Drop-in sessions to raise awareness of hepatitis will take place at the Library of Birmingham this month, ahead of the building’s...
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One in five UK healthcare workers may not be fully immunised against measles, new research has found. In a...2024-06-27
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A start-up business that aims to improve the lives of the elderly has won the Ingenuity Impact Entrepreneur of...2024-06-18
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First trial of new suicide prevention intervention designed for autistic people
A new suicide prevention intervention developed specifically for autistic adults has been trialled as part of a programme of research to identify ways to reduce suicide and self-harm amongst autistic people. The trial has been carried...2024-06-15 667 0 -
Younger children in school year are more commonly diagnosed with ADHD than their older classmates, says new study
New research, led by experts at the University of Nottingham, has found that teachers may be attributing signs of age-related immaturity in children, to conditions such as Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) or Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). The...2024-06-10 661 0 -
Research reveals ethnic minority heart failure patients at much higher risk of death than White patients
An analysis of data from over 16,700 patients has revealed that ethnic minority patients with heart failure are at much higher risk of death than White patients. According to the study, supported by the British...2024-06-03 5904 0 -
AI technology to help cut cancer waiting lists
Cancer waiting times are set to fall thanks to new AI technology that locates cancer cells 2.5 times quicker than doctors alone. Game-changing AI will start being rolled out to every NHS radiotherapy department in England...2024-05-21 1876 0 -
£85 million pledged to tackle antibiotic emergency
A package of up to £85 million to support the international community in tackling the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance, a global issue that makes infections difficult or impossible to treat, will be announced today by...2024-05-16 2099 0 -
Pharmacists who illegally supplied more than 55 million doses of controlled drugs sentenced
Having both pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing, Mandip Sidhu (47) of Littleover, Derby was sentenced to two years imprisonment on each of five counts of supplying Class C drugs and four months for forgery, all...2024-05-16 1956 0 -
Patients to benefit from largest expansion of choice in a decade
Pilots to commence from autumn offering patients a choice of where they receive out-of-hospital care Patient choice expansion will be tested in new areas across the country Increased choice stands to offer patients better outcomes, greater...2024-05-15 1938 0
