England's chief medical officer talks about the need of making DNA tests a routine

6 Jul 2017

Genomic testing should become a normal part of NHS care, beginning with cancer patients and those with rare diseases, says the chief medical officer, Dame Sally Davies.In her annual report, Davies...

Department of Health news: A&E gets more funding

6 Jul 2017

The Secretary of State for Health Jeremy Hunt has announced a second wave of funding to ease pressure on hospital emergency departments ahead of next winter.The Secretary of State will confirm that a...

Cancer

A way to stop cancer from metastasizing may have been found

29 Jun 2017 • 4 comments

Metastasis is the main cause of death in cancer, and current treatments against it are ineffective. But new research may have found a way to slow down, and perhaps even halt, the spread of cancer...

Half of adults in Britain walk less than a mile a day

29 Jun 2017

Britons are being urged to take to their feet after research showed more than half of adults walk less than a mile a day.A poll of 2,198 adults conducted by YouGov and commissioned by the charity...

Prostate cancer

Prostate cancer blood test 'helps target treatment'

27 Jun 2017

Scientists have developed a blood test that could pick out which men with advanced prostate cancer would benefit from a new drug treatment. The test detects cancer DNA in the blood, helping doctors...

Arthritis
Rheumatoid arthritis

EU backs second biosimilar copy of Humira, world's top drug

26 Jun 2017

European regulators have recommended approval of a second copy of AbbVie's rheumatoid arthritis drug Humira, the world's top-selling medicine, in a further boost for so-called biosimilars in the...

Cancer

Why your waist measurement can predict cancer risk

2 Jun 2017 • 4 comments

Study finds men with over 40in waist and women with over 35in waist are more at risk of cancer as waist size is as good at predicting cancer risk as BMIAn expanding waistline could be a warning sign...

Asthma

GSK’s inhaler improves asthma control in ‘real world’ study

15 May 2017

GlaxoSmithKline and Innoviva have unveiled data from a second ground-breaking Salford Lung Study (SLS) showing that Relvar Ellipta significantly improved asthma control versus patients’ standard...

Multiple sclerosis

£6m statin trial raises hope drug can be used to treat multiple sclerosis

15 May 2017 • 1 comment

Trial involving almost 1,200 people aims to ‘establish definitively’ whether cholesterol drug can slow disability progressionScientists are hopeful a major drug trial will establish that statins can...

Breast cancer

Pfizer to give out breast cancer drug free while awaiting NHS decision

15 May 2017

Pharmaceutical firm says it will offer palbociclib to patients while regulator rules on whether it should be available on NHSA drug described as one of the most important advances in treating breast...

Arthritis
Osteoarthritis

Osteoarthritis: Knee joint degeneration slowed with weight loss, study confirms

2 May 2017 • 1 comment

A new study provides evidence that losing weight can slow the development of osteoarthritis of the knee by reducing the degeneration of knee cartilage.Researchers found that overweight or obese...

Non-O blood group 'linked to higher heart attack risk'

2 May 2017

People with a non-O blood group have a slightly increased risk of heart attack and stroke, research suggests.Scientists say it could be because higher levels of a blood-clotting protein are present...