Guernsey to vote on assisted dying

17 May 2018 • 3 comments

Guernsey's parliament is to debate whether to introduce assisted dying. The island's chief minister, Gavin St Pier, is proposing a bill that would allow terminally ill people to end their lives with...

‘Game-changing’ app allows air ambulance services to view patients

17 May 2018 • 1 comment

An app that allows air ambulance services to view patients before they arrive to treat them has been dubbed “game-changing”. The GoodSAM App’s new feature, called ‘Instant on the Scene’, sends...

NHS England seeks GP and patient views of online consultations

17 May 2018 • 3 comments

NHS England is inviting patients and GPs to submit their view on online consultations. Opened on 8 May, the survey asks GPs, practice teams and members of the public to offer their input so NHS...

Breast cancer

Almost 14,000 women contact breast cancer helpline after IT error revealed

17 May 2018

Almost 14,000 women have contacted a helpline which offers advice to those who believe an IT error may have caused them to miss their final breast cancer screening. Jeremy Hunt told MPs last week...

Diabetes (Type 2)
Diabetes insipidus

Doctors slow to switch diabetes treatment when drugs don't work

17 May 2018

When type 2 diabetes isn’t well controlled with oral medications, doctors are often slow to switch patients to more intensive treatment, a U.S. study suggests. Researchers found that only about...

COPD

COPD-associated inflammation halted in model experiment

7 May 2018

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD for short, is believed to be the third most common cause of death worldwide. However, because the underlying mechanism is still largely unknown, today's...

Newly-discovered anti-inflammatory substances may potentially treat variety of diseases

7 May 2018 • 1 comment

Inflammation, and in particular chronic inflammation, are major contributors to a large number of diseases, such as cancer, acute pancreatic inflammation, fatty liver disease, diabetes, ulcerative...

Arthritis

Insight into potential new strategy to target skin diseases like psoriasis

7 May 2018 • 1 comment

Research at UT Southwestern has shown that targeting metabolism in growing cells holds promise for the treatment of skin diseases like psoriasis that are characterized by skin overgrowth resulting...

Lupus

Lupus treatment generates positive results in Phase III clinical trial

7 May 2018

New research indicates that belimumab, a monoclonal antibody therapy that targets a component of the immune system, provides considerable benefits to patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE),...

Epilepsy
Temporal Lobe Epilepsy

Epilepsy linked to brain volume and thickness differences

7 May 2018 • 1 comment

Epilepsy is associated with thickness and volume differences in the grey matter of several brain regions, according to new research led by UCL and the Keck School of Medicine of USC. The largest-ever...

Cancer

Targeted 'click-to-release' chemotherapy gives good results in mice

7 May 2018

Antibody Drug Conjugates (ADCs) are relatively new anti-cancer drugs. They consist of an antibody to which a cell-killing molecule (chemotherapy) is attached. Antibodies can recognize and bind to...

Cancer

Study finds widespread belief in “mythical” causes of cancer

3 May 2018

Research led by University College London (UCL) and the University of Leeds, with support from a Cancer Research UK/Bupa Foundation Innovation Award, has revealed widespread public belief in...