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Call to remove inequalities for adolescents and young adults with cancer
Adolescents and young adults (AYA) with cancer are often missing out on age-appropriate specialist care owing to a lack of awareness of how their...
Vaccination issues that are impacting healthcare professionals
European Association of Hospital Pharmacists Director of Finance Nenad Miljković discusses vaccination issues facing healthcare professionals.
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the topic of vaccination has...
Evaluation shows no cases of clotting from COVID-19 vaccines in Wales
New research has shown that there have been no cases of COVID vaccine-related blood clots in Wales.
The rapid evaluation of the Welsh healthcare data,...
Hand hygiene messaging for infection control
Dr Sophie Rutter of the University of Sheffield speaks to HEQ about how to promote handwashing to children.
As children in countries around the world...
WHO says COVID-19 highlights urgent need to end TB
The World Health Organization (WHO) has said that the COVID-19 pandemic highlights the urgent need to reboot global efforts to bring an end to...
From the world’s first micro insulin pump to automated insulin delivery
Swiss company Ypsomed is committed to driving innovation in diabetes treatment.
Innovation, reliability, and design have always been characteristic traits of Swiss company Ypsomed and...
People with underlying conditions encouraged to get COVID-19 vaccine
UK health charities are encouraging anyone with an underlying health condition to come forward for a COVID-19 vaccine.
A number of UK charities have penned...
World-first test for diagnosing and monitoring Parkinson’s Disease
A team of scientists has developed a new method that offers the hope of developing a ‘game changing’ test that could diagnose and monitor...
Examining the neurological impacts of COVID-19
Dr Rhys Thomas of the COVID-19 Clinical Neuroscience Study’s research team tells HEQ about the neurological damage caused by COVID-19 and the need for...
Clinical study shows natural formulation reduces endometriosis pain
A clinical study has shown successful results in the reduction of endometriosis pain from a natural formulation of trace-metals.
The clinical trial explored the efficacy...
XPhyto’s new PCR test has potential to transform diagnostics
XPhyto Therapeutics has developed an innovative, rapid COVID-19 PCR test that has the potential to completely transform diagnostics.
Picture this pleasing scenario: you are exiting...
UK provides £100m funding to help tackle obesity
People living with obesity are at greater risk of illness and death from COVID-19. To help tackle obesity in the UK, the government is...
Uncovered mechanism may provide new therapeutic strategy for epilepsy
A team of researchers has suggested that a future therapeutic strategy could be aimed at controlling the function of glial cells to treat epilepsy.
In...
T cells key to severity of COVID-19 outcomes
A new study has suggested that a balanced T cell response to COVID-19 is vital in helping the immune system effectively fight the virus,...
Substance could help develop Alzheimer’s medications
Scientists have confirmed that a common spasmolytic drug can suppress neuroinflammation and could lead to the development of medications against Alzheimer’s Disease.
A team of...
Positive opinion for hereditary angioedema medicine for use in patients over 12
The Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has recommended the medicine berotralstat for the routine prophylaxis of hereditary angioedema in patients aged...
Less invasive method discovered for diagnosing potential for Alzheimer’s
Researchers have discovered a less invasive and less costly method of diagnosing the potential for Alzheimer’s disease.
The team has uncovered the novel diagnosis method...
Digital self-monitoring can help with significant weight loss
A new review has shown that self-monitoring using digital health tools is associated with significant weight loss.
The systematic review of multiple randomised controlled studies...
Target for stroke therapy discovered in blood brain barrier
Scientists have discovered an effective therapeutic target for life-changing strokes which could help improve quality of life for patients.
A new study has shown that...
Calls for investment to reduce pancreatic cancer deaths in Europe
Researchers are calling on European policymakers to invest adequate resources to tackle pancreatic cancer in Europe.
There have been limited advancements in the treatment of...