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The National Health Service (NHS) has been facing challenges and has been tackling the long waiting list crisis.

With a focus on type 2 diabetes and Parkinson’s disease, Dr Priya Hays explores how personalized medicine approaches are impacting the development of therapies for other chronic conditions beyond cancer.

AI is changing healthcare by predicting sleep disorders in jaw pain patients with unprecedented accuracy.

Personalized medicine is considered a branch of healthcare that co-opts a proactive approach to patient care, wherein the disease is detected early, and the focus on illness is prevention.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the recent surge of monkeypox cases in several African countries a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC).

As Emergency Departments face increasing pressure, more patients are being redirected for minor injuries. While this eases the burden, missed fractures are on the rise, causing the NHS to lose millions in misdiagnosis costs.

The European Union (EU) has implemented the EU AI Act, set to be the world’s first comprehensive regulation governing artificial intelligence (AI) systems based on their inherent risks.

In a significant advancement for Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis, new blood tests have emerged as potentially groundbreaking tools.

AI model named Candycrunch has been designed to transform cancer detection through advanced sugar analysis.

Priya Hays, M.S., Ph.D. is an accomplished science writer Hays has written and published five books as well as having authored over twenty publications in journals as varied as the Bulletin of Science, Technology and Society, L’Esprit Createur, Interdisciplinary Literary Studies, Genetics in Medicine, Journal of Clinical Investigation and Studies,...

Julie Blaising, Discovery Project Leader in Immunology at F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd, tells us why protein kinases are an effective target for treating many chronic inflammatory disorders.

PocDoc, a diagnostics company based in Cambridge, has announced a groundbreaking at-home heart test that promises to deliver results to the NHS within minutes.

Leptospirosis is a globally important infectious disease, but neglected to the extent that it’s not on WHO’s or FDA’s neglected tropical diseases lists; this needs to change.

NHS patients in England are set to gain quicker access to the latest and most innovative medical technologies, thanks to new plans proposed by NHS England and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).

There are about 36 million individuals in the EU living with a rare disease. Sandra Gallina, Director General at DG Sante, explains how the European Commission is addressing the needs of this community.

Johan Carlegrim, President of Sectra Medical Education, discusses the value and necessity of incorporating advanced diagnostic imaging tools and realistic simulations into the medical curriculum to enhance the learning process for students and improve staff retention in healthcare.

Venous catheters enable patients with haematological cancers to receive vital chemotherapy. However, there is a risk of thrombosis. Consultant Haematologist Priya Sriskandarajah analysed a group of patients with haematological cancers to study the implications of catheter selection.

Dr Priya Sriskandarajah achieved her medical degree at Kings College London in 2007. She then embarked on haematology training as a National Institute for Health and Care Research Academic Clinical Fellow in South West London with posts at the Royal Marsden Hospital as well as Epsom and St Helier....

Lorna Rothery spoke to the Cancer Drug Development Forum’s Managing Director, Professor Jaap Verweij and Chairperson of the CDDF Board of Directors, Professor Ruth Plummer, about opportunities and challenges in oncology research and treatment.

The UK’s healthcare sector is currently at a crossroads, grappling with a workforce crisis that is not only impacting the delivery of healthcare services but is also posing a significant threat to patient care.