UK nurses are set to walk out on strike for the first time in their union’s 106-year history this week, insisting they are taking action as a “last resort”. Up to 100,000 members of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will hold a one-day stoppage on Thursday after rejecting […]
Northwestern University researchers have discovered a previously unknown mechanism that drives aging. In a new study, researchers used artificial intelligence to analyze data from a wide variety of tissues, collected from humans, mice, rats and killifish. They discovered that the length of genes can explain most molecular-level changes that occur during aging. All cells must […]
Strep A: Antibiotics supply 'not a concern' says Barclay We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info That 16th child was a pupil […]
Girl, 12, becomes UK’s 16th Strep A death this winter as antibiotic shortage sparks calls for pharmacists to get power to dish out alternative drugs Pharmacists with antibiotics shortage should dish out alternative, doctor says Current rules see pharmacies only dispense medicines GPs have prescribed GPs now want ministers to urgently consider relaxing legal regulations […]
Loose Women: Vicky McClure discusses Our Dementia Choir We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info The team behind the study said the […]
Researchers at NORCHER, the Norwegian Centre for Health Services Research have studied whether horizon scanning can be used to identify new and innovative health care services. “Horizon scanning is a methodology used to identify innovative and potentially promising technologies, by using a variety of sources mapping signals of technology development at an early stage,” says […]
Demand for mental health assessment and intervention is soaring; available services are stretched to the limit, centralized and difficult for many to access. This is particularly true for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). “Serious games” that can help meet the pressing need are now starting to appear. One of the first is Pop’Balloons, a […]
World’s most dangerous labs RANKED – and China scores 0 when it comes to safety in handling ‘risky’ experiments on world’s most dangerous pathogens Experts scored all nations with a working or planned high security pathogen lab Only seven countries out of 27 were ranked as good for their biorisk policies China which owns the Wuhan […]
When a secret shopper used telemedicine to request testosterone supplements, options were plentiful but good advice was scarce. As researchers showed in JAMA Internal Medicine this week, companies offered testosterone replacement therapy to the prospective buyer even though his stated T level was much higher than the cut-off for low testosterone levels. Direct-to-consumer (DTC) delivery […]
LONDON (Reuters) – The EU Health Commissioner will on Friday propose extending the deadline for companies to comply with a new law regulating medical devices, she told Reuters on Thursday as doctors warn the legislation is causing shortages of lifesaving equipment. Stella Kyriakides told Reuters that challenges in implementing the law were threatening supplies of […]
