Two experts discuss in the journal BMJ whether childhood vaccination should be mandatory in the UK. According to Paul Offit, Chief of Infectious diseases at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, mandatory vaccination is essential to protect those wh…
â�¨â�¨An article featured in BMJ reports on a ‘white paper’, which investigates as to how India and the UK can collaborate more closely in an equal partnership to improve both nations’ primary health care. â�¨The paper lists a number of opp…
New research has mapped the way that MRSA “superbug” bacteria spread, BBC News has reported. The results suggest that antibiotic-resistant bacteria may often spread from large, inner-city hospitals to smaller regional ones when patients are transfe…
Tenofovir, the anti-HIV drug, is safe to use during pregnancy according to a new study published in PloS Medicine. The researchers, led by Diana Gibb from the MRC Clinical Trials Unit in London, UK, found that the drug does not increase the risk of kid…
Women concerned about PIP breast implants can find all the latest NHS information about the issue in our Health A-Z section on PIP implants.
Worries about the implants have emerged since news of a major investigation into them in France was widely co…
Lyrica® (pregabalin) is now available in a new strawberry-flavored oral solution form in the UK, in order to benefit patients who have difficulty in taking medication in capsule form or for those with dysphagia (swallowing difficulty). Pregabalin is l…
Having several medical conditions is not more predominant in those who are older; a new study published Online First in The Lancet reveals that the majority of patients who suffer from two or more conditions are actually below the age of 65 years. A ra…
“The coil is a much more effective form of emergency contraception than the morning-after pill,” the Metro has reported. The coil, medically known as an intrauterine device or IUD, is often used as a form of long-term contraception, but it can also…
“One in six cancers caused by preventable infections,” the Daily Mail reported today. The story comes from a study estimating that, of 12.7 million new cases of cancer that occurred worldwide in 2008, about 2 million were caused by infectious disea…
According to an investigation conducted by Pulse, hospitals are owed as much as £40m in outstanding fees for treating foreign nationals. The results will most likely fuel the debate over health tourism again and expose incidents in which GPs were un…
