This article was taken from: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-44160730 By BBC Health News Scientists are warning that levels of resistance to treatments for fungal infections are growing, which could lead to more outbreaks of disease. Intensive-care and transplant patients and those with cancer are most at risk because their immune systems cannot fight off the infections. Writing in Science, researchers…
This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/science/brain-flapping/2018/may/15/mental-health-awareness-is-great-but-action-is-essential By Dean Burnett Raising awareness of mental health problems should be the start of the process of tackling them, not the end It’s mental health awareness week, 2018. And that’s good. It’s important to be aware of something that affects literally everyone, and that a quarter of the population regularly struggle with. It’s…
This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/science/sifting-the-evidence/2018/feb/05/could-ketamine-help-treat-alcohol-dependence By Beth Marsh, Lilla Porffy, Meryem Grabski, Will Lawn Current treatments for alcohol dependence often fail. So researchers are investigating more unusual interventions January 2018 has come to an end and with it the month that people increasingly use to abstain from alcohol. It is still unknown whether Dry January has…
This article was taken from: http://www.wired.co.uk/article/artificial-pancreas By STEPHEN JACOBS Hybrid closed-loop systems are set to change the daily lives of diabetics significantly.Hybrid closed-loop systems are set to change the daily lives of diabetics significantly. Many diabetics have been eagerly anticipating 2018 as the year when several hybrid closed-loop systems hit the commercial market – thanks in no…