Finding patient zero Advances in molecular techniques make it easier to track down the first patient to be infected with a disease while it is still useful.…
Cancer deaths in people under 80 can be eliminated by 2050, says UCL report Continued access to innovative treatments and improved prevention strategies will allow cancer deaths in people under 80 years of age to be eliminated by 2050.…
NICE offers advice on gastro-oesophageal reflux in childrenThe National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has published its first clinical guideline on the management of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease in infants and children.…
Risk of heart problems prompts removal of OTC diclofenac from UK pharmacy shelves Oral diclofenac tablets, used for short-term pain relief, will no longer be available as an over-the-counter pharmacy medicine in the UK.…
Beethoven’s musical electrocardiogramsCould Beethoven have suffered from cardiac arrhythmia? His music suggests he could have.…
How Vibrio cholera has adapted to its environmentA recent study published in Science describes the mechanism by which the cholera bacterium propagates.…
Osteoporosis: a disease of the modern world?A lack of vigorous exercise has caused human bones to become weaker over thousands of years.…
Dulaglutide launched in the UK as once-weekly diabetes treatmentThe second once-weekly non-insulin injection for patients with type 2 diabetes became available in the UK from 13 January 2015.…
Smokers’ metabolism of nicotine could point to the best way to quit The speed at which smokers metabolise nicotine may suggest the most effective smoking cessation method – either varenicline or the nicotine patch.…
NHS England drops therapies from cancer drugs fund to save £80m A total of 25 clinical indications will be removed from the government’s cancer drugs fund list, NHS England has announced.…
