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What do you know about the Danish medical cannabis pilot programme?

What do you know about the Danish medical cannabis pilot programme?

Minister of Health, Ellen Trane Nørby, provides insight into the recently introduced Danish medical cannabis pilot programme and its implications. What does the Danish medical...
Expectations vs reality: Norgine data highlights importance of bowel preparation for colonoscopy

Expectations vs reality: Norgine data highlights importance of bowel preparation for colonoscopy

New findings demonstrate that the clinical reality of the liquid volume required for bowel preparation for colonoscopy is greatly underestimated. At United European Gastroenterology (UEG)...
sphingotec to launch biomarkers addressing unmet medical need

sphingotec to launch biomarkers addressing unmet medical need

sphingotec GmbH is set to launch first-in-class blood biomarker point-of-care tests that allow early diagnosis and monitoring of disorders caused by acute kidney dysfunction...
The gender agenda: WHO Europe’s new men’s health strategy

The gender agenda: WHO Europe’s new men’s health strategy

WHO Europe’s men’s health strategy is undoubtedly a milestone in men’s health, but how far does it go to address the neglected health needs...
Can the symptoms of Chron's disease be improved by cannabis oil?

Can the symptoms of Crohn’s disease be improved by cannabis oil?

Studies show that cannabis oil can significantly improve symptoms of Crohn's disease despite having no effect on gut inflammation. Being the first of its kind,...
Could inflammation be the key to pancreatic cancer prevention?

Could inflammation be the key to pancreatic cancer prevention?

Health Europa presents recent research from the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre that has revealed an unexpected link between pancreatic cancer and inflammation. Pancreatic cancer...
What role is there for emergency medicine in climate change mitigation and response?

Is there a role for emergency medicine in climate change mitigation & response?

Emergency medicine must play a leading role in mitigating against and responding to climate change. Speaking at CleanMed Europe 2018, Jonathan E Slutzman, MD...
Breast Cancer Now urges government to tackle rising rates of breast cancer

Breast Cancer Now urges government to tackle rising rates of breast cancer

Breast Cancer Now is calling on the UK Government to act now to prevent a projected rise in rates of breast cancer deaths by...
Rethinking the UK approach to dementia care

Rethinking the approach to UK dementia care

Dementia is now the leading cause of death in the United Kingdom, so why does dementia care and support lag woefully behind that for...
The dormant LTBI: dangers of neglecting latent tuberculosis infection

The dormant LTBI: dangers of neglecting latent tuberculosis infection

With all UN Member States pledging to end TB by 2030, can the dormant form of TB, latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI), be managed? Recent studies...
A new drug target for hepatocellular carcinoma

A new drug target for hepatocellular carcinoma

Health Europa explores how an international team of scientists have developed a novel peptide drug that could one day lead to more effective treatments...
CAR T-cell therapies in Europe

CAR T-cell therapies in Europe

Health Europa reflects on the first two CAR T-cell therapies to have been recommended for approval in the European Union. In June, the European Medicines...
United Nations agencies call for ban on virginity testing

United Nations agencies call for ban on virginity testing

A global call to eradicate virginity testing, which is medically unnecessary & often painful, has been announced by United Nations agencies. Virginity testing, a gynaecological...
United Nations Sustainable Development Goals: time to accelerate progress

United Nations Sustainable Development Goals: time to accelerate progress

Global health organisations committed to collaboratively accelerate the growth of achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Orchestrated by the World Health Organization, the initiative...
Healthtech device for those with locked-in syndrome now offered by NHS Supply Chan

Healthtech device for locked-in syndrome patients now offered by NHS Supply Chain

Patients with locked-in syndrome can now receive a breakthrough AI-powered healthtech device available through the NHS Supply Chain. EyeControl have developed a ground-breaking communication device...
The use of Sleeping Beauty mutagenesis to classify fatty liver-associated liver cancer

Sleeping Beauty mutagenesis used to classify a form of liver cancer

Researchers have used a gene screening technique called Sleeping Beauty mutagenesis identifying genes potentially responsible for fatty liver-associated liver cancer. Osaka University, Japan, led a...
Diagnostic tools and therapies to be developed by new Horizon 2020 projects

Diagnostic tools and therapies to be developed by new Horizon 2020 projects

New Horizon 2020 projects set to collaboratively research and develop innovative diagnostic tools and therapies for rare diseases. Almost a dozen new collaborative research and...
Reform is required: older adults that self-harm need care too

Reform is required: older adults that self-harm need care too

According to a UK study, the majority of over 65s who self-harm are not referred for specialist help. Published in The Lancet Psychiatry Journal, adults...
Prescription cannabis in UK: has the law and the drug become best buds?

Prescription cannabis in UK: have the law and the drug become best buds?

The UK government has announced that patients can receive prescription cannabis by specialist doctors from 1 November 2018. Health Europa previously reported upon the review...
The digital challenge: achieving a paperless NHS by 2020

The digital challenge: achieving a paperless NHS by 2020

Despite calls for a paperless NHS back in 2013, the service is far from completing its paperless journey. Qlik’s David Bolton sets out how...

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