The NHS Race and Health Observatory, which is supported by NHS England and hosted by the NHS Confederation, has appointed its full board of non-executive directors, bringing in some of the world’s leading experts on health inequalities. Members include Professor Sir Michael Marmot, of the UCL Institute of Health Equity; Professor David Williams, of the […]
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The UK’s leading medical equipment testing company has issued a new warning on the use of fridges to store the new Oxford Astra-Zeneca vaccine. Unless fridges are correctly calibrated and serviced, GP surgeries, pharmacies and other vaccine providers run the risk of damaging the effectiveness of the vaccine, which must be stored between 2-8 degrees […]
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You are probably sick of quarantine and wish life would go back to the way it was before the Covid-19 Pandemic spread across the globe. Now all you can do is hope that this Pandemic ends soon, but how could that happen? In today’s video we’re going to look back at previous pandemics in history […]
Launch of multimillion pound institute for health technology research and innovation in Manchester: Tuesday, 12 January saw a consortium led by The University of Manchester launch a new multimillion pound research and innovation institute that will build on Manchester’s academic strengths in digital health and advanced materials to discover innovative health and care solutions. Named […]
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Good news for coffee lovers as Coventry University research finds consistent performance enhancing benefits of caffeine consumption: Researchers from Coventry University have discovered that the affects of caffeine on exercise performance do not diminish the longer people use it. It has long been acknowledged that the ingestion of caffeine can increase exercise performance. But Coventry […]
New study concludes continuous wireless monitoring of a mother’s temperature during labour promises to be more effective than manual measurements for indicating the risk of early onset sepsis in newborn babies. A new study has concluded that the use of a continuous wireless patient monitoring platform which monitors a mother’s temperature during labour could aid […]
Arthritis drugs may help sickest Covid-19 patients: Treating critically ill COVID-19 patients with drugs typically used for arthritis may significantly improve survival, a landmark study has found. The findings, which have not yet been peer-reviewed, come from the REMAP-CAP trial, which evaluates the effect of treatments on a combination of survival and length of time […]
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New model for predicting course of COVID-19 could relieve pressure on the healthcare system: MedUni Vienna, Klinik Favoriten, Medical University of Innsbruck, Johannes Kepler University Linz and the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm joined forces to develop a mathematical model to reliably identify COVID-19 patients who are likely to have a more favourable disease course. This […]
Advice to help families cope during COVID-19: Family life has changed dramatically since the outbreak of the coronavirus. For many people, they have had to adapt to new daily routines, where they are spending more of their time at home. Lopa Vihibkar a systemic couple and adult family psychotherapist at Priory Wellbeing Centre Fenchurch Street and Priory Wellbeing Centre […]
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Exercise has been used in the treatment of many medical conditions, including heart and lung diseases. But it can also play an important role in treating peripheral artery disease. Our latest review shows that for people with peripheral artery disease, exercise programmes may help improve walking ability and quality of life by relieving symptoms of […]
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