NHS Rolls Out ‘Wearable’ 24-Hour Infusion For Advanced Parkinson’s
Hundreds of NHS patients with advanced Parkinson’s disease are set to benefit from a portable drug infusion that is gradually released around-the-clock to help better…
Read more...Hundreds of NHS patients with advanced Parkinson’s disease are set to benefit from a portable drug infusion that is gradually released around-the-clock to help better…
Read more...A new BMA report, “It’s broken” Doctors’ experiences on the frontline of a failing mental healthcare system”, based on first-hand accounts of doctors working across…
Read more...A blood test that looks for changes in certain proteins could predict dementia up to 15 years before diagnosis, research suggests. Scientists have identified 11…
Read more...A further 1.4 million people who have an increased risk for progression to severe COVID-19 will be eligible for Paxlovid if they test positive following…
Read more...Drugs used to treat erectile dysfunction could also be linked to a reduced risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, according to new research from University College…
Read more...An in-depth report into the challenges faced by people with learning disabilities and/or autistic people trying to leave ‘long-stay’ hospital is published in full for…
Read more...New research, published today in Nature Medicine, has identified five cases of Alzheimer’s disease believed to have arisen because of a medical treatment decades earlier….
Read more...Patients in England will be able to get treatment for seven common conditions at their high street pharmacy from today without needing to see a…
Read more...The BMA is asking the Government to discuss how to improve its pay offer to consultants in England after members voted against it. BMA consultant…
Read more...By Kate Turley, 1851 Royal Commission Industrial Fellow The continued growth of the ageing population comes with a number of health-related pressures. One of the…
Read more...More than 40,000 people with mental health problems are being supported back into employment thanks to an NHS programme, new data shows. The figures come…
Read more...Researchers have established a first potential therapeutic target for a type of early-onset dementia. Scientists have identified abnormal aggregates of a protein called TAF15 in…
Read more...As tens of thousands of junior doctors in England begin an unprecedented 6 days of strike action today (January 3). The British Medical Association’s junior doctors…
Read more...The Scottish government must take serious action in 2024 to secure the future of the NHS after a snap survey from BMA Scotland revealed that…
Read more...A new study suggests that a wide range of risk factors, including health and lifestyle factors, could be linked to young onset dementia. Researchers in…
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