Community pharmacies ‘hold the key’ to levelling up
Respiratory experts are now calling for additional funding so pharmacies can provide life-saving support to people with asthma and COPD. New survey finds people in...
Heart & Lung
The Heart & Lung section explores heart and lung health, covering topics like personal lung cancer experiences, WHO’s anti-smoking strategies, heart attack awareness in women, and hypertension’s impact. It also highlights technological advancements in heart failure detection, strategies to reduce stroke risk, and the role of vitamin D in preventing atrial fibrillation. This section emphasizes the importance of comprehensive health awareness and innovative treatments in heart and lung care.
Singing techniques can improve breathlessness
An online breathing and wellbeing programme helps improve quality of life and breathlessness for people recovering from COVID-19, according to a new study. This is...
Environmental mould infecting people
Researchers discover drug-resistant environmental mould is capable of infecting people. A new study led by Imperial College London finds that drug-resistant mould is spreading from the...
Acute stroke cuts life expectancy by a third
Almost two thirds of acute stroke patients fail to survive more than a decade and have high risk of recurrence, prompting researchers to call for...
Billions still breathe unhealthy air
Billions of people still breathe unhealthy air according to new WHO data monitoring over 6,000 cities now monitor air quality. Almost the entire global population...
Novel nuclear microRNA for treatment of cardiovascular disease
A novel angiogenic microRNA drug can be a new option for the treatment of ischemic cardiovascular disease, according to a new study published in PLOS...
Tuberculosis: one of deadliest infectious diseases
According to the latest European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)/World Health Organization (WHO) report on tuberculosis (TB) surveillance and monitoring in Europe, a...
Influential data around red meat needs scientific scrutiny
Leading food-integrity researchers question influential data around red meat: An international team of experts, including Professor Chris Elliott of the Institute for Global Food Security (IGFS)...
From respiratory research to long covid pathways
From respiratory research to long covid pathways: Dr Mark Faghy, Associate Professor in Respiratory Physiology at the University of Derby, is currently leading a pioneering...
Higher cigarette taxes reduce child deaths
Higher cigarette taxes reduce child deaths – first global estimates: The first global analysis of its kind estimates that if every country’s cigarette taxes had met...
