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Slow progress in tackling global obesity rates.

Written by | 20 Feb 2015

Global progress towards tackling obesity has been “unacceptably slow”, with only one in four countries implementing a policy on healthy eating up to 2010, according to a major… read more.

Lenvatinib improves survival in radioiodine-refractory thyroid cancer

Written by | 18 Feb 2015

by Bruce Sylvester: Lenvatinib treatment has resulted in significant improvement in progression-free survival among patients with advanced radioiodine-refractory thyroid cancer, researchers from a Phase III trial reported in… read more.

EMA Highlights: Green light for new medicines

Written by | 6 Feb 2015

by Gary Finnegan: Seven new medicines have approved at the January meeting of the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) – the European Medicines Agency’s influential… read more.

Insulin dosage for type 2 diabetes linked with increased death risk

Written by | 5 Jan 2015

In a report published today in the journal of Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, researchers from Cardiff University were also able to show a correlation between patients treated with a… read more.

Fat boys make less money when they grow up

Written by | 18 Dec 2014

World Health Matters – Sweden – by Gary Finnegan: Men who are obese as teenagers could grow up to earn up to 18% less than their peers of… read more.

Bariatric surgery appears to significantly lower the risk of type 2 diabetes

Written by | 28 Nov 2014

by Bruce Sylvester: Compared with standard care, bariatric surgery appears to lower the risk of developing type 2 diabetes by about 80% among obese persons, researchers reported on… read more.

ESMO 2014 Report: Precision medicine: Panacea or false dawn?

Written by | 6 Nov 2014

Reports from the European Society for Medical Oncology 2014 Congress in Madrid by Denys Wheatley:  In his talk on Visualising the true spectrum of cancer- will we get… read more.

Bendamustne Lymphoma Case Study

Written by | 4 Nov 2014

Ger Walpole, CNS (Clinical Nurse Specialist), H.Dip Oncology Nursing, BNS(Hons), Sligo Regional Hospital, Sligo.   Dr Andrew Hodgson, MB, BS, BSc (Hons), FRCPI, FFPath, FRCPath.   Written by Karen Mas-Mollinedo… read more.

Female baby boomers with asthma may need help

Written by | 28 Oct 2014

Asthma takes a backseat to other conditions with older women.  Women over the age of 65 face numerous barriers to good health: an increased risk for obesity, greater… read more.

Asthma and obesity, which came first?

Written by | 23 Oct 2014

Evidence suggests childhood obesity comes before asthma.  For years, doctors have known that there is a link between childhood obesity and asthma, but have found it difficult to… read more.

Gout increases diabetes risk, especially among women

Written by | 13 Oct 2014

by Bruce Sylvester: Gout is associated with an increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes, researchers reported on Oct 2, 2014 in the British Medical Journal/BMJ. And the… read more.

Grandparents’ support linked to parents’ willingness to have children and child welfare

Written by | 3 Oct 2014

Grandparents’ support linked to parents’ willingness to have additional children and child well-being.  Grandparents can significantly influence parents’ decisions to have additional children and the well-being of grandchildren,… read more.

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