UK can expect a “handful” of Ebola cases, Hunt tells MPs The UK is expected to have a “handful” of Ebola cases in the next three months, health secretary Jeremy Hunt told MPs.…
Dieters who lose weight quickly just as likely to keep the weight offResearchers tested the effects of slow and steady weight loss against rapid weight loss for long-term weight control, and found no difference.…
Long QT syndrome How to interpret ECG readings in long QT syndrome and minimise patients’ risk of heart symptoms caused by this cardiac arrhythmia.…
Mind-expanding exploration at London’s Kew Gardens The Intoxication Season, Mind Altering Plants and Fungi at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London, ran from 20 September to 12 October 2014.…
Treatment of schizophrenia should not be limited to drugs, says WHOTreatment of schizophrenia should not be limited to pharmacotherapy but should also include psychosocial interventions, says the World Health Organization (WHO).…
Scientists develop human insulin-producing cells to treat type 1 diabetes In a step towards developing a cell therapy for type 1 diabetes, stem cell researchers at Harvard University have sucessully implanted human insulin-producing cells.…
Phase II clinical trials for Ebola vaccine planned for early 2015Experts involved in the organisation of clinical research on Ebola vaccines intend to move to randomised controlled phase II trials in early 2015.…
Designated pharmacist to review procedures for trials of cancer drugs Changes to clinical trial procedures for new cancer drugs will prevent duplication, reduce bureaucracy and speed-up patient access to new products.…
Aids ‘family tree’ traced back to KinshasaNew research has traced the origin of the Aids pandemic back to 1920s Kinshasha, where a “perfect storm” of rapid population growth, a roaring sex trade, and good railway transport facilitated the spread of the HIV virus.…
Pneumococcal vaccine reduces antibiotic resistant infections in children by 62% The 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13) has reduced the incidence of antibiotic resistant pneumococcal infections in children.…
