The relentless ongoing battle to fight the spread of deadly superbugs is explored in Superbugs: The Fight for Our Lives, a new exhibition at London’s Science Museum which runs until February 2019. Superbugs kill almost 700,000 people a year and by 2050 this could rise to 30 million. A quarter of the world’s population are […]
A video game that enables healthy volunteers to play with patients who have physical impairments may improve their rehabilitation, suggests a new study. The researchers from Imperial College have designed a video game called Balloon Buddies, which is a tool that enables those recovering from conditions such as a stroke to engage and play together […]
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By stimulating a patient’s immune system, a drug already in use to treat a blood disorder can thwart the growth of a variety of solid tumours, find a team at Keio University in Japan. The drug 5-aza-CdR is currently approved for treating a blood disorder that can lead to leukemia. It inhibits the methylation of […]
In medical emergencies, people living in remote and rural areas can be disadvantaged, having to travel many miles to a hospital in order to receive a diagnosis. The University of Aberdeen, NHS Highland and the Scottish Ambulance Service are testing new technology which enables paramedics to send high-quality video and ultrasound images ahead of a […]
Through my work as a sex therapist and relationship counsellor, I know the challenges that a woman has to face if she suffers from bladder weakness, not least when it comes to her sex life. Whether married, single or in a relationship, it is causing many women to refrain from having sex altogether. That’s according […]
Word Radiography Day is the 8th of November. The date marks the anniversary of the discovery of x-radiation by Wilhelm Roentgen in 1895. Watch the Medical research council take chest x-rays of men and women – part of a campaign to prevent tuberculosis (aka TB) by early diagnosis in 1944 by British Pathe. […]
Don’t overlook fertility problems in your man, says Dr Catherine Hood, a consultant in psychosexual medicine, health writer and broadcaster. ‘Women are often quick to blame themselves if they don’t get pregnant, and overlook the fact that it is increasingly likely that the problem lies with their partner.’ The number of men diagnosed with severe […]
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Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a devastating disease of the central nervous system and affects approximately 100,000 individuals in the United Kingdom. The cause of MS is unknown and is likely to involve genetic and environmental factors as well as lifestyle choices. There is no cure for MS and current therapies are limited and primarily address […]
Spinal cord injuries can have devastating life-long consequences and a total break in the spinal cord is impossible to repair. There are currently around 50,000 people in the UK with a serious spinal cord injury with 1,000 new cases arising every year. In the UK the cost to the NHS to treat the damage and […]
Thermotherapy (using heat) has long been used as a treatment method for cancer, but it is difficult to treat patients without damaging healthy cells. However, tumour cells can be weakened or killed without affecting normal tissue if temperatures can be controlled accurately within a range of 42°C to 45°C. Scientists from the University of Surrey […]
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