Skin contact affects babies' pain response
September 25th 2020 - Skin to skin contact between a parent and newborn baby reduces the infant’s response to pain, a new study has found.

Public 'need to be reassured about genomic testing'
September 18th 2020 - More work is needed to raise levels of public trust in how genomic data is used, according to the largest undertaken yet about attitudes towards genomic research.

plasmaMATCH trial success for breast cancer patients
September 11th 2020 - A blood test that can identify a variety of mutations in advanced breast cancer can match women to effective targeted treatments, according to the early results of a major clinical trial.

Social smokers face disproportionate lung disease and cancer risk
September 4th 2020 - So-called “social smokers” are more than twice as likely to die of lung disease and more than eight times as likely to die from lung cancer than non-smokers, a European conference hears today.

New mosquito immune cells discovered as atlas launched
August 28th 2020 - New types of mosquito immune cells, including a rare cell type that could be involved in limiting malaria infection, have been discovered by scientists creating the first cell atlas to map the insects’ immune cells.

Assessing treatment for older breast cancer patients
September 2020 - Many elderly breast cancer patients should be considered for more intensive treatment than is currently offered, researchers have found.

Nanoscale bone inflexibility link to hip fracture risk
August 2020 - Flexibility and density in the bone nanostructure need to be assessed together to estimate how likely someone is to suffer fractures, according to new research.

New way to reduce heart transplant rejection
July 2020 - A new technique that removes immune cells from donor hearts can reduce the risk of acute rejection following transplant surgery.

Bacteriophages examined for Covid-19 care
June 2020 - British experts have called for a focus on bacteriophages in the care of Covid-19 patients.

Face masks at home could curb Covid-19
May 2020 - Wearing face masks at home could help to stop the spread of Covid-19 among people in the same household, but only before symptoms develop, according to a Chinese study.

Ovary transplant baby born
September 24th 2004 - The first baby has been born to a woman who underwent an ovary transplant, it was announced today.

Celebrations and questions over Tamara birth
September 27th 2004 - The birth of a baby to a woman who had an ovarian transplant has created hope for dozens of others - despite some scientific scepticism.

Bioterrorism alert as physicians from Australasia and Thailand meet
May 6th - 8th 2002 - News Special from the Royal Australasian College of Physicians Brisbane.

Creativity or mental chaos - debated at international psychiatric conference
July 9th 2001 - The links between psychiatry and the arts are to be celebrated at a conference which starts in London today.
The Royal College of Psychiatrists has teamed up with the World Psychiatric Association to stage the event: "2001: A Mind Odyssey".

Cover-ups that led to spread of mad cow disease
October 26th 2000 - The epidemic of so-called mad cow disease in the United Kingdom probably sprang from a genetic mutation in an animal in the early 1970s, according to a government report.

Curing bubble babies
June 27th 2000 - Two doctors spoke today of the remarkable treatments they have devised for two once incurable blood conditions - and how they hoped they could lead to more cures.