The Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) is seeking views on proposed changes to the Standards for prescribing. The Standards for prescribers have two purposes and so are set out in two parts. The standards […]
Scientists have gained new insights into how the ‘master regulator’ of reproduction affects men’s brains. In a new study, scientists from Imperial College London investigated how a recently discovered hormone called kisspeptin alters brain activity […]
An old antibiotic, called nifuroxazide, could selectively kill dangerous cells within melanomas, the deadliest type of skin cancer, scientists from the MRC Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine at the University of Edinburgh have found. The study, […]
Only a small proportion of cases of dementia are thought to be inherited – the cause of the vast majority is unknown. Now, a team of scientists, led by MRC-funded researchers at the University of […]
Need for research to prevent tragedies. The UK’s biggest fertility research charity, Genesis Research Trust, warns the causes of baby loss are ‘under-researched’ with a ‘hidden psychological burden’ that’s not being adequately addressed. Professor Robert […]
Demonstrated for the first time by high-resolution ultrasound imaging. Patients frequently experience severe chronic pain following knee operations. Although the pain is thought to be due to damage to small nerves, it was hitherto impossible […]
Consultants’ concerns about impact of large waiting lists aired at conference. Patients in the south of the country may go blind as a result of delays in the provision of eye care, hospital consultants have […]
Elections to take place as soon as possible with new Council taking up office on 1 January. After a vote of no confidence at an Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) in Birmingham last week, RCN Council has made the below […]
A stem cell storage service will offer cell storage for use in cutting-edge cloning technologies which could dramatically improve user’s lives. StemProtect.co.uk a UK stem cell bank, has announced it will offer storage services for […]
More than 70,000 knee arthroscopies were performed in 2011 in Australia and, though rates of the surgical procedure are now falling, it still remains one of the most common surgical procedures. The word arthroscopy means to look […]
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