Innovation Category

Highlighting amazing innovations in healthcare and medicine.

Gene therapy for nervous system disorders

Global Reach, Mental Health
How recovery colleges are supporting mental health
Recovery colleges help support the global population’s mental health, new study finds: For the first time ever, results from a global survey – spanning 28 countries – reveal how many …
Heart & Lung, Heart Disease, Vascular
WHO: devastating impact of hypertension and ways …
The World Health Organization (WHO) released its first-ever report on the devastating global impact of high blood pressure, along with recommendations on the ways to win the race against this …
Infection/Disease
Protein discovered as potential new target for …
Protein discovered as potential new target for therapies: Autoimmune diseases are complex illnesses, the causes of which are diverse and have not yet been fully explained. A research team at …
Addiction, Lifestyle, Pharmacy/Drugs
Freshers Week guidance: Ketamine is not a …
Experts issue urgent Freshers Week guidance for students: Ketamine is not a “safe” drug Consultant Psychiatrists at Priory have warned about rising ketamine use among students Addiction and substance misuse …
Ageing, Diabetes, Neurology
Study reveals inequities in treatment and recovery …
Treatment and recovery from stroke worse for women and ‘racial minorities’: A major study on people with diabetes has found that following a stroke, patients from racial minorities, experienced greater stroke …