Depression in adolescence
Dr Rhys Bevan Jones, Clinical Research Fellow at the Institute of Psychological Medicine & Clinical Neurosciences, MRC Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics & Genomics at...
Raising awareness of skin cancer
Dr. Myrto-Georgia Trakatelli, Dermatologist and Chair of the Media & PR Committee at the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (EADV) highlights the growing problem of...
Mental health crisis care is inadequate
Care regulator warns the mental health system is struggling to cope with demands, leaving many people in crisis without adequate care…
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) reviewed...
Skin cancer prevention in Europe
Veronique del Marmol European Chair and Alexander Stratigos Vice-Chair of Euromelanoma look at the growing burden of skin cancer in Europe, and the importance...
The number of agency staff to be reduced
Jeremy Hunt has called for the NHS to cut its spending on agency workers, but what does this mean for the health service? Adjacent...
England meets A&E waiting-time targets
For the first time since September, accident and emergency units across England successfully met the four-hour waiting-time target...
After failing to meet waiting-time targets for...
Underfunding threatens childcare
Childcare providers have warned chronic underfunding could push the system to breaking point as the government announces plans to double free provision for three...
Smoking ban spares children serious illness
New research has revealed the smoking ban has prevented thousands of children from serious illness and reduced the number of hospital admissions
The smoking ban,...
Medical imaging – revolutionising healthcare
Professor Alison Murray, Director of the Aberdeen Biomedical Imaging Centre, University of Aberdeen, explains how medical imaging has transformed healthcare over the years
Modern imaging...
Understanding coronary artery disease in postmenopausal ladies
Dr Stefano Savonitto, Director of Cardiology at Manzoni Hospital sheds light on the risk of heart disease in women
When thinking about their health, women...
Muscling in on myopenia and myosteatosis
The relationship between body composition and risk of disease has become more clearly understood in recent years, as the technology available to non-invasively quantify...
Musculoskeletal health: perspectives in an ageing society
Dr Benjamin Ellis, Senior Clinical Policy Adviser at Arthritis Research UK details the importance of good musculoskeletal health in an ageing population
Over the last...
The danger of the status quo
Why we need new interventions to battle mosquito-borne diseases
Mosquitoes are the most dangerous creature in the world. They kill one person every 12 seconds...
New standards for children’s unscheduled care
Dr Stephanie Smith, Consultant Emergency Paediatrician and spokesperson for the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) details the changes needed to children’s...
Telehealth – empowering patients
Nichola Arathon, Principal Programme Lead at NHS Dorset Clinical Commissioning Group describes how telehealth has the potential to transform healthcare
NHS England’s ambition through the Technology...
Managing wounds as a team
Professor Zena Moore, from the European Wound Management Association (EWMA) identifies the benefits of wound care teams for patients and healthcare professionals
From a wound care...
Tackling child mental health
Dr Alistair Thomson, MindEd Consortium Executive and Fellow of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) details the importance of tackling the growing...
Fighting back against antibiotic resistance
Danilo Lo Fo Wong, Programme Manager on Antimicrobial Resistance at the World Health Organization (WHO) tells Editor Laura Evans that antibiotic resistance is a...
EEG Gold Standard in Epilepsy Diagnostics
Electroencephalography (EEG)
EEG visualises voltage differences recorded with electrodes located on the head. These very small (typ. 10-50 μV) voltage fluctuations resulting from ionic current...
Psychosocial impact of epilepsy
Dr Anthanasios Covanis, President of the International Bureau for Epilepsy (IBE) details the psychosocial impact of epilepsy, and its challenges in day to day life
Epilepsy...
