Skiing is a great option for a fun and active family holiday however the adrenaline rush is not without risks! Here are some tips to ensure you stay as safe as possible, keeping everyone warm, happy and healthy and some practical first aid tips should things go wrong. Prevention is key and it is vital […]
Skiing is great fun and makes for a fabulous family holiday, but the adrenaline buzz is not without risk. It is estimated that a staggering 300 million people around the world are involved in winter sports, with 200m skiers and 100m snowboarders, so it is inevitable that accidents will happen. Here’s what to do if […]
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A new and increasingly widely used diabetes medication may have additional health benefits for older adults, according to new research which looked at data from more than 300,000 patients who have taken part in clinical trials. The study, led by the University of Glasgow and published in JAMA, is the largest of its kind to […]
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One of the biggest challenges in cancer treatment is addressing the ability of cancer cells to adapt and become resistant, reducing the effectiveness of therapies over time. While treatments like chemotherapy or targeted therapies may initially shrink tumours, they often lose their effectiveness after a period. This resistance often emerges in metastatic tumours, because cancer […]
The conflict in Israel and Palestine has put Palestinian medical professionals under extreme pressure, and we remain committed to supporting them. Recently, we funded Dr Fuad Al Qadi, an anaesthesia specialist from Hebron in the West Bank, to attend a PACTS (Paediatric Advanced Cadaveric Trauma Surgery) course in the UK. Hebron is no stranger to […]
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Preventing accidents – Every year, around 2 million children attend A&E due to accidents. Over 76,000 of these require admission to hospital – that is nearly 1500 children a week! Accidental injury is one of the biggest single causes of death in the UK for children over the age of one. More children die each […]
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Action Against Heartburn is drawing attention to alarming statistics that reveal the UK oesophageal cancer rate is higher than most of Europe. According to recent data from Digestive Cancers Europe, analysed by Action Against Heartburn for Oesophageal Cancer Awareness Month, the UK’s incidence of this often fatal disease surpasses that of almost all European countries, […]
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A country-wide trial aiming to revolutionise how dementia is diagnosed using blood tests is now underway, in a bid to improve the UK’s shocking diagnosis rate. The READ-OUT research team at Dementias Platform UK (DPUK) based at the University of Oxford and University of Cambridge, is part of the Blood Biomarker Challenge – a multi-million […]
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Semaglutide, which acts in the brain to reduce food intake, has fast become one of the most effective pharmaceutical weapons in the global battle against obesity. GLP1-based obesity medicines are the subject of intense public debate as governments seek to harness their public health potential. But semaglutide’s positive impact on weight loss is sometimes offset […]
Young people support the idea of a smoke-free generation, according to a new study They broadly welcome the idea of the Government’s smokefree generation policy and see it as a chance to free their generation from harmful addiction, according to a study led by the University of Nottingham. Smoking tobacco kills more people than any other […]
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