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Researchers found European cough medicine Ambroxol may reduce psychiatric symptoms, improve cognitive performance About half of those diagnosed with Parkinson's develop dementia within 10 years, profoundly affecting patients, families and the health care system.

Supplementation with krill oil during an alternate day fasting diet helps to reduce the decline in both muscle mass and muscle strength. The fundings, from a new study led by the University of Glasgow and published in the journal Obesity, are the first of their kind to investigate the effects of krill oil on muscle mass and strength during diet-induced weight loss.

Cancer is costly for patients and the NHS - but it also has a significant impact on the UK economy, according to research led by the University of Leeds. The UK could save billions of pounds per year by focusing on cancer prevention, as well as finding and treating cancer earlier, according to the Cost of Cancer report , commissioned by Cancer Research UK.

A teenager who has lost family members including her mother because of a rare genetic hereditary illness has become the first patient in the UK and Europe to have a new treatment developed by Cambridge researchers and approved for use on the NHS.

Boyd English will be 76 years old in July and is looking forward to riding his Harley Davidson motorcycle this summer, thanks to researchers at the Cumming School of Medicine.

Women with acute coronary syndrome (heart attack) suffer more frequently from bleeding complications - often due to inappropriate medication dosages or high-risk access routes during catheter interventions.

Pandemics have been a significant part of human history, playing a crucial role in shaping the story of our species.

Radioactive iodine treatment after thyroid cancer surgery usually means side effects like nausea and time in hospital isolated from loved ones. But new clinical trial results from researchers at UCL mean patients worldwide could now safely be spared this treatment. Globally, around 820,000 people are diagnosed with thyroid cancer each year.

University of Manchester scientists studying invasive aspergillosis are both the world's most cited and the most prolific on the topic, according to an analysis published by Guangxi university in the journal Medicine.

A major new study launching in Scotland aims to show how a simple genetic test could help doctors personalise treatments - boosting medication response and reducing harmful side effects.

In a new book, UdeM pharmacist Pierre-Marie David chronicles a secret research project in the Central African Republic begun in 1989 to test soldiers for HIV and vaccinate them.

Personalised drug treatments have outperformed chemotherapy for leukaemia patients in a trial led by Leeds researchers.

A set of genes that could be used to help doctors predict which children will respond well to treatment for juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) have been identified by researchers at UCL and Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children (GOSH), who are part of the CLUSTER Consortium. JIA is a childhood immune disease where the immune system attacks the body, in particular the lining of the joints.

A study led by University of Manchester epidemiologists has revealed which opioid painkillers are most likely to be associated with constipation in patients with non-cancer pain.

And they mostly prefer symptom relief at end of life rather than prolongation of life but preferences vary according to their jurisdiction's legislation on assisted dying.

A world-first clinical trial targeting cancers that are currently undruggable will begin later this year, led by a research team from The Australian National University (ANU) and Canberra Health Services.

From repurposing everyday camping gear for safely storing medications to developing non-invasive diagnostic testing, Western researchers are rethinking technology to solve pressing health-care challenges - here and around the world.

Patients who received a one-off gene therapy to treat haemophilia are still doing well up to 13 years later, proving that the therapy is safe and long-lasting, finds a new study from researchers at UCL, the Royal Free Hospital and St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Tennessee. The study, published in New England Journal of Medicine , is the longest reported follow-up for any gene therapy for haemophilia B, a rare genetic disorder caused by insufficient levels of a protein in the blood, called factor IX (nine), that promotes clotting after injury.

A new pilot project led by McGill researchers is showing early success in helping cancer survivors return to work, addressing an aspect of recovery they say is often overlooked.

From June 9 to 13, Brussels will host the MPS World Summit, the largest international conference ever dedicated to microphysiological systems (MPS), better known as "organs-on-a-chip.

A daily pill can prolong the lives of people with a "stiff heart" condition called cardiac amyloidosis who have also had surgery to replace a narrowed heart valve, according to a new study led by researchers at UCL and MedUni Vienna.

Study published in New England Journal of Medicine shows that the use of immunotherapy with chemotherapy before lung cancer surgery reduces the risk of cancer returning and improves long term survival for patients. Results from a phase 3 clinical trial published in the New England Journal of Medicine , today [Wednesday, 4 June 2025] show that patients with lung cancer who received an immunotherapy drug, nivolumab, along with standard chemotherapy before surgery had improved long term survival compared to those who received chemotherapy alone, at 5 years after completing treatment.

A daily pill can prolong the lives of people with a "stiff heart" condition called cardiac amyloidosis who have also had surgery to replace a narrowed heart valve, according to a new study led by researchers at UCL and MedUni Vienna. Aortic valve narrowing (aortic stenosis), the narrowing of the valve between the heart's left pumping chamber and the main artery, is often accompanied by cardiac amyloidosis, where misfolded proteins are deposited in the heart muscle.

In 2022, Western Europe experienced the largest surge in reported diphtheria infections in 70 years. Clinical and genomic data from the outbreak point toward transmission routes along established migration pathways into Europe. Rapid interventions successfully contained the outbreak, yet strains from that period continue to cause new infections in the region.

A recent study conducted at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at MedUni Vienna and at the Breast Health Centre of the CCC Vienna at MedUni Vienna and University Hospital Vienna, shows that

A new artificial intelligence (AI) test can identify which men with prostate cancer will benefit most from the life-extending drug abiraterone, in clinical trial results presented by scientists from UCL and the Institute of Cancer Research.

A study by researchers at the IRCM and UdeM offers new hope for understanding and limiting the metastatic recurrence of breast cancer.

When a patient has an organ transplant, clear, accessible information can make all the difference.

The cost of health care is a major burden for people living with chronic conditions and their carers, according to a new study from The Australian National University (ANU).

A potent opioid detected in Canberra for the first time in September 2024 carries a high risk of overdose, warn chemists from The Australian National University (ANU) and drug checking service CanTEST.

A new study has found stark differences in the dementia care received by people in richer and poorer neighbourhoods in Quebec, despite the universal health-care system.