29 h. ago PROF ROB GALLOWAY: Our children are risking BLINDNESS from using screens, with myopia rates tripling since the 1990s. Now a pioneering treatment offers a solution...

As a father of five I can worry a lot about my children - especially the amount of time they spend on their phones and screens.

Events

67 h. ago The cancer treatment that hasn't been used once: How patients with rare tumours are being denied lifesaving therapy available on the NHS

The treatment, called selective internal radiation therapy (SIRT), was approved last year, offering a lifeline for patients with a rare neuroendocrine tumour (NET) in the liver.

Science

6 d. ago Three quarters of UK fertility patients offered additional treatments 'not proven' to be effective

An alarming number of fertility patients in the UK are not being informed about the effectiveness or risks of add-on treatments

Science

6 d. ago Majority of fertility patients offered treatments they didn’t need

Three quarters of fertility patients are being offered unnecessary add-on treatments that “are not proven to increase the change of having a baby.”

Science

8 d. ago New Macmillan Cancer Support service opens in Coatbridge thanks to Bellshill company Kirby Group Engineering

Service offers free treatments such as massage, facials, and Reiki to anyone affected by cancer, including their families and carers.

Science

8 d. ago Breakthrough in prostate cancer treatment offers hope for erectile function

The method nearly doubles the proportion of men who maintain erectile function after prostate cancer surgery

Politics

2 w. ago AstraZeneca pays up to $1bn for biotech firm ‘that could transform cell therapy’

UK pharma group acquires Belgium’s EsoBiotec as it announces EU has approved Imfinzi lung cancer drugBusiness live – latest updatesAstraZeneca has struck a $1bn (£773m) deal to buy a Belgian biotech company that specialises in cancer immunotherapies, the latest in a string of acquisitions that also yielded positive results for a late-stage rare disease drug on Monday.EsoBiotec, a small privately held firm founded four years ago in Mont-Saint-Guibert, develops in-vivo cell therapies that empower the immune system to attack cancers, and could offer many more patients access to cell therapy treatments provided in minutes rather than weeks. Continue reading...

Economics

2 w. ago Breakthrough endometriosis treatment approved for NHS use offers hope to thousands

The new pill is the first long-term daily pill licensed to treat the condition, and works by blocking specific hormones that contribute to endometriosis

Politics

3 w. ago UK scientists develop DNA sequencing system to fight superbugs

Exclusive: Sequencing will help doctors identify bacteria that cause infections and offer effective treatments faster and more accuratelyScientists have developed a rapid DNA sequencing system to stem the rise of superbugs by identifying bacterial infections faster and more accurately.Currently, hospital labs can take as long as seven days to specify bacterial infections, while for some infections a definitive diagnosis may take eight weeks. Continue reading...

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