Mood drugs could beat antibiotic resistance

Scientists are increasingly have to look for new ways to combat bacterial infections due to the rise in antibiotic resistance. Now, researchers at the University...

Resources for medics: pancreatic cancer UK

Pancreatic Cancer UK has received accreditation from the Information Standard for the fourth year in a row for its range of publications about pancreatic cancer....

RITA the caring robot

RITA is a digital robot – an avatar that appears on a phone or tablet screen and can interact with older people to cater for...

A nurse takes a view on cricket

That cricketing and clinical concepts collide has become apparent to me as a nurse spectator enjoying numerous cricket matches. I’ve noticed many cricketing terms and...

Does research improve clinical care?

Most people would agree that research is necessary to improve clinical care: research tells us which treatments and services work, and which don’t, so that...

Robocare

The use of NAO Robots with patients was trialed at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London. The idea was to assess whether these robots could help...

How to reduce medication errors

Latest figures for 2015/6 showed that on average 49,000 people attended major A&E departments in England every day – in winter this figure rockets. Within...

Treating coughing children

Paediatrics is heading into its busiest time of the year where GPs, Emergency Departments and Children’s Units will be seeing hundreds of children a day...

Identify patients with Atrial Fibrillation

Thousands of people with Atrial Fibrillation are not being diagnosed because doctors are pushed for time and are not carrying out simple pulse checks, says...