Bowel cancer: Dr Philippa Kaye lists the symptoms We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Bowel cancer is the second most deadly cancer in the UK, accounting […]

Former National Football League players who had symptoms of concussion during their careers showed poorer performance on cognitive testing, compared with nonplayers, new research shows. “Our results suggest that cognitive impacts of football-related concussion can be really long-lasting and these impacts may be coming from both concussive and subconcussive injury — that is, even head injuries that aren’t severe enough […]

Sitting with a glass of champagne, surrounded by loved ones and at peace – this is how Suzie Jee pictures herself in the last moments of her life. The former nurse has thought about death more than most people after working with terminally ill patients, dealing with her father taking his own life, and being diagnosed with bone cancer. She […]

A growing number of Americans are feeling the effects of the health care staffing crisis in the United States, a new HealthDay/Harris Poll has revealed. Health care has witnessed the greatest recent increase in consumers affected by staffing shortages, more so than retail, hospitality, education, customer support and manufacturing, poll results show. More than a third (35%) of people noticed […]

A study conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) from 2009 to 2017 determined that approximately 1 in 44 children ages 3-17 are diagnosed with some form of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Research also has established that children with ASD have an increased risk of obesity, and obesity has been linked to increased risks for cardiometabolic disorders […]

An Irish study attempting to get at the root of why men and women delay colon cancer screening found that, despite an uptick in colon cancer cases among younger adults, screening isn’t a priority for some adults while others are under the impression that a healthy diet with regular bowel movements negates the need for regular screening. The findings are […]

To help small healthcare organizations make more informed decisions about their electronic health records and patient accounting systems, KLAS researchers interviewed small hospitals (250 beds or fewer) about their experiences, finding significant differences from similar reports in recent years. WHY IT MATTERS Small hospitals are changing their EHRs and patient accounting systems at a greater rate than that of their […]

A new, low-cost, scalable package for diagnosing tuberculosis (TB) onsite in resource-poor community settings is feasible and effective, according to a new trial.   Portable, battery-operated, molecular diagnostic tool, Xpert, was able to detect almost all likely infectious cases of the disease in a community trial of almost 600 participants in South Africa. Published in Nature Medicine, the findings may […]

LONDON (Reuters) – GSK expects to launch its respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine in the U.S. this year without supply constraints and sees China as a major future market for the shot, a senior executive told Reuters. The drugmaker is racing rival Pfizer Inc to introduce the first approved RSV vaccine in the United States, where 14,000 people die annually […]

A new study has revealed that 52% of British schoolgirls feel self-conscious in their sports kit, something boxer Fran Hennessy is trying to change. Food and period poverty are two topics we’re hearing more and more about, but the detrimental impact that not being able to afford often expensive sports bras can have on school girls is something that’s rarely […]