High-Fat Maternal Diet Can Cause Brain Damage in the Unborn Child
A study team at MedUni Vienna’s Center for Brain Research has found that high-fat maternal diets can cause life-long changes in the brain of the...
Bionic Pacemaker Slows Progression of Heart Failure
Using brain circuits made in silicon, scientists have alleviated symptoms of heart failure by reinstating the body’s natural heart rhythm. This study published in The...
Simple Blood Test Could Better Predict Kidney Disease & Cardiovascular Risk
Researchers have found a better way to test for kidney disease using a simple blood test that is affordable and although it is available in...
New Medical Student Scheme Hopes To Tackle GP Crisis
First Year medical students will get more experience of ‘real life’ healthcare situations than ever before as part of new measures by the University of...
The Continued Evolution of Prostate Cancer Screening
New data will offer a unique insight into whether prostate MRI could be the test that we are looking for to preferentially detect those cancers...
Healthier for Longer
'BGS Healthier for Longer’, a new report published by the British Geriatrics Society, examines how messages of prevention and healthy ageing apply to an older...
Diving on The Mary Rose
Professor Hugo Montgomery, a consultant in intensive care medicine at UCL and Director of UCL Institute for Human Health and Performance will be giving a lecture entitled ‘diving...
Thrombosis: Anticoagulant Rivaroxaban Soon Available for Children
Medicines can have different effects in children than in adults, which is not just a question of the right dose. Yet, still only few pharmaceuticals...
One in Twenty British Adults Claim They will NEVER Retire
And of those who do believe retirement is on the cards, one in 10 reckon they’ll be aged 70 or older when the time comes....
6 Tips to Help Working Mum’s Manage Stress
An “alarming’ number of working Mothers in the UK are silently suffering from psychological problems, a study suggests. A survey of 2,000 working mothers found...
