Author: Hippocratic Post

Cancers are often heavily reliant on breaking down fats for their growth and spread, and could be treated by a highly innovative combination of new drugs and dietary changes, a major new study concludes. Analysing cancer’s metabolism with a surgical ‘iKnife’ detects tumours with heavy reliance on fats Landmark study finds metabolic weakness could be […]

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The need for urgent cancer diagnosis and screening is becoming more acute by each passing day according to one of the UK’s top cancer experts. Professor Karol Sikora, chief medical officer at Rutherford Health and former head of the WHO’s cancer programme, is calling for a major effort to ramp up diagnosis after 25 charities […]

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A new peer-reviewed study using medicinal cannabidiol in children and adolecents with intellectual disabilities has found that it may reduce the severity of their behavioural problems. A new study has shown that cannabidiol, a cannabis-derived supplement, may reduce the severity of behavioural problems in children and adolescents with an intellectual disability The supplement was found […]

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NHS England has given the green light and a £1 million grant for a team to develop a pain-free, non-invasive and instant way to detect mouth cancer. The funding from SBRI Healthcare has been awarded to the University of Sheffield and medical device diagnostics company Zilico, to create a fully functioning prototype. Once built and […]

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A study conducted by the University of Melbourne is investigating the impact of Covid-19 on adults.  The same study is also taking place in the USA and UK.  Concerns about whether people have coped in isolation have prompted a weekly survey to identify how adults living in Australia are dealing with coronavirus (COVID-19) issues such […]

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