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Precision Medicine

Why precision medicine is the future of healthcare

Precision medicine allows doctors to select treatments based on a genetic understanding of the patient’s disease. Its potential impact is huge, reducing side effects, treatment times and ...

Nilesh Jain 14 Feb 2019

Global Health

Access to healthcare is not enough – high quality care has to be the target

Research shows poor quality care in low and middle-income countries is probably killing more people than having no access to care at all

Harald Nusser 13 Feb 2019

Future of Health and Healthcare

Here’s how to make 'value-based healthcare' a reality

Powerful data analytics are paving the way to a more patient-centric and productive healthcare system

Jan Kimpen 12 Feb 2019

United Kingdom

How renting could affect your health

Private rented homes are more likely to have damp than social rented or owner occupied homes, and less likely to have central heating.

Amy Clair and Amanda Hughes · The Conversation 11 Feb 2019

Future of Health and Healthcare

Traumatic brain injury in female inmates is taking a heavy toll – yet it’s overlooked

People with traumatic brain injuries are more likely to be violent, more likely to go to prison at a younger age, yet little research exists on brain injury among female prisoners.

Emily Glorney · The Conversation 08 Feb 2019

Future of Health and Healthcare

4 steps towards wiping out cervical cancer

Over half a million cases are still diagnosed a year worldwide, but recent major advances in testing are a promising sign that cervical cancer may one day be a thing of the past.

Sofiat Akinola 07 Feb 2019

Global Health

5 things you need to know about your microbiome

There’s a vast microbial community living within our bodies that most of us know little about. But that may be about to change as scientists make exciting breakthroughs in the field of mi...

Johnny Wood 07 Feb 2019

Global Health

The world is too complacent about epidemics. Here's how to change

Working together, we can strengthen our ability to detect, respond, mitigate, recover, and prevent infectious disease threats

Julie Louise Gerberding 07 Feb 2019

Education, Gender and Work

50% of all employers are less likely to hire obese candidates

Obesity is one of the most controversial health topics, and new research shows it even has knock-on effects in the workplace.

Stephen Bevan · The Conversation 06 Feb 2019

Future of Health and Healthcare

Scientists are killing superbugs with viruses

The overuse of antibiotics have led to the rise of nigh-untreatable superbugs. This new method of fighting illnesses could be groundbreaking.

Matthew Davis · Big Think 05 Feb 2019

Environment and Natural Resource Security

Freshwater is becoming saltier – and it’s bad for the planet and our health

We rely on salt to de-ice roads but it’s increasing the salinity of rivers and lakes and harming aquatic ecosystems.

Henry Bewicke 04 Feb 2019

Future of Health and Healthcare

Gene therapies have a big problem. Here's what you need to know

Gene therapies could offer long-term fixes for a host of incurable illnesses, but some people's immune systems react badly to them. Researchers are looking for ways to help the treatments...

Jovana Drinjakovic · Mosaic Science 31 Jan 2019

Biotechnology

5 life lessons from your immune system

Our immune systems are remarkable defenders of our bodies against illness, but could they could also teach us some valuable lessons for how we work and live?

Joanna Groom · The Conversation 31 Jan 2019