Helping frail elderly people manage multiple medicines safely is the focus of a new research project led by Dr Beth Fylan, Senior Lecturer in Patient Safety in the Faculty of Life Sciences at the University of Bradford. The potential impact is considerable: nearly 12 million people in the UK are over 65 and of those, […]
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August is Psoriasis awareness month. What is psoriasis? Psoriasis is a non-contagious, chronic autoimmune disease that causes skin inflammation, and is linked to other autoimmune deficiencies such as psoriatic arthritis. Proriasis Awareness month and is used as an opportunity to educate and inform sufferers on a range of topics varying from treatment, causes, triggers and […]
How do you stay safe outdoors during the Pandemic? Emma Hammett of First Aid For Life advises how to stay safe as Covid-19 lockdown eases and outlines 19 possible symptoms to look out for. Lockdown is gradually easing in the UK and we welcome the cautious reopening of many non-essential business. Covid-19 guidance is now […]
What do premature babies hear while lying in an incubator? “That is the question addressed by an interdisciplinary team from the Medical University of Vienna, led by Vito Giordano (neuroscientist at the Division of Neonatology, Pediatric Intensive Care and Neuropediatrics at the Comprehensive Center for Pediatrics (CCP) of Medical University of Vienna), by musicologist/acoustician Christoph Reuter, […]
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Devastating mental health toll of sarcoma cancer worryingly high across the UK, charity Sarcoma UK warns: Agonising levels of anxiety, depression as well as having to give up full-time education or employment are some of the ways sarcoma cancer is destroying lives, a new survey reveals today. Even prior to the Covid-19 pandemic, one in […]
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Many people woefully ignorant about food safety risks posed by COVID-19. A new study conducted by researchers from University College London has identified potentially harmful misperceptions about COVID-19 and nutrition. With a number of world leaders spreading dangerous advice about drinking disinfectant or even injecting it or taking antimalarial drugs for COVID-19 prevention despite scientists’ warnings, inoculating […]
The UK’s leading supplier of human tissue samples is joining forces with a Cambridge Biobank to provide COVID-19 samples for scientists. The only UK-owned virtual biobank, Tissue Solutions, is working with Cambridge Blood and Stem Cell Biobank (CBSB) at the University of Cambridge to increase the turnaround time and usefulness of every COVID-19 sample donated. […]
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Imperial College London is to lead a major programme of testing for COVID-19 to track the progress of the infection across the UK. The programme will help to improve understanding of how many people are currently infected with the virus, and potentially how many have been infected and recovered since the COVID-19 outbreak began. The […]
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Pharmacists ‘unable to maintain social distancing’ at work and risk infection. A new snapshot survey of pharmacists from the Royal Pharmaceutical Society shows that the majority of pharmacists are unable to maintain social distancing at work and one in three still can’t get continuous supplies of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). A huge 94% of respondents […]
The newest cohort of doctors from the University of Aberdeen will graduate early (Friday, April 17) so that many of them can join the frontline and support the NHS and the COVID-19 effort. With guidance from the General Medical Council, the graduation date of final year medical students at the University was brought forward by […]
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