Britain loses medicines contracts as EU body anticipates Brexit
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Britain loses medicines contracts as EU body anticipates Brexit

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/sep/02/britain-loses-medicines-contracts-as-eu-body-anticipates-brexit By Lisa O’Carroll and Hannah Devlin European Medicines Agency ends pharma evaluations work and moves contracts to bloc Britain’s leading role in evaluating new medicines for sale to patients across the EU has collapsed with no more work coming from Europe because of Brexit, it has emerged. The decision by the European Medicines Agency to cut Britain…

Liver transplants ‘may be unnecessary thanks to new drug treatment’
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Liver transplants ‘may be unnecessary thanks to new drug treatment’

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.com/news/health-45188056 By James Gallagher A potential treatment for sudden liver failure could cut the need for transplants, say scientists at the University of Edinburgh. The liver has an incredible natural ability to repair itself, but this can be lost in some injuries including severe drug overdoses. The therapy is a cancer…

Why stealthy viruses are making you ill
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Why stealthy viruses are making you ill

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-45114842 By James GallagherHealth and science correspondent, BBC News A trick used by viruses to make us sick – “stealth spheres” – has been discovered by scientists. It had been thought viruses were all lone wolves, each on a solo campaign of infection. Instead they can form “packs” of up to 40…

Algorithms may outperform doctors, but they’re no healthcare panacea
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Algorithms may outperform doctors, but they’re no healthcare panacea

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jul/26/tech-healthcare-ethics-artifical-intelligence-doctors-patients By Ivana Bartoletti The potential for AI and other developments in health is huge, but the voices of doctors and patients must first be heard It perhaps shouldn’t come as a surprise that Matt Hancock, the new health and social care secretary, made technology the theme of his first big speech in the…

New drug for recurring malaria
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New drug for recurring malaria

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-44801139 By Smitha MundasadGlobal Health Correspondent, BBC News A new drug to treat malaria has been given the green light by authorities in the United States. The medicine is specifically for the recurring form of malaria – caused by the parasite plasmodium vivax – which makes 8.5 million people ill each year….