Scottish parliament did not lack courage in voting against assisted suicide bill in 2015
Warlow, a trustee of the pro-assisted dying campaign group Friends at the End, welcomes the…
Category: Science and Health
MPs debate assisted dying amid protests by both sides
bmj;385/apr30_17/q982/FAF1faTim KavanaghThe UK government has ruled out introducing legislation to allow assisted dying in England…
New technology makes 3D microscopes easier to use, less expensive to manufacture
3D microscopes are used in applications from the life sciences to semiconductor manufacturing. Now engineers…
Trotting robots reveal emergence of animal gait transitions
A four-legged robot trained with machine learning has learned to avoid falls by spontaneously switching…
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Fading lights: Multiple threats to North America’s firefly populations
Scientists have applied a data-driven approach to understanding firefly population dynamics on a continental scale….
Research on RNA editing illuminates possible lifesaving treatments for genetic diseases
The research explores how CRISPR can be used to edit RNA. Read Original Article: Research…
Study finds school entry requirements linked to increased HPV vaccination rates
A new study shows that school entry requirements are linked to an increase in human…
Scientists harness the wind as a tool to move objects
Researchers have developed a technique to move objects around with a jet of wind. The…
US coal fired power stations must clean up or close down, says environment agency
Coal fired power plants in the US will have to clean up or close down…
Sixty seconds on . . . anti-ageing products
Do they work?It’s a valid question, but their efficacy isn’t the focus here. A major…
Doctors will shape Labour’s 10 year plan to fix NHS crisis, says shadow health secretary
The shadow health secretary, Wes Streeting, has told the Royal College of Physicians’ annual conference…
Italy: Doctors’ leaders criticise scrapping of medical school entrance exam
Plans to allow medical schools in Italy to take in unlimited numbers of students from…
Plans to tighten up disability benefits are attacked by health and disability representatives
Proposals to overhaul the UK’s disability benefits and make them more targeted to people with…
MP resigns from Tory party over NHS “stretched close to breaking point”
Dan Poulter, a consultant psychiatrist and former health minister, has resigned from the Conservative Party…
Patients should be allowed to request same sex doctor for intimate care, government says
Patients in England can request a doctor of the same sex for intimate care, where…
Perhaps politicians and health leaders could #sayhellotopatients?
Launer encourages clinicians to acknowledge every patient they pass, making eye contact “if not actually…
Say hello to patients: patients can encourage introductions
Launer suggests clinicians “cultivate a routine of looking directly at every patient they pass” and…
Helen Salisbury: Continuity and learning from experience
Continuity of care—seeing the same GP over time—reduces the need for emergency care and increases…
Rammya Mathew: We can’t overlook the backdrop as Britain becomes “a sicker nation”
Plans by the prime minister, Rishi Sunak, to overhaul the sick note system in the…
Health systems and environmental sustainability: updating frameworks for a new era
Healthcare systems around the world have a responsibility to “do no harm” but are responsible…
Taking racism out of clinical guidelines
Health systems continue to grapple with the deeply rooted consequences of systemic racism within healthcare….
Contaminated blood scandal: compensation plans are at risk, campaigners warn
A campaign group representing people affected by the UK infected blood scandal is calling on…
Long snouts protect foxes when diving headfirst in snow
When hunting for mice in winter, red and arctic fox are known to plunge headfirst…
Enzymes open new path to universal donor blood
Researchers have discovered enzymes that remove hindrances that stood in the way of developing universal…
Gemini south reveals origin of unexpected differences in giant binary stars
Astronomers have confirmed that differences in binary stars’ composition can originate from chemical variations in…
More plants on the menu of ancient hunter-gatherers
It has long been thought that meat played an important role in the diet of…
Study reveals cancer vulnerabilities in popular dog breeds
Medium-sized dogs have a higher risk of developing cancer than the very largest or smallest…
AI algorithms can determine how well newborns nurse, study shows
A modified pacifier and AI algorithms to analyze the data it produces could determine if…
Details of hurricane Ian’s aftermath captured with new remote sensing method
Using aerial imagery data and LiDAR, a study remotely identified the hardest-hit areas of Southwest…
Speeding up spectroscopic analysis
Ultrafast laser spectroscopy allows the ascertainment of dynamics over extremely short time scales, making it…
Fixin’ to be flexitarian: Scrap fish and invasive species can liven up vegetables
Greening the way we eat needn’t mean going vegetarian. A healthy, more realistic solution is…
After 25 years, researchers uncover genetic cause of rare neurological disease
Spinocerebellar ataxia 4 is a devastating progressive movement disease that can begin as early as…
T. Rex not as smart as previously claimed
Dinosaurs were likely as smart as reptiles but not as intelligent as monkeys. Read Original…
Breakthrough in brown fat research: Researchers have found brown fat’s ‘off-switch’
Researchers have found a protein that is responsible for turning off brown fat activity. This…
Probing the effects of interplanetary space on asteroid Ryugu
Samples reveal evidence of changes experienced by the surface of asteroid Ryugu, some probably due…
What will it take for a new sanitary revolution in the UK?
Recently the dire state of the UK’s rivers was highlighted once again when rowers in…
Dementia, like any condition, warrants conversations about risks and prevention
Dementia is a condition that is widely misunderstood by many people.1 Admittedly, my knowledge of…
MMR uptake in England quadruples in 2024
The NHS in England has delivered four times as many measles, mumps, and rubella vaccines…
Working alongside senior female doctors could significantly reduce the gender gap in medicine, finds study
The more that female foundation doctors see of senior female doctors during placements, the more…
Disability community feels ignored in Canada’s assisted dying expansion
On 29 February, Canada’s ruling Liberal Party confirmed that a proposed expansion of its medical…
Teaching beyond retirement: the consultant neuroradiologist
Retirement does not mean a doctor has to stop loving medicine or wanting to be…
Quebec man chooses assisted death after emergency department stay leaves him with agonising pressure ulcer
Disability advocates and the family of a tetraplegic patient in Quebec are calling for an…
Computer scientists unveil novel attacks on cybersecurity
Researchers have found two novel types of attacks that target the conditional branch predictor found…
The drama of psychoanalysis
Henry Miller, the witty and now dead neurologist from Newcastle, said that one of the…
ICBs failing to fairly allocate funding to hospices across the country, MPs told
Integrated care boards (ICBs) in some parts of England are giving hospices 20 times as…
Action demanded on alcohol as deaths hit record levels
Campaigners are calling for action to tackle a worsening public health crisis after new data…
Diabetes UK defends partnership with Slimming World in face of criticism
Diabetes UK is to go ahead with its partnership with the weight loss company Slimming…
When I use a word . . . The languages of medicines—British Approved Names
Vocabularies, lexicons, and glossariesAll languages have vocabularies. The definition of a vocabulary in the Oxford…
US Supreme Court hears arguments on whether states can regulate emergency abortions
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments on 24 April that emergency abortions should be…
People in mental health crisis are still being criminalised owing to NHS failures, says report
A “culture of blame shifting and unaccountability” in the NHS has led to the service…