People experiencing a psychotic episode for the first time are less likely to receive early psychological interventions in England if they are from an ethnic minority background, finds a new study led by UCL researchers. Some groups were only half…

Medics with just two years of training are ‘bending the rules to write prescriptions’: Calls grow to regulate physician associates The Government wants to recruit 10,000 physician associates by 2038 Unregulated medics with just two years of training are risking patient…

An outbreak of diphtheria in northeastern Guinea has killed 58 people, many of them young children, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a statement received Thursday. The highly contagious respiratory disease can be fatal in five-10 percent of cases,…

Following an investigation into the breach of the protected health information of 206,695 individuals, the Office of Civil Rights announced a settlement with Doctors’ Management Services – which provides medical billing, payor credentialing and other third-party healthcare services to several…

TOPLINE: Teplizumab (Tzield) infusions in children and adolescents with new-onset type 1 diabetes met the primary endpoint of preserved beta-cell function and trended toward improved secondary glycemic endpoints. METHODOLOGY: The study was a phase 3, randomized, placebo-controlled trial of teplizumab…

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Adding front-of-package ingredient disclosures significantly increases caregivers’ ability to identify the presence and absence of common ingredients in sweetened fruit drinks and flavored waters and unsweetened 100% juice, according to a new paper from researchers at the Rudd Center for…

Cancer Research UK provide details on lymphoma The MD and Chief of Infectious Diseases at Cancer Treatment Centers of America, Mashiul Chowdhury, confirmed that flu and cancer symptoms can feel the same. Chowdhury said: “The symptoms of the flu often…

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Sir David Attenborough is back on our screens this weekend as he presents Planet Earth III on BBC. The naturalist said of the highly-anticipated series, which focuses on the four corners of the globe: “The natural world is not always…