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Month: August 2024

Covid-19: NHS staff will be offered vaccine this autumn, but JCVI recommends more limited rollout

Frontline NHS staff will continue to be offered a covid vaccine as part of this year’s autumn programme […]

August 6, 2024 Infectious diseases, UK, COVID-19

Surrogacy needs to be regulated, not prohibited

Criticism of surrogacy—in which a woman carries a child for parents who cannot do so themselves—has become increasingly […]

August 5, 2024 Uncategorized

India’s billion dollar pharma industry has a waste problem

In January 2022 farmers in Yadadri Bhuvanagiri, in the southern Indian state of Telangana, warned that pollution from […]

August 5, 2024 Uncategorized

New study reveals certain bacteria are toxic for head and neck cancer

New study reveals certain bacteria are toxic for head and neck cancer
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Head and neck cancer is currently recognised as the sixth most common cancer globally

August 5, 2024 Fusobacterium, Guy's and St Thomas', head and neck cancer, King’s College London, News

ETH Zurich researchers reveal how colorectal cancer cells colonise the liver

ETH Zurich researchers reveal how colorectal cancer cells colonise the liver
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Bowel cancer, the third most common cancer type worldwide, is the second most common cause of cancer death

August 5, 2024 colorectal cancer, ETH Zurich, News, Oncology, Plexin-B2, semaphorin

New compound effective against flesh-eating bacteria

Researchers have developed a compound that is effective against common bacteria that can lead to rare, dangerous illnesses.

August 3, 2024 Uncategorized

When I use a word . . . . Fictional drugs in dystopian fiction

Speculative fiction and Walter BesantI have elsewhere defined fictional drugs as non-existent medicines, intended for human use, invented […]

August 3, 2024 Uncategorized

Dementia: Almost half of cases could be prevented by tackling 14 risk factors, says commission

An estimated 45% of dementia cases could be delayed or prevented entirely by tackling 14 risk factors, including […]

August 2, 2024 Uncategorized

An independent panel should evaluate the health of presidential candidates

President Joe Biden’s 2024 re-election campaign ended on the afternoon of 21 July 2024, not with a bang […]

August 2, 2024 Uncategorized

Study reveals non-statin cholesterol drugs could reduce liver cancer risk

Study reveals non-statin cholesterol drugs could reduce liver cancer risk
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The third leading cause of cancer mortality accounts for over 700,000 deaths every year

August 2, 2024 liver cancer, National Cancer Institute, News, non-statin cholesterol drugs, Oncology

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