Future EU enlargement: fit-for-purpose accession negotiation mechanisms needed
Looking ahead to future EU enlargements, Dr Paul De Raeve reflects on the mechanisms to process compliance with EU legislation and the impact of...
Mobile applications in wound care: a digital transformation
Speaking to Health Europa, Dr med Patricia Sigam MPH, the co-founder and CEO of digitalMedLab™, discusses the revolutionary potential of mobile applications in wound...
Therapies for fibromyalgia may be on the horizon
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet, Sweden, and Harvard University, USA, have made a groundbreaking step towards finding new therapies for fibromyalgia.
Therapies for fibromyalgia have been...
Have scientists found a way of halting and reversing neurodegeneration?
Researchers have identified a molecule with the capabilities of halting and reversing neurodegeneration typically caused by Parkinson’s disease.
A scientific collaboration led by researchers at...
Lab experiment eliminates malaria virus carried in mosquitoes
For the first time, research has been able to completely block the reproductive capacity of the malaria virus using a designer molecular approach.
Researchers from...
Could pancreatic cancer be blocked?
Researchers have developed a new drug that has the ability to prevent pancreatic cancer growth and potentially block the cancer cells from growing.
The study,...
Obesity to overtake smoking as biggest preventable cause of cancer in the UK
According to Cancer Research UK, obesity is predicted to surpass smoking as the biggest preventable cause of cancer in the UK for women by...
Research uncovers new findings on oral chronic pain disorder
Researchers are finally taking steps towards providing better diagnosis and treatment for the oral chronic pain disorder known as the Burning Mouth Syndrome (BMS).
BMS...
Scandal: NHS patients given contaminated blood
Public inquiry has begun regarding how thousands of NHS patients were given blood products infected with hepatitis and HIV during the 1970s and 1980s,...
Harmonising birth defects and cancer: research uncovers fine balance between cell survival and death
A recent study suggests that it is important to strike a healthy balance between too much cell death, which can lead to developmental abnormalities...
WHO reports: harmful use of alcohol causes more than 5% of the global disease...
More than three million people died because of damaging use of alcohol in 2016, according to a report released by WHO today. Overall, the...
DTU Biosustain receives investment to tackle harmful insecticides
The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability (DTU Biosustain) formed a spinout, BioPhero, which has receiving €3m in funding to develop products replacing the...
The components behind cognitive decline in Type 2 diabetes
In a recent diabetic medicine study, imaging tests discovered that changes in white matter regions of the brain, indicative of small vessel disease, are...
Mental health illness could be tackled with a contemporary approach
Four locations across the UK are set to establish creative approaches to improving mental health illness, thanks to £3.4m (~€3.8m) in National Lottery funding.
Living...
WHO calls for urgent action to end the tuberculosis epidemic
The World Health Organization (WHO) has released a 2018 edition of its Global Tuberculosis Report. The report provides a comprehensive and up-to-date assessment of...
Tilray gains US Government approval to import a medical cannabis study drug
Import of pharmaceutical grade medical cannabis produced by Tilray® Inc has been approved by the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), with a special study...
Consuming whole grain foods can effectively prevent Type 2 diabetes
Studies have indicated that individuals who eat any type of whole grain foods are less susceptible to developing Type 2 diabetes.
Researchers at Chalmers University...
A way of detecting pancreatic cancer at its earliest stages has been found
Previously, detecting pancreatic cancer has been proven to be difficult and is usually diagnosed very late in the disease progression. However, a newly developed...
Alzheimer’s disease treatment: Amyloid β-protein could be making a comeback
For many years, amyloid β-protein has been a promising therapeutic target, but the study results have been disappointing. New studies have now shown these...
Could paracetamol use in infancy be a cause of asthma?
Specific variants in the GST genes seem to play a role in greater susceptibility to lung problems and possibly be a cause of asthma...