Clinics set for Manchester and London NHS experts have revealed that proton beam therapy used to treat children with brain cancer will be available in the UK by 2018. Confirmation of the plans follows the wake of Ashya King, the five year old whose parents took him to the Czech Republic for the treatment. Dr Adrian … [Read more…]
WHO report suicide as “major public health problem” An important report by the World Health Organisation has stated that someone will take their own life every 40 seconds, with suicide being the second leading cause of death in young people aged between 15 and 29. Analysing 10 years of research and data on this topic … [Read more…]
Record number of scans over the past year The number of people having CT scans has sharply escalated over the past year, with the total number of scans carried out estimated to hit a record five million. Experts, who are assessing the risk of scan radiation on health, revealed that the number of computerised tomography (CT) scans … [Read more…]
Paediatrics is a popular area of medicine that manages conditions affecting infants, children and young people. It is a large and varying field that encompasses everything from high-technology specialties such as neonatology, to community-based services like the management of disabled children. It also aims to minimise the adverse effects of disease, while allowing children to … [Read more…]