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.
According to new research, dementia and disability later in life could be prevented altogether by changing three mid-life risk factors
Research by the ESRC and...
Communities Secretary Sajid Javid says £900 million will be made available for councils to pay for social care over the next two years
Government was...
Wastewater analysis from the SCORE group and the EU drugs agency highlights the drug taking habits of European cities’ inhabitants
The latest findings from the...
AG highlights the World Health Organization's efforts on the global challenge of tackling antibiotic resistance, through their action plan
Antimicrobial resistance has become one of...
Public mental health is not a priority for local authorities according to new figures on spending revealed by the mental health charity Mind
Mental health...
AG highlights the European Commission's commitment to cancer prevention in Europe
According to the European Commission, cancer is likely to remain one of the biggest...
More than 10% of emergency admissions patients in England are now facing long delays for hospital beds "due to growing demand"
According to the BBC,...
Programme Manager João Breda explains the likely repercussions of the WHO’s European Food and Nutrition Action Plan 2015-2020
With the unanimous adoption of the World...
An Italian clinical and research network aims at improving the diagnosis, management and care of patients with paediatric ataxias
Paediatric ataxias (PAs) are a large,...
The SEMEOTICONS project presents the Wize Mirror, a multisensory platform that analyses your face for signs of cardio-metabolic risk and guides behavioural change
Cardiovascular diseases...
Raymond J Turner and colleagues at the University of Calgary consider the future of metals as replacements for traditional antibiotics
The prophylactic use of antibiotics...
Virginia M Stewart at FESPA outlines the importance of guidelines for delivering emergency ultrasound treatment
As per the August 2012 American College of Emergency Physicians...
Drs. Elizabeth Theriault, Ramona Hicks and Patrick SF Bellgowan shed light on the burden of traumatic brain injury and the need for better diagnosis...
