COPD

Too many COPD patients denied rehabilitation

26 Apr 2018

Pulmonary rehabilitation provides substantial health benefits for patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), yet many people are waiting too long for treatment. A new report from the...

Air quality linked to cardiac 'events,' heart disease patients unaware

26 Apr 2018

Poor air quality with high levels of tiny pollution particles known as PM 2.5 are tied to a spike in emergency department visits for heart- and lung-related illnesses and stroke, a California study...

Diabetes (Type 1)
Diabetes insipidus

Continuous glucose monitors ‘cost-effective’ for diabetes

26 Apr 2018

Continuous glucose monitors improve glucose control and add to quality of life for patients with type 1 diabetes, and are also cost-effective over manual testing with strips, according to US...

Parkinson's disease

Smartphones could help measure Parkinson's disease symptoms

12 Apr 2018 • 2 comments

An experimental smartphone application could monitor changes in Parkinson's disease symptoms throughout the day, sending data to doctors to help them treat patients, U.S. researchers say. "Like...

Cancer

Rapid cancer diagnosis centres to be introduced at 10 NHS hospitals

12 Apr 2018 • 2 comments

New rapid diagnostic and assessment centres for cancer are being set up in England as part of efforts to catch and diagnose the disease more quickly. The so-called “one-stop shops” will be...

Hospitals in England cutting back on sugary drink/snack sales

10 Apr 2018 • 4 comments

More than half of NHS trusts have taken action to curb sales of sugary drinks and snacks on their premises in the fight against obesity, figures from NHS England reveal. NHS chief Simon Stevens...

Number of organ donors reaches record high

10 Apr 2018 • 13 comments

More than 1,500 people in the UK donated their organs after they died last year – the highest number ever recorded – figures from NHS Blood and Transplant show. In the financial year 2017/18 there...

Prostate cancer

Prime minister announces £75 million to fund prostate cancer research

10 Apr 2018

Prime minister Theresa May has announced £75 million to fund prostate cancer research to offer speedier treatment and help develop new, more effective treatments for the disease, which kills 10,000...

Cancer

Reclassifying cancers 'will improve treatment'

10 Apr 2018

Cancers should no longer be categorised by where they are first formed in the body, but instead by their genomic and molecular makeup, a new study concludes. In this way the researchers, writing in...

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New colon cancer drugs may arise from protein discovery

5 Apr 2018

Better treatments for colon cancer may be in sight, thanks to a new study, which reveals new ways in which a single protein could stop the disease in its tracks. Researchers found that a protein...

Multiple sclerosis

MS drug hope for secondary-progressive stage

23 Mar 2018 • 11 comments

A study of a new drug to treat advanced cases of multiple sclerosis suggests it may be possible to delay progression of the disease in the short term, although the effects were small. In a trial of...

Smokeless cigarettes not as harmless as claimed, study says

23 Mar 2018 • 2 comments

The new “heat not burn” smokeless cigarette devices are not as harmless as their manufacturer claims, according to a new study. iQOS – which stands for “I quit original smoking” – is made by...