Receiving an epidural during labour is associated with a significant reduction in severe maternal morbidity (serious health problems during childbirth or the six weeks following birth), according to new research that looked at data from more than half a million mothers in the UK. The findings suggest that improving access to epidurals during labour, alongside […]
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Karolinska University Hospital is participating in a major EU project on AI and precision medicine. A virtual twin will help doctors provide more personalized care to patients with type 2 diabetes. The dAIbetes project will use data from around 800,000 European patients to train AI models. The data comes from patients with type 2 diabetes, […]
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Understanding when to phone an ambulance, take someone to A&E, or to their GP is a critical decision. Particularly when the NHS is in overwhelm! Ambulances may struggle to get to you as the A&E departments are gridlocked and ambulances are therefore queuing for hours to deliver patients to A&E. Patients are spending many hours […]
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We all know someone who has experienced a break, sprain or dislocation. From skiing, slipping whilst running round the side of a swimming pool, trampolining … or just falling badly, they happen all the time, and they are tricky injuries to avoid. Whilst breaks and sprains are extremely common, it is difficult to know whether […]
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New research from the University of Aberdeen has for the first time provided evidence of how best to deliver effective services that will improve health outcomes and experiences of care for the thousands of people across the UK living with rare conditions such as vasculitis. Vasculitis is a group of rare conditions that cause inflammation […]
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Every cell in an organism carries an identical set of genetic instructions within its DNA. However, what determines whether a cell develops as a neuron, a muscle, or any other specific cell type lies in the activation or inactivation of specific genes in that particular cell. For instance, in the Drosophila fly, the TrxT and […]
Anxiety UK claim that 1 in 6 young people experience anxiety. This stress is often heightened during exam season or when students head back to school. As a parent, you want to ensure that you are well-equipped to support your child and reduce feelings of stress as much as possible. However, it is also reasonable […]
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Prolonged stress is bad for us. Stress can manifest itself as a physical and mental health problem. Stress also causes an increase in cortisol levels, which leaves us in a continual state of alertness, ready to jump into a fight, flight or fright response. This prolonged rise in cortisol levels is not good for us. […]
“Avoiding the allergen is always key with any allergy, whatever it might be,” says airborne allergens expert Max Wiseberg. “If you’re allergic to dairy, you avoid dairy products. And it’s the same with pollen if you get hay fever. Only it’s a little more difficult with pollen as it’s in the air we breathe. However, […]
A new technique in building DNA structures at a microscopic level has the potential to advance drug delivery and disease diagnosis, a study suggests. A team of scientists, from the universities of Portsmouth and Leicester in the UK, has developed an innovative way to customise and strengthen DNA origami. DNA origami is the method of […]
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