Tag: Health
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Phones, probes and sensors to transform healthcare Innovative projects including: smart-phone test and tracking systems for infectious diseases; fibre optic probes that can monitor people’s condition in intensive care; and in-home sensors that can relay patient information to doctors immediately, have benefitted from a £32 million investment. The funding from the Engineering and Physical Sciences…
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The owner of a tanning salon in Flint, Wales, has become the first person to be prosecuted under sunbed regulations. Sunbed use – the rules in Wales The Sunbeds (Regulation) Act 2010 came into force in April 2011. Under the regulations, a sunbed business must do the following: Prevent under-18 from using a sunbed on…
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176 hospices across England have been awarded a share of £60 million of government funding, to improve end of life care. Click here for more » Image: 123RF
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Breast cancer research
A new study, published by the British Medical Journal, reports on new findings in breast cancer survival: A study published in the British Medical Journal shows that breast implants seem to affect the survival of women who are subsequently diagnosed with breast cancer. The authors of the study stress that these findings are to be…
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Bridging the gap between medical professionals and complementary therapists
This is an interesting article from American therapy organisation, Institute for Integrative Healthcare Studies on how to bridge the gap between medical professionals and complementary therapists. Article
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‘The sound of an instrument or parent singing can make a newborn sleep better and puts them in a quietly attentive state.’ An article from the Daily Mail reported on a new study examining the benefits of musical therapy on premature babies and babies with issues such as respiratory distress and sepsis. The study was carried…
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A new study by the University of Portsmouth has found that reflexology may reduce pain by 40%. Dr Carol Samuel, who is a trained reflexologist and who carried out the experimental procedures at the University of Portsmouth as part of her PhD, said: “As we predicted, reflexology decreased pain sensations. It is likely that reflexology…
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Researchers at the University of Warwick have found a way to produce chocolate, using agar, that reduces its fat by half. A report at an American Chemical Society meeting described a method using the popular gelling agent agar to make tiny “sponges” that displace fat. University of Warwick researchers said water, fruit juice or even…
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The European Journal of Integrative Medicine has announced an open access special issue on Clinical Guidelines for Integrated Practice. Clinical guidelines are designed to support decision-making processes in patient care. How relevant are they to practice, are they used in practice, do they improve care, how are they constructed and disseminated? Often the content of a guideline is based…
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Instructor Live is a new interactive workout website that means we’re finally out of excuses why we can’t get fit. (via http://fashion.telegraph.co.uk/beauty/news-features/TMG9954242/Online-fitness-gets-a-boost-with-Instructor-Live.html)
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Scientists have developed a tiny under the skin blood-testing device Prof De Micheli, of Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, said: “It will allow direct and continuous monitoring based on a patient’s individual tolerance, and not on age and weight charts or weekly blood tests.” More info Image: 123RF
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Antimicrobial resistance poses ‘catastrophic threat’, says Chief Medical Officer Global action is needed to tackle the catastrophic threat of antimicrobial resistance, which in 20 years could see any one of us dying following minor surgery, England’s Chief Medical Officer Professor Dame Sally Davies said today. The stark warning comes as the second volume of the…
