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Emerging Tech in Healthcare 2018

A recent workshop explored the latest technologies in healthcare, and how they can be used to address the demands of an ageing population.

8 Aug 2018

Clinical trial to use stem cell transplants for treating Crohn's disease

A clinical trial has begun which will use stem cell transplants to grow a new immune system for people with untreatable Crohn's disease - a painful and chronic intestinal disease which affects at least 115,000 people in the UK.

6 Aug 2018

Women with PCOS more likely to have an autistic child

Women with polycystic ovary syndrome are more likely than other women to have an autistic child, according to an analysis of NHS data carried out by a team at Cambridge University's Autism Research Centre.

1 Aug 2018

New clinical trial examines use of adrenaline to treat cardiac arrests

A clinical trial of the use of adrenaline in cardiac arrests has found that its use results in less than 1% more people leaving hospital alive - but almost doubles the risk of severe brain damage for survivors of cardiac arrest.

19 Jul 2018

Public to set research priorities in field of ethnic inequalities and severe mental illness

A national online survey was launched today to give members of the public the opportunity to set the research priorities in the field of ethnic inequalities and severe mental illness.

13 Jul 2018

Researchers receive £2 million to study how to improve asthma in African children

Researchers from Queen Mary University of London have been awarded £2 million to study how to improve asthma in African children.

10 Jul 2018

Digital Care Home shows potential to minimize emergency hospital admissions

Care home workers are playing a vital role in an exciting new partnership between care homes and the NHS aiming to improve the quality of life of residents and reduce emergency hospital admissions in Sheffield.

29 Jun 2018

New measures to tackle childhood obesity in Britain

Shops may soon be barred from selling energy drinks to children as the UK government gears up to tighten the efforts to curb childhood obesity. Several other proposals have been made to achieve these goals. These include labeling of the calories on the menus, reducing advertising junk foods, stopping free deals on high calorie foods, reduce placement of high calorie foods near store entrances, checkouts and aisles etc.

25 Jun 2018

Autistic teens who are bullied have higher rates of depression

Teenagers with difficulties in social communication, including autism have higher rates of depressive symptoms, especially if they are being bullied.

19 Jun 2018

Social media triggering mental ill health among kids warns NHS

According to Simon Stevens, Chief Executive of NHS England, the NHS is looking at an epidemic of mental ill health among children and teenagers as an after effect of social media.

14 Jun 2018

New resource launched based on first-hand experiences of premature baby loss

A new resource has been launched based on the first-hand experiences of parents whose baby died before, during or shortly after birth at 20 to 24 weeks of pregnancy.

14 Jun 2018

MiNA Therapeutics announces initial results from phase I trial of saRNA candidate in liver cancer patients

MiNA Therapeutics, the pioneer in RNA activation therapeutics, today announced preliminary results from its ongoing Phase I study of small activating RNA candidate MTL-CEBPA in advanced liver cancer.

4 Jun 2018

Research finds keyhole surgery to be more effective than physiotherapy for groin pain

As the FIFA World Cup approaches researchers have found that keyhole surgery could help get injured footballers back on the pitch faster than physiotherapy-led treatments.

1 Jun 2018

Jeremy Hunt to work towards eliminating gender pay gap in medicine

A recent review found that male doctors in the United Kingdom receive an average £67,788 in basic pay while female doctors get paid £57,569 a year. The gap is of £10,219 or 15%. Overall the NHS has a gender pay gap of 23%.

28 May 2018

UK steps forward to tackle global antimicrobial resistance

With 10 million people a year projected to die from antibiotic-resistant infections by 2050, it’s important that all partners, including the pharmaceutical industry, step up and work together to tackle this issue.

26 May 2018

Research suggests link between faulty gene, alcohol, and heart failure

The researchers investigated faulty versions of a gene called titin which are carried by one in 100 people or 600,000 people in the UK.

25 May 2018

ABPI expert urges to find new 'blockbuster treatments' for brain tumors

Nearly 11,500 people are diagnosed with a brain tumor every year in the UK with fewer than 15% surviving beyond 10 years. This week’s announcement from the from the Department of Health and Social Care – following the death of Dame Tessa Jowell - that they would be doubling investment for brain cancer research to £40 million is a welcome commitment to helping achieve a goal our industry shares: finding innovative new treatments and cures for these diseases.

21 May 2018

Queen's University researchers receive MRC award to develop new treatment for pancreatic cancer

Queen's University Belfast researchers at the Centre for Cancer Research and Cell Biology alongside local company Fusion Antibodies plc have secured a prestigious Medical Research Council award to develop a new antibody drug for the treatment of pancreatic cancer.

11 May 2018

Elderly patients would like technology to help with day-to-day medicine taking

Over 65s say they would find technology to help them take their medications helpful, but need the technology to be familiar, accessible and easy to use, according to research by Queen Mary University of London and University of Cambridge.

10 May 2018