With 17,000 lives saved, this could be one of the most impactful public health interventions in recent history, reshaping type 2 diabetes care in England.
Author: Alice Jones
New CROI data shows long-acting HIV therapy outperforms daily pills for those who miss doses, fewer shots, better results.
On World Cancer Day 2026, Zoe Merchant, AHP Clinical Lead for the Prehab4Cancer Programme, and Jack Murphy, Programme Manager for GM Active, posed a question that feels deceptively simple. Why are health and care professionals not talking more about physical activity? The evidence that movement improves outcomes is overwhelming. Yet in everyday clinical practice, it often remains an afterthought. A Missed Preventative Opportunity Physical inactivity is one of the leading modifiable risk factors for chronic disease. According to the World Health Organization, insufficient physical activity is responsible for an estimated 5 million deaths globally each year. In the UK, around…
I tried an IV drip at Fulham Wellness & Aesthetics in Munster Road, London. Here’s what happened, from consultation to results.
An in-depth analysis of the Care Quality Commission’s (CQC) role in healthcare regulation, covering recent operational challenges, staff morale, and calls for greater transparency and reform in its inspection processes.
Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV) is a hidden respiratory threat causing illness in children, adults, and high-risk groups. Let’s talk about it.
Explore hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) for health and beauty, from faster healing and reduced inflammation to potential anti-ageing benefits.
Elevidys becomes the first gene therapy approved for Duchenne muscular dystrophy in children, offering new hope and complex challenges in care.
“Every day, men across England are dying early from preventable causes,” says Wes Streeting, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care. “Men are hit harder by a range of conditions, while tragically suicide is the leading cause of death for men under 50.” His sentiments came as the UK government recently launched a 12-week call for evidence to inform England’s first-ever Men’s Health Strategy. Breaking news reports explain this initiative aims to address the life expectancy gap between men and women, focusing on prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of conditions disproportionately affecting men; such as cancer, cardiovascular disease, type 2…
Regulations around vaping are becoming stricter. But is there justification behind the governments fear mongering?
New Alzheimer’s innovations like Kisunla and blood-based biomarkers offer hope for early detection and treatment.
New blood tests promise to diagnose Alzheimer’s faster and more accurately than existing systems.
The problem of overdiagnosis is severe as it negatively impacts unsuspecting patients and loads them with medication, they do not need.
A shocking link between computed tomography (CT) scans and cancer has been announced with breaking news reports claiming that CT scans might be responsible for up to 103 000 new cancer cases annually, including 9 700 in children. These figures are based on a study by the Institute of Cancer Research in London and published in the JAMA Internal Medicine journal. CT scans are commonly used for medical diagnosis and study in the U.S., UK and abroad. CT is frequently lifesaving, yet its potential harms are often overlooked, and even very small cancer risks will lead to a significant number…
New research highlights the potential of multiplex PCR to curb overuse of antibiotics in pneumonia treatment.
The GMC has won the battle over medical professional classification against the BMA. But at what cost to patients?
A new tool in AI technology developed at the University of Cambridge could make coeliac disease diagnosis instant, impacting the medical well-being of the hundreds of thousands of UK residents living with the condition. An accurate diagnosis for coeliac disease can take years to secure. However, this tool can potentially diagnose coeliac disease straight away. It is as effective as a pathologist diagnosing the disease, and faster. Furthermore, it has been shown to accurately detect coeliac disease in 97 out of 100 cases, based on biopsy samples. Coeliac disease is an autoimmune disease which causes a reaction in the body…
Ballet is no longer for the very young. A new movement is seeing adults flock back to ballet classes for health reasons mostly.
MR devices like Microsoft’s HoloLens are making a difference in surgery, improving planning, execution, and training through real-time 3D visualisations.
Multi-cancer detection tests like Galleri and Delfi are transforming early cancer detection, with the potential to improve survival rates.