There is little evidence for any direct impact of national cancer policy initiatives implemented since 2000 on short term cancer survival in England. Th...
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Little evidence for any direct impact of national cancer policies on short term survival in England
By Mike Broad - March 22nd, 2018
Respiratory Medicine: Global rise of multidrug resistant tuberculosis threatens to derail progress
By Mike Broad - March 23rd, 2017
New antibiotics are becoming available for the first time but without accurate diagnostics, clear treatment guidelines, and improved control efforts, their...
Diabetes: care and control for children in England and Wales ‘significantly improved’
By Mark Jones - March 9th, 2017
There has been continued improvement in diabetes care and control among children over the last six years, according the annual national audit. The numbe...
Palliative Care: Concerns over inconsistency in access and provision across England
By Mark Jones - March 9th, 2017
Provision of palliative care requires a national framework to ensure patients have equal and fair access to end-of-life services, say experts. Palliativ...
Zika virus expected to spread across areas of Europe in late spring and summer
- May 19th, 2016
The overall risk of a Zika virus outbreak across the WHO European Region is low to moderate during late spring and summer, according to a new risk assessme...
Oncology: Study suggests most female childhood cancer survivors have good chance of becoming pregnant
By Mark Jones - March 24th, 2016
For women who have survived childhood cancer, the impact of modern chemotherapy regimens on the likelihood of becoming pregnant is generally small, and mos...
Mental health: SSRI antidepressants not associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular conditions
By Mark Jones - March 24th, 2016
Commonly used antidepressants, known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, are not associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular conditions, su...
Zika virus: New research further supports association between Zika virus infection and microcephaly
By Mark Jones - March 24th, 2016
New research, based on data from the 2013-14 Zika outbreak in French Polynesia, further supports the association between Zika virus and microcephaly. Th...
Obesity: Sugar content in fruit drinks marketed to kids “unacceptably high”
- March 24th, 2016
The sugar content of fruit drinks—including natural fruit juices and smoothies—is “unacceptably high,” with smoothies among the worst offenders, fi...
Zika virus: link with Guillain-Barré syndrome, according French Polynesia evidence
By Mark Jones - March 3rd, 2016
Analysis of blood samples from 42 patients diagnosed with Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) during the Zika virus outbreak in French Polynesia provides the fi...
Zika virus: Evidence that virus can cross placental barrier, but unclear link with microcephaly
By Mark Jones - March 3rd, 2016
Zika virus has been detected in the amniotic fluid of two pregnant women whose foetuses had been diagnosed with microcephaly, according to a study publishe...
