Medico-Legal Category

Looking at how the legal and medical professions work together to improve patient safety.

Brexit and the future of UK medical research

Eyes, Surgery
What you need to know about refractive …
Don’t decide on the basis of an advert or a leaflet. Lots of people make quick decisions based on what they read in a magazine or in a leaflet. Sometimes, these …
Heart & Lung
Awareness of lung cancer risk in people …
People with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) need more support when understanding and acting on new chest symptoms, a study in the journal Psycho-Oncology reports. During this unique study, led …
Cancer, Innovation, Women's Health
AI can predict survival of ovarian cancer …
Researchers have created new machine learning software that can forecast the survival rates and response to treatments of patients with ovarian cancer. The artificial intelligence software, created by researchers at …
Men's Health, Paediatrics, Sexual Health
What makes a man? Testosterone only half …
Scientists have identified for the first time the details of an ‘alternative’ biological process required to develop male genitals in an unborn baby. The findings by researchers at the universities …
Fertility, Men's Health, Paediatrics, Sexual Health
‘Old’ sperm produces healthier offspring
Sperm that live for longer before fertilising an egg produce healthier offspring – according to new research from the University of East Anglia and Uppsala University in Sweden. New research …