Health
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Health African Leaders Urged to Stop Medical Tourism Draining Home Health Systems
The BMJ has published a call for African governments to invest in domestic health infrastructure rather than allowing leaders and wealthy…
28 July 2026 -
Health Alzheimer’s Drug Research: Early Signs for Safer Amyloid-Clearing Treatment
ProMIS Neurosciences is developing an Alzheimer’s drug designed to clear harmful protein build-up with fewer side effects, and early…
28 July 2026 -
Health HSE orders four firms to stop work with engineered stone after safety failures
The Health and Safety Executive has issued prohibition notices against four companies found to lack adequate controls protecting workers…
28 July 2026 -
Health Joint Pain in the Over-50s: What Kent Residents Should Know About a Commonly Missed Condition
Polymyalgia rheumatica is the most common inflammatory disease in people aged 50 and over, yet it is frequently missed or delayed in…
28 July 2026 -
Health NHS in England ‘Will Collapse’ Without Social Care Reform, PM Warns
The Prime Minister has said England’s health service cannot survive without adult social care reform, though he gave no date for when…
27 July 2026 -
Health New Drug Beats Chemotherapy for Rare Pancreatic Cancer in Major Trial
A targeted drug called daraxonrasib has outperformed chemotherapy on survival in patients with previously treated advanced pancreatic…
26 July 2026 - Health
NHS Warned Over Provider Diversity Risks in Health Services
A researcher has warned that opening NHS services to a wider range of providers, without proper safeguards, could make health inequalities…
26 July 2026 -
Health BMJ Research Reviews How Depression Scores Are Measured in Clinics
New findings from the BMJ assess what counts as a meaningful change on the most widely used depression questionnaires in clinical practice…
26 July 2026 -
Health New Drug Combination Outperforms Standard Chemotherapy for Bladder Cancer, Trial Finds
A major phase 3 trial published in the New England Journal of Medicine has found that combining enfortumab vedotin and pembrolizumab…
26 July 2026 -
Health Thirty-Six HIV Drugs Approved in Four Decades, Medical Journal Reports
The New England Journal of Medicine has published a review of antiretroviral therapy covering every drug the US Food and Drug…
25 July 2026 -
Health Stem Cell Treatment for Spinal Cord Injury Passes First Human Safety Trial
A new stem cell therapy for complete spinal cord injury has shown it is safe and workable in humans for the first time, according to a…
24 July 2026 -
Health Medical Students Accused of ‘Unprofessionalism’ for Raising Concerns, Report Warns
A new report warns that medical students in the UK are facing formal accusations of unprofessional behaviour when they speak up about their…
24 July 2026