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The shocking burden of sleep apnoea
Vice-president of medical affairs at ResMed, discusses the high burden of sleep apnoea in Europe and how best the health community can respond.
Approximately 175...
Can DNA markers show how likely someone is to smoke?
A new study has found multiple genetic variants, acting as DNA markers, indicating how heavy a person is likely to smoke.
DNA markers comprising of...
World Arthritis Day: Arthritis facts and ways to combat the condition
With today being World Arthritis day, Health Europa highlights ways in which those suffering can combat the condition.
In the UK, roughly 10 million people...
Time for change: EU energy efficiency and renewable energy targets
An urgent call for more ambitious EU energy efficiency and renewable energy targets is set by Leading European Healthcare Institutions.
The European Health Care Climate...
The legal medical cannabis movement
Health Europa explores the various approaches to medical cannabis, as more and more countries around the world move in favour of legalisation.
With medical cannabis...
Tackling mental health: can we defeat the stigma?
The UK prime minister has appointed a minister for suicide prevention with the hopes of tackling mental health.
Health minister Jackie Doyle-Price has been appointed...
Have scientists discovered a way of treating migraines without medicine?
By changing the body’s molecules using a small inhaler, scientists have discovered that treating migraines without medication is a possibility.
Patients suffering from migraines can...
Are malaria parasites adapting to mosquito feeding times?
Research shows that malaria parasites have evolved to become most infectious during the feeding times of mosquitos.
According to a study conducted by scientists from...
260% increase in the sales of fatty foods in France
An overwhelming 1.46 billion burgers was devoured across France last year, with the sales of fatty foods hitting €51 billion.
The 260% rising consumption of...
Criminal investigation launched after medical waste build up
Criminal investigation launched after an accumulation of medical waste, including body parts was permitted to build up at six UK disposal sites.
Late last week...
Did you know: many patients aren’t aware of all the hip surgery options?
Surgeon highlights how most patients that require hip surgery are not aware of all the options that are available to them.
According to Simon Mellor,...
Whole grain health benefits explained
Scientists report newly discovered compounds that could explain whole grain health benefits.
Led by researchers at the University of Finland, whole grain health benefits include...
Fertility in women: psychological stress could reduce odds of conception
New study, published in the American Journal of Epidemiology, finds that psychological stress has the ability to reduce fertility in women.
According to the Boston...
China announces 14% surge in HIV and Aids
The number of citizens in China with HIV and Aids has reportedly increased by 14%
As reported by the BBC, more than 820,000 people are...
Revolutionary technology set to improve the lives of patients
Following a government competition, revolutionary technology will be one step closer to transforming UK healthcare.
Multiple businesses and academics across the UK are set to...
NHS under severe strain with 12% drop in mental health nurses
The Mental Health Network reports evidence of the NHS under severe strain, with a drop in mental health nurses.
Workforce statistics for June 2018 show...
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...
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...
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,...
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...