When does childhood end? That’s the question international researchers are asking as they chart age cut-offs for paediatric services around…
Despite growing burden of diet-related disease, medical education does not equip students to provide high quality nutritional care to patients
Worldwide, nutrition is insufficiently incorporated into medical education, meaning that medical students lack the confidence, skills and knowledge to provide…
Evidence underpinning approval of new cancer drugs raises questions
Around half of trials that supported new cancer drug approvals in Europe between 2014 and 2016 were judged to be…
Teenage Vaping Rises Sharply Again This Year
Preliminary figures from a national survey show that the prevalence of e-cigarette use among minors has doubled from 2017 through…
Medical News Today: Cervical effacement and how to measure it
Cervical effacement occurs as the cervix prepares for vaginal delivery by thinning and shortening. Learn more about cervical effacement here.
Medical News Today: What causes itching after sex?
People may experience genital itching after sex due to irritation, lack of lubrication, or an allergy or infection. Causes and…
Medical News Today: How does sunburn affect dark skin?
Many people believe that dark skin is not susceptible to sun damage. This is not true. Although darker skin tones…
Combination therapies could help treat fatal lung cancers
Combining a new class of drug with two other compounds can significantly shrink lung tumors in mice and human cancer…
New tool in fight against malaria
Modifying a class of molecules originally developed to treat the skin disease psoriasis could lead to a new malaria drug…
Innovative candidate drug against malaria
A molecule once designed to cure the skin disease psoriasis appears to be particularly effective against malaria. The antimalarial properties…