How far does Emergency Department performance need to fall
Responding to the latest Emergency Department performance figures published by NHS England for December 2022, Dr Adrian Boyle, President of the Royal College of Emergency...
First aid: Waiting for an ambulance
If you are first on the scene and find someone who has collapsed or had an accident, what you do in those first minutes is...
Melanoma: fewer cases among people taking vitamin D
Fewer cases of melanoma were observed among regular users of vitamin D supplements than among non-users, a new study finds. People taking vitamin D supplements...
Locally advanced cervical cancer: Better odds using personalized brachytherapy
Cervical cancer is the cancer with the fourth highest mortality rate among women worldwide. Locally advanced cervical cancer (LACC) is treated with a combination of...
RCEM welcomes £250 million investment to tackle NHS crisis
RCEM welcomes £250 million investment to tackle NHS crisis: Commenting on Downing Street's NHS Recovery Forum on Saturday 7 January and the subsequent announcement of...
Protecting the rights of older people to health and social care
Protecting the rights of older people to health and social care: The current health and social care crisis affects the whole of society but has...
Mental health prescriptions for children up nearly 60 percent
Along with broad increase in prescriptions, study finds differences in mental healthcare according to gender of children and wealth of families. New research from the...
TMS study could be helpful for epilepsy prognosis
Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) measured cortical inhibition provides insight into interindividual differences in progressive myoclonic epilepsy. In patients with progressive myoclonic epilepsy type 1 (EPM1),...
NHS Confederation responds to Sunak’s new year speech
NHS Confederation responds to Sunak's new year speech: Responding to Prime Minster Rishi Sunak's new year speech, Matthew Taylor chief executive of the NHS Confederation,...
Poor glycemic control predictions from AI
Poor glycemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes can be predicted from patient information systems with the help of machine learning. The risk for...
