NHS Category

Issues focusing on the past, present and future of the UK’s National Health Service.

New blood tests to accurately diagnose TB

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 …
Innovation, Paediatrics
Blindfolded training could help doctors save young …
Doctors’ leadership in pediatric resuscitation improved most when they wore a blindfold during simulation training In a simulation training study, pediatric team leaders who wore a blindfold improved their leadership …
Global Reach, Infection/Disease, Out of Africa
The fight against neglected tropical diseases
African countries with modest national incomes are outperforming some richer nations on the continent in the fight against diseases of poverty known as neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), according to a …