Category: Health

The Science and Technology Facilities Council’s (STFC) Hartree Centre and the Faraday Institution are collaborating to explore how they can accelerate battery innovation in the UK. This unites the Faraday Institution’s excellence in battery research with the Hartree Centre’s strengths in high-performance computing and digital innovation. Under a joint statement of endeavour, they are exploring […]

The NHS is embarking on a trial that could cut prostate cancer diagnosis times from weeks to a single day. The initiative uses artificial intelligence to analyse MRI scans, potentially transforming care for men with the most commonly diagnosed cancer in England. Up to 15 NHS hospitals, including Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, will pilot […]

Transgender people can encounter significant obstacles and barriers within healthcare systems that may hinder access to care or affect the quality of treatment they receive. These challenges vary widely, but together they can create environments that feel less supportive than they should be. A 2025 report found that, in the UK, 52% of transgender people […]

Cancer research is evolving, not just in the lab, but in who is leading it. Increasingly, patients, carers and members of the public are stepping into the research process itself, shaping what questions get asked and how answers are found. This approach, known as patient and public involvement (PPI), brings people with personal experience of […]

In clinical trials around the world, a surprising treatment is showing promise for people with terminal illnesses: psychedelic therapy. For many, the hardest part of dying isn’t physical pain but the fear, anxiety and sense of meaninglessness that often accompany it. While palliative care in the UK is rightly praised for easing pain and managing […]

This Friday, for World Diabetes Day, the UN is highlighting how the disease affects pregnancy, in line with this year’s global theme of managing diabetes “across life stages”. The organization has also launched its first-ever global guidelines on how to manage diabetes before, during and after pregnancy. “These guidelines are grounded in the realities of women’s […]

Professor Davey Smith is known internationally for revolutionising the use of genetic data to understand causal relationships in population health through the development and application of Mendelian randomisation. His technique uses genetic variation to test the causal effects of modifiable risk factors on disease. This method has transformed the field of epidemiology and underpins modern […]

Summary: Minister for Health Jennifer Carroll MacNeill has signed new regulations enabling pharmacists to prescribe medicines for eight common conditions for the first time. The initiative, part of the Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2024, aims to expand access to care and reduce pressure on GP services. Ireland’s healthcare system is set for a major shift […]

The increasing number of injectable cosmetic treatments and fillers carried out around the world is driven by a seemingly universal need to look younger than we are. Most are administered to women, but a growing number of men are having them too. This beauty-is-youth belief has a geological cost. Over 14 million stainless steel hypodermic […]

Cases are on a downward trajectory for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020. But a new report reveals while progress has been made in the global fight against the disease, funding gaps endanger hard-won gains. Funding gap threatens progress  “Declines in the global burden of TB, and progress in testing, treatment, social […]