General Medical News

People with mental health problems are struggling to make ends meet, the charity Mind finds.

A gene found to be linked with pre-eclampsia may lead to diagnostic test and early treatment, say US researchers.

People with diabetes who use insulin have no more car accidents than those without the condition, research shows.

Children who have not received all their vaccinations should not be allowed to start school, a Labour MP suggests.

Ministers will warn that England's care system is heading towards a £6bn shortfall unless there is radical reform, the BBC learns.

Depressed fathers may hinder their child's language development, US research suggests.

Scientists are being discouraged from attending Parliament to show their support for proposed embryology and fertility legislation.

Babies born at 23 weeks or earlier are no more likely to survive than they were a decade ago, a study finds.

More than 50% of young people in Liverpool admit to having taken cocaine, a new report claims.

Funding for HIV prevention is being wasted on strategies which have little impact, say US researchers.

Some teenagers and young adults get high on drink and drugs to improve their sex lives, research suggests.

Ministers have sought to allay fears over the forthcoming overhaul of the NHS in England.

A hospital trust claims to have eliminated MRSA bloodstream infections by cutting intravenous injections.

Infectious disease experts have warned parents to check their children are vaccinated after suspected death from diphtheria.

Blood from more than 2,500 donors is thrown away after a National Blood Service refrigeration unit breaks down.

This year, for the first time, three students will receive awards for exemplary projects in Addiction Science at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF), the world's largest science competition for high school students. The Addiction Science award is co-sponsored by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and Scholastic, the global children’s publishing, education and media company.

Pregnant women with blood sugar levels in the higher range of normal -- but not high enough to be considered diabetes -- are more likely than women with lower blood sugar levels to give birth to babies at risk for many of the same problems seen in babies born to women with diabetes during pregnancy, according to a study funded in large part by the National Institutes of Health.

The General Medical Council wins a delay in an investigation into the work of paediatrician David Southall allowing it to assess new evidence.

Smokers with a severe lung condition are tested to assess who is at greatest risk of lung cancer.

Stillbirth rates in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are not decreasing, according to a report.