Infection and inflammation, is there medication for the future?
A new study has mapped how the body’s own peptides act to reduce infection and inflammation by deactivating the toxic substances formed in the...
What is the new age bowel screening will start in England?
Ministers have agreed with the national screening committee’s recommendation that bowel screening for cancer in England should start earlier at the age of 50.
The...
New nanoparticle cancer therapy can directly tackle cancer cells
A new nanoparticle cancer therapy, which will help deliver a combination therapy direct to cancer cells, could be imminent according to new research from...
Early Type 1 diabetes shortens women’s lives by 18 years
According to new research, women who develop Type 1 diabetes before the age of ten have shorter lives by an average of nearly 18...
Fall in deaths from hepatitis C-related liver disease
Deaths from hepatitis C-related end-stage liver disease have decreased by 11% in the last year in England, but diagnoses of advanced liver disease and...
EMA responds to liver injury concerns over uterine fibroids medicine
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has responded to concerns that Esmya (ulipristal acetate), a uterine fibroids medicine, presents a risk of serious liver injury.
Having...
New partnership takes aim at out-of-hospital cardiac arrests
The NHS, British Heart Foundation (BHF) and Microsoft have joined forces to help save lives in out-of-hospital cardiac arrests.
The groundbreaking partnership has the ambitious...
New survey finds one in 10 IBS-D sufferers have suicidal thoughts
A new study has revealed that 11% of people suffering from Irritable Bowel Syndrome with diarrhoea (IBS-D) have had suicidal thoughts when the condition...
The CleanMed Europe 2018 conference: discussing sustainable healthcare
As media partner for the event, Health Europa highlights the CleanMed Europe 2018 (CME18) conference in Nijmegen, Netherlands, and how it aims to promote...
Genes associated with risk of aggressive breast cancer identified
A new study has discovered the genes associated with risk of an aggressive breast cancer known as triple-negative breast cancer, which will help provide...
Will a no-deal Brexit impact insulin supply getting into the UK?
Diabetes UK has responded to recent concerns from the chair of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Authority (MHRA), Sir Michael Rawlins, that a...
Gender and BMI could help avoid harmful side effects in Type 2 diabetes
Factoring in simple characteristics such as sex and BMI can help clinicians make a decision on the correct drug to prescribe and improve control...
This new blood test will speed up the diagnosis of cardiac troponin
A new sensitive blood test, which can help speed up the diagnosis of cardiac troponin when a patient first arrives at the emergency room,...
England to introduce opt-out organ donation system
The UK Government has unveiled plans for an opt-out system for tissue and organ donation in England, in a move which it says will...
Vaccines for animal and human health
Vaccines are understood to be one of the greatest breakthroughs in modern medicine. Here, Health Europa explores how vaccines have benefitted not only humans...
Health Europa Quarterly discusses the latest health trends
Editor Kathryn Washburn introduces the sixth edition of Health Europa Quarterly, which features contributions from Dr Roberta Petrino, president of the European Society for Emergency...
Health management is not rocket science!
Usman Khan, the executive director of the European Health Management Association, assesses the future for today’s European health manager.
An oft-used phrase at the European...
The potential of advanced therapy medicinal products in Europe
Together, the European Commission and the European Medicines Agency are working to bring game-changing advanced therapy medicinal products to the patients who need them.
So-called...
Strategies to improve patient outcomes in kidney transplantation
Professor Luuk Hilbrands, chair of the DESCARTES working group of the ERA-EDTA, discusses the hurdles that remain in kidney transplantation and how they might...
What are the five leading causes of death in Spain?
Ischaemic heart disease, dementia, stroke, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and lung cancer have been revealed as the five main causes of death in...