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Today medical journal The Lancet relaunched a sleek and efficient new version of their website TheLancet.com.The team at The Lancet consulted 100 authors, readers, doctors and clinicians – or ‘development partners’ – to find out what users wanted, and the result is a much cleaner and easier to use website. In the new design, The [...]
The latest issue of New Scientist is a cancer special titled ‘Old killer, new hope‘. The main focus of the issue is a large article on genomics – ‘Living with the enemy‘. Instead of classifying tumors according to where in the body they appear, for example the prostate or the lung, scientists are now starting [...]
Many patients with cancer feel that their attitude towards the ‘fight’ is an important part of beating the disease, but maintaining a positive perspective is pretty tough in the face of a life-threatening malignancy. A large, population-based study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology has now found that psychosocial factors such as fighting spirit [...]
Authorities in Japan have taken an interesting approach to improving the dire survival rates after out-of-hospital sudden cardiac arrest (SCA), i.e. heart attack in the home or in a public place rather than in a ward on a hospital.Nature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine reports that automated external defibrillator devices (AEDs) are being placed in vending [...]
The Bee Gees’ disco smash ‘Stayin’ Alive’ is more appropriately titled than anyone could have realized – the 1977 hit is the ideal speed at which to perform chest compressions in heart attack victims. Having practiced cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) with the song, participants in a recent study could maintain the ideal rhythm weeks later by [...]
About 10 days ago Diabetes UK launched their biggest ever UK public awareness campaign – Beware the silent assassin. I first got wind of the campaign when I spotted this arresting poster at Old Street tube station in east London. The campaign has been launched on the back of research by Mori showing that people [...]
Nature Clinical Practice Nephrology has recently published a review by Luyckx and Naicker highlighting the link between traditional medicines and kidney injury. Traditional and herbal remedies are widely used worldwide, with as many as 80% of people in some populations using such treatments. The use of herbal remedies becoming increasing common in Western countries, as [...]
A recent study published in the Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology has shown that neural signs of Parkinson’s disease can be identified by taking a simple skin sample. Parkinson’s disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects about 1 in every 500 people in the UK. There is no biochemical test to definitively diagnose [...]
To celebrate the launch of the book Medical London: City of diseases, city of cures, the Wellcome Collection is hosting a selection of events in the city. Written by Richard Barnett and Mike Jay, Medical London offers “a unique … view of the roles played by diseases, treatments and cures in London’s sprawling story”. Yesterday [...]
On Thursday the Ig Nobel prizes were awarded at Harvard University. Sponsored by the Annals of Improbable Research, these prizes are an irreverent alternative to the Nobel Prizes, which will be awarded over the next ten days, and aim to “celebrate the unusual, honor the imaginative — and spur people’s interest in science, medicine, and [...]