Derek Jarman’s Dungeness Garden at the Garden Museum in Lambeth: Escape into a briny world of shingle, salt and seagulls this weekend, by visiting the Garden Museum’s exhibition exploring experimental filmmaker Derek Jarman’s passion for gardening and how his otherworldly garden in Dungeness inspired his work and helped him deal with his HIV diagnosis and illness. […]
Thousands of young people across the country are preparing for that well-established rite of passage – heading to university for the start of the new academic year. Priory expert offers advice on becoming an undergraduate during a pandemic: COVID-19 has transformed life at university Experts say it risks heightening feelings of loneliness, depression Using alcohol […]
Researchers warn doctors are making decisions based on flawed Covid-19 data: Doctors may be making decisions about whether Covid-19 patients have the virus, need a ventilator, or remain in hospital, based on weak and over-optimistic evidence, Keele researchers have found. Researchers from Keele University and institutions from across Europe, including the University of Oxford, have […]
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The NHS would spend billions of pounds more on drugs if it had to pay US prices following a US/UK trade deal. According to a new study by researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Harvard Medical School, and the University of Oxford, published by the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, NHS England […]
ESCP 2020 – Virtually Vilnius: ‘Preserving sexual function in rectal cancer treatment options’ preview: an interview with Anne Thyø Preservation of quality of life and functional outcomes – including sexual function – has recently gained more attention in rectal cancer treatment and the number of studies about sexual dysfunction is increasing. Recorded risk of sexual dysfunction […]
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New tool outsmarts COVID-19 virus to help vaccine development: Melbourne researchers have developed a tool to monitor mutations that make it difficult to develop coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines and drugs. Ensuring treatments remain effective as the virus mutates is a huge challenge for researchers. The powerful new tool harnesses genomic and protein information about the virus […]
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Patients facing agonising wait for sarcoma cancer diagnoses ‘unacceptable’, says Jess Philips Sarcoma UK, the national bone and soft tissue cancer charity, is calling on the Government and NHS to take strong action in a new report that showcases how delays to sarcoma cancer diagnoses are costing patient lives. Backed by Jess Phillips, Member of Parliament […]
As part of his work with The Children’s Trust and Anglia Ruskin University, Chroma senior music therapist (neuro-rehabilitation) Dr Jonathan Pool has collaborated with Professor Wendy Magee to create a diagnostic tool to support goal planning for children living with DOC. Recently published in BMJ Open*, the Music therapy Sensory Instrument for Cognition, Consciousness and […]
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A common consequence of chronically high alcohol consumption is a decline in cognitive function, which can even progress to full-blown dementia. However, we do not yet fully understand how alcohol damages the brain. A research group led by Stephan Listabarth from MedUni Vienna’s Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Division of Social Psychiatry, has now developed […]
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Tackling child obesity risks becoming “lost amidst reorganisation and delays”: Responding to the National Audit Office’s report on childhood obesity which found that it is not clear that the Department of Health & Social Care’s (DHSC) current programme will be able to make the step change needed in the timescale available, Dr Layla McCay, director […]