Cancer

Cancer death rate to be cut by 22,000 using artificial intelligence – PM

22 May 2018 • 6 comments

Artificial intelligence will be used to help stop 22,000 cancer deaths a year by 2033, Theresa May will say in a speech setting out how science can transform health. Medical records, along with...

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Lung cancer destroyed with tea leaf nanoparticles

21 May 2018 • 8 comments

A new study has shown that lung cancer cells can be destroyed using nanoparticles derived from tea leaves. These tiny particles, called "quantum dots," are 400 times thinner than a human hair, and...

Scientists crack how primordial life on Earth might have replicated itself

21 May 2018

Scientists have created a new type of genetic replication system which demonstrates how the first life on Earth – in the form of RNA – could have replicated itself. The scientists from the...

Guernsey to vote on assisted dying

17 May 2018 • 3 comments

Guernsey's parliament is to debate whether to introduce assisted dying. The island's chief minister, Gavin St Pier, is proposing a bill that would allow terminally ill people to end their lives with...

‘Game-changing’ app allows air ambulance services to view patients

17 May 2018 • 1 comment

An app that allows air ambulance services to view patients before they arrive to treat them has been dubbed “game-changing”. The GoodSAM App’s new feature, called ‘Instant on the Scene’, sends...

NHS England seeks GP and patient views of online consultations

17 May 2018 • 3 comments

NHS England is inviting patients and GPs to submit their view on online consultations. Opened on 8 May, the survey asks GPs, practice teams and members of the public to offer their input so NHS...

Breast cancer

Almost 14,000 women contact breast cancer helpline after IT error revealed

17 May 2018

Almost 14,000 women have contacted a helpline which offers advice to those who believe an IT error may have caused them to miss their final breast cancer screening. Jeremy Hunt told MPs last week...

Diabetes (Type 2)
Diabetes insipidus

Doctors slow to switch diabetes treatment when drugs don't work

17 May 2018

When type 2 diabetes isn’t well controlled with oral medications, doctors are often slow to switch patients to more intensive treatment, a U.S. study suggests. Researchers found that only about...

COPD

COPD-associated inflammation halted in model experiment

7 May 2018

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD for short, is believed to be the third most common cause of death worldwide. However, because the underlying mechanism is still largely unknown, today's...

Newly-discovered anti-inflammatory substances may potentially treat variety of diseases

7 May 2018 • 1 comment

Inflammation, and in particular chronic inflammation, are major contributors to a large number of diseases, such as cancer, acute pancreatic inflammation, fatty liver disease, diabetes, ulcerative...

Arthritis

Insight into potential new strategy to target skin diseases like psoriasis

7 May 2018 • 1 comment

Research at UT Southwestern has shown that targeting metabolism in growing cells holds promise for the treatment of skin diseases like psoriasis that are characterized by skin overgrowth resulting...

Lupus

Lupus treatment generates positive results in Phase III clinical trial

7 May 2018

New research indicates that belimumab, a monoclonal antibody therapy that targets a component of the immune system, provides considerable benefits to patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE),...