I'm a Diet Coke fiend, and at the end of 2019 I was drinking a can most days. Both studies and experts say conflicting things about the health and weight implications of consuming artificially sweetened soft drinks, but I suspected it wasn't good for me. I stopped drinking Diet Coke for a month to see how it affected me, and […]
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An NHS organisation in Greater Manchester has gone live with the Sunrise Acute Care electronic patient record system from Chicago-headquartered health IT giant Allscripts. Bolton NHS Foundation Trust, a provider of hospital and community health services, started using the EPR in A&E and across all of the wards at Royal Bolton Hospital at the beginning of October 2019. It adopted a clinical […]
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What does it mean to have a mental breakdown? It’s something we’ve heard about with celebrities: Kanye West, Tori Spelling, and Pete Davidson are just a few famous names who’ve been in the news for the breakdowns they’ve suffered. The term mental breakdown, which is synonymous with nervous breakdown, isn’t an actual clinical term, nor does it refer to a […]
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Bowel cancer can progress by infecting and destroying nearby tissues. The cancer can even travel to other parts of the body (called metastasis). Eventually, the cancer can lead to death. To improve chances of survival rates, early diagnosis is paramount. The next time you come back from the toilet, does it feel as though your bladder has been completely emptied? […]
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Microsoft on Tuesday announced AI for Health, a five-year, $40 million program that aims to help healthcare organizations leverage artificial intelligence and machine learning to boost the health of patients and populations worldwide. WHY IT MATTERS Microsoft says AI for Health – which is part of its $165 million AI for Good initiative – will help researchers, nonprofits and healthcare […]
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Why you need a PLANT for your desk: Just being able to stare at a bonsai or cactus ‘can calm you down and make work less stressful’ Office workers were given a plant to care for over four weeks A ‘significant decrease’ in stress was recorded during and after the month Stress was measured with heart rate monitoring and questionnaires […]
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Researchers have developed a new MRI tool that can identify cases of ovarian cancer which are difficult to diagnose using standard methods. The tool has produced encouraging results in a clinical study and its impact on management and outcomes of women with ovarian cancer will now be evaluated in a major trial at 18 hospitals in the UK, including Imperial […]
Continue reading » Credit: CC0 Public Domain China has enacted extraordinary measures to contain the spread of a new coronavirus that has killed more than 130 people, infected thousands and reached some 15 countries. Here is a rundown of the steps taken so far in an unprecedented effort: Millions under lockdown More than 56 million people are subject to travel curbs in Hubei […]
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An international team has completed the most comprehensive study of whole cancer genomes to date, significantly improving our fundamental understanding of cancer and signposting new directions for its diagnosis and treatment. The ICGC/TCGA Pan-Cancer Analysis of Whole Genomes Project (PCAWG), known as the Pan-Cancer Project, a collaboration involving more than 1,300 scientists and clinicians from 37 countries, analyzed more than […]
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High blood pressure affects around a third of adults in the UK, but many may not realise they have it because symptoms don’t usually show. The only sure way to find out if you have high blood pressure is to have your reading regularly checked, either by your GP or local pharmacist or using a blood pressure monitor yourself. READ […]
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