The latest health and social care news and a look at research and development into the treatment of common and rare diseases alike. We also look at the vital changes being made to help deliver effective healthcare through the digital transformation within the NHS.
A dangerous hospital superbug, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, can now digest medical plastic like sutures and implants, microbiologists reveal. This alarming ability allows the pathogen to survive longer and form tougher antibiotic-resistant biofilms, posing a significant new threat to patient safety in healthcare settings.
Medicine faces an apocalypse as antibiotics lose their efficiency, it has emerged…
England’s chief medical officer Dame Sally Davies has warned of an antibiotic apocalypse....
There are many hopes and at the same time, doubts related to the mHealth development. Here MEP Michal Boni explains the reasons why…
Firstly, mHealth development...
Charities have warned changes to the Cancer Drugs Fund are concerning and could leave many new drugs struggling to gain approval…
Fifteen cancer charities have...
Hande Ozdinler, PhD, Assistant Professor of Neurology, Northwestern University discusses ALS and outlines the strides made in this area...
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is one of...
Marc Wortmann, Executive Director of Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI), outlines the major impact dementia has worldwide and the urgent need for governments to help...
Richard Bergström, Director General of the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA), highlights the importance of collaborative efforts to tackle antimicrobial resistance.
Antimicrobial...
Yves Joanette from the Institute of Aging, and Cara Tannenbaum from the Institute of Gender and Health at the Canadian Institutes of Health Research,...
Paul Vincke, Managing Director of the European Healthcare Fraud and Corruption network highlights corruption in the healthcare sector, ranging from informal payments to industry kickbacks.
In October 2013...
Prof. Dr. Susanne Hofer, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Institute of Facility Management, asks why the non-medical processes are well worth a closer look.
Facility Management...
Emergency Ultrasound Director Virginia M Stewart discusses intravenous access for patients presenting in the Emergency Department.
Patients presenting to the Emergency Department (ED) may have characteristics...
Professor Jonathan Grigg, the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) writes about the risks air pollution poses to our country’s children…
This year...
AG sheds light on amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and the work of the ALS Association in raising awareness and tackling the disease…
Although amyotrophic lateral...
Dr Martin Tunley, Senior Lecturer in Counter Fraud Studies at the University of Portsmouth’s Institute of Criminal Justice Studies outlines how healthcare fraud can be...
Clair Prosser, Press Officer at BSRIA highlights how the organisation are hoping to inspire engineers of the future
Engineers changed the world and turned imagination...
