Gait speed measurements aid prognosis of elderly
June 7th 2019 - A simple test of walking speed is a key prognostic indicator for elderly
patients with haematological cancers, researchers have reported.
Chaos study identifies pregnancy alcohol damage
May 31st 2019 - Any consumption of alcohol in pregnancy is not safe because of changes it can cause to the brain,
according to Scottish researchers.
Halve snakebite injuries - WHO
May 24th 2019 - A plan to halve the number of those suffering serious effects from snakebites has been unveiled.
Europe sees bowel cancer rise in young adults
May 17th 2019 - The rate of bowel cancer is rising among adults in Europe, researchers report today.
Largest UK survey reveals harm of people's drinking
May 10th 2019 - One person in five in England has been affected by someone else’s drinking in a 12-month
period, the largest UK survey of its kind reveals today.
Metastatic cells "opportunistic" - new analysis
May 3rd 2019 - British researchers have offered a radical new view of how cancers metastasise by getting into
the vascular and lymphatic systems.
Chaos study identifies pregnancy alcohol damage
May 2019 - Any consumption of alcohol in pregnancy is not safe because of changes it can cause to the brain,
according to Scottish researchers.
Space tech makes safe walking maps
April 2019 - Space technology is to be directly applied to healthcare in two new projects, it was announced
today.
Global study highlights C-section death rates
March 2019 - Death rates from caesarean sections are disproportionately high in low and middle-income countries
(LMIC), according to the largest study to date on risks following C-sections, published today.
Action call on war zone medical facilities
February 2019 - Senior UK doctors are pressurising the government to press for the enforcement
on international agreements protecting medical facilities and clinicians in war zones.
ECT critics faces psychiatrists
January 2019 - Senior psychiatrists have defended the continued use of electroconvulsive therapy amid complaints
of permanent memory damage.
Dangers of male post-natal blues
December 2018 - Post-natal depression is a serious problem for fathers as well as mothers
- and may have long-term implications for families, according to
a new UK 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.
Childbirth and pregnancy - Steering a safe course. October 1998.
Childbirth and pregnancy - Original feature. March 1998
Discussion on the HRT - Cancer controversy - From February 2000.
Medicine & The Media - The breast cancer/HRT controversy. October 1997.
Human engine oil? - The conflicting evidence? From January 1998.