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Addressing the multi-billion dollar anti-infective and oncology therapeutics market

Cancer Research
Stablepharma and AFT Pharmaceuticals (NZX: AFT; ASX: AFP) partner to address multi-billion dollar anti-infective and oncology therapeutics market.

Depression, anxiety and heart disease connected via same brain region

Research & Innovation
Researchers at Cambridge University found that over-activity in one brain region links depression, anxiety, and heart disease.

US healthcare: 34% of older people could be prescribed the wrong drugs

Health & Social Care
A new study found that it costs patients over $450 a year when they are prescribed the wrong drugs, making them twice as likely to go to hospital.

Poorer women in Bangladesh fear bribes are required to access healthcare

Women's Health
Holding conversations in the slums of Dhaka, researchers found that poorer women in Bangladesh feared making "undocumented payments" as a necessity of accessing maternity healthcare.

Research finds hydroxychloroquine does not work against COVID-19

Research & Innovation
A study published in Clinical Infectious Diseases found that hydroxychloroquine did not work to protect healthcare professionals from COVID-19.

MPs vote down measures to extend free school meals over Christmas

Government
Last night, MPs voted 322 to 261 against measures championed by Marcus Rashford to extend free school meals for vulnerable children on the breadline.

Eating disorders could be treated via Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy

Health & Social Care
Researchers found that Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy (VRET) could significantly help people suffering from eating disorders.

Research finds cannabis could reduce OCD symptoms by 50%

Pharma
OCD symptoms could be eased by atleast half in the short-term, according to a new study published in the Journal of Affective Disorders.

COVID-19 survivors can donate plasma to vaccine testing

Health & Social Care
A study by the Bloomberg School of Public Health found that severe COVID-19 patients can produce strong antibodies for vaccine testing - especially the older male population.

Why simply collecting more data won’t prevent the next health crisis

Technology
Richard Armstrong, head of health registries at Northgate Public Services, examines the growing importance of medical registries in a health crisis and why some programmes are destined to fail patients.

Preventing cybersecurity risks in healthcare

Technology
Craig Atkins, Managing Director at 1-Fix Limited, discusses the ongoing problem of cybersecurity risks in healthcare.

Crowdsourcing technology reinvents collaboration for UK diagnostics community

Health & Social Care
Here we explore how crowdsourcing technology has helped the NHS and the wider diagnostics community in their coronavirus response.

North versus South: PM Boris Johnson creates “three-tier” system

Government
On 12 October, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced a “three-tier” system to override previous COVID-19 measures across England - what does that mean?

Standardising methods for measuring COVID-related deaths

Research & Innovation
Richard J. C. Brown, Head of Metrology and Jan-Theodoor Janssen, Chief Scientist from the National Physical Laboratory, Teddington, explore why the system doesn’t work if everyone is measuring COVID-related deaths differently and how a standardised international definition of COVID-related deaths could bolster public trust.

Health and safety in the workplace, when the workplace is home

Workplace
With scientists predicting a sharp increase in COVID-19 infections, on 22nd September 2020 the UK Government announced a new round of measures to “confront the COVID-19 virus”

Savage Cabbage: Where did it begin?

Pharma
In early 2016, I had reached a point in life where I needed to make a life-changing decision: Read the Savage Cabbage journey on OAG.

Molecular intelligence: The rise of supramolecular nanomachines

Research & Innovation
Prof Dr Daniela A. Wilson from the Institute for Molecules and Materials (IMM) tells us what we need to know about molecular intelligence – the rise of supramolecular nanomachines with controlled shape and motility.
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