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  Mortality rates vary widely in English hospitals

  Written by Lorraine Carolan | 24 Jul 2013

  A new study reveals significant hospital-to-hospital variability in patient death rates following emergency surgical admissions in England. Published early online in the BJS (British Journal of Surgery), the study also… read more.

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  Fruitful reminders: Healthy food can improve dieters’ self-control

  Written by Lorraine Carolan | 23 Jul 2013

  Research shows that sight, smell and consumption of healthy food can help dieters to reduce their food intake.  Many dieters’ experience difficulty adhering to diet plans when faced… read more.

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  Sweating regularly may reduce stroke risk

  Written by Lorraine Carolan | 22 Jul 2013

  Breaking a sweat while working out regularly may reduce your risk of stroke, according to new research in the American Heart Association journal Stroke.

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  ESMO 2013 WCGC – Recommendations for the management of Pancreatic NET

  Written by Lorraine Carolan | 19 Jul 2013

  A review of the presentation by Jaume Capdevila, Barcelona Spain.  Unfortunately Neuroendocrine tumours (NETs) are often advanced at the time of diagnosis and the 5 year survival ranges… read more.

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  Calorie information on menus does not improve consumer choices

  Written by Lorraine Carolan | 19 Jul 2013

  Despite the lack of any concrete evidence that menu labels encourage consumers to make healthier food choices, they have become a popular tool for policymakers in the fight… read more.

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  Pregnant antiepileptic drug use impacts child development

  Written by Lorraine Carolan | 18 Jul 2013

  Children whose mothers took antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) while pregnant are at increased risk of early development issues, according to a new study published in Epilepsia, a journal published by… read more.

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  Dementia is falling in UK

  Written by Lorraine Carolan | 17 Jul 2013

  The new study, which was led by Professor Carol Brayne, of the Cambridge Institute of Public Health (CIPH), University of Cambridge, UK, is part of the Medical Research… read more.

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  ESMO 2013 WCGC – Poster Presentation – Diabetes risk factor for TE in GI cancers

  Written by Lorraine Carolan | 17 Jul 2013

  Poster 67 Elizabeth Goode  elizabeth.goode@nnuh.nhs.uk.  Chemotherapy is an independent risk factor for thromboembolism (TE), although current guidelines do not recommend routine use of anti-thrombin agents in this setting.

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  Stroke increase for patients who don’t take meds.

  Written by Lorraine Carolan | 16 Jul 2013

  New research from a study of over 73,000 patients.  People with high blood pressure, who don’t take their anti-hypertensive drug treatments when they should, have a greatly increased… read more.

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  Treating stroke more quickly lowers risk of in-hospital death, hastens discharge

  Written by Bruce Sylvester | 12 Jul 2013

  Taken from JAMA – by Bruce Sylvester – After analyzing data on nearly 60,000 patients with acute ischemic stroke, researchers report that thrombolytic treatment initiated sooner correlates to… read more.

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  Urine test predicts kidney transplant rejection

  Written by Bruce Sylvester | 11 Jul 2013

  Taken from the NEJM – by Bruce Sylvester – Three biomarkers in the urine of kidney transplant recipients can be used to diagnose and predict transplant rejection, researchers… read more.

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  Incidence of eating disorders rises in UK

  Written by Bruce Sylvester | 10 Jul 2013

  Taken from the BMJ – by Bruce Sylvester – The most common type of eating disorder diagnosed in the UK is not bulimia or anorexia, but, rather, “eating… read more.