expressed Clever-1 in defining the immune cell composition in...
Three million EU nurses focusing on the European elections
Alessia Gramuglia and Paul De Raeve, of the European Federation of Nurses Associations, explain why the united voice of three million EU nurses is...
The changing face of medical cannabis in Denmark
Cannabis Danmark CEO Rikke Jakobsen reflects on what the new medical cannabis pilot and development programmes mean for patients, growers and healthcare professionals in...
Brexit could break the NHS
The Immigration Advice Service’s Maddie Grounds explains why the EU referendum, Theresa May’s ‘hostile environment’ and a possible no-deal Brexit scenario could devastate the...
