How to cycle safely
How to cycle safely: The UK Government has launched an extensive obesity strategy aimed at getting people fit and relieving…
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Targets for avoidable sight loss ‘not being met’, 30-year study finds
Targets for avoidable sight loss ‘not being met’, 30-year study finds: A new global study has found no significant reduction…
New study on Liver Cirrhosis
Liver cirrhosis: new study on the impact of systemic inflammation on disease progression: Patients with liver cirrhosis display a wide…
Introducing the HIV Commission to mark World AIDS Day
Introducing the HIV Commission to mark World AIDS Day: Kat Smithson is director of policy at the National AIDS Trust…
WHO calls for reinvigorated action to fight global malaria
WHO calls for reinvigorated action to fight malaria: Global malaria gains threatened by access gaps, COVID-19 and funding shortfall The…
Face to face appointments preferred over virtual
Lung cancer patients are more likely to worry about receiving bad news if offered a virtual (video or telephone) appointment,…
Scoring system screening for “dual” heart disease
Scoring system improves screening for "dual" heart disease: Aortic stenosis, high-grade narrowing of the aortic valve, and cardiac amyloidosis, in…
CAP-COVID study: pandemic pregnancy
UCL announces 2nd phase of CAP-COVID study: How has the pandemic impacted pregnant women in their 1st Trimester? The CAP-COVID…
Skin cancer treatment to help transplant patients
World-first skin cancer treatment aims to help transplant patients: A new medication which can be applied to the skin could…
Prostate cancer: µ-crystallin CRYM protein inhibits tumour growth
Prostate cancer: µ-crystallin CRYM protein inhibits tumour growth: Prostate cancer is one of the most commonly diagnosed forms of cancer…