Headlines…

A new brain scanner to help paralysed people spell words has been developed. (BBC, 02.07.2012)

More genetic links to osteoarthritis discovered, bringing the total number to eleven. (BBC, 03.07.2012)

Hospital services need to close to improve care for patients, has warned the head of NHS confederation. (The Telegraph, 04.06.2012)

Rise in UK drug-resistant tuberculosis cases, the Health Protection Agency revealed. (BBC. 05.07.2012)

Hospital trust reviews 25 deaths after ‘data reporting’ issues. (Pulse Today, 06.07.2012)

Headlines…

Junior doctors are now required to spend at least four days shadowing at the start of their first job in the NHS, the government announced. (BBC, 25.06.2012)

Better treatment for asthmatic patients could save up to 1000 people from dying each year. (Telegraph, 26.06.2012)

Two-hour meningitis test development by British scientists. (Telegraph, 27.06.2012)

Early administration of aspirin in patients treated with alteplase for acute ischaemic stroke: a randomised controlled trial (The Lancet, 28.06.2012)

Drink companies have a long way to go to meet public health’s responsibility deal deadline set by the Government. (OnMedica, 29.06.2012)

Headlines…

NHS ‘fails’ to meet need of mental illness sufferers a report from the London School of Economics suggests. (Telegraph, 18.06.2012)

Kidney patients have same risk of MI as cardiac patients. (OnMedica, 19.06.2012)

New standards for acute medicine launched by the Society for Acute Medicine. (HospitalDr, 20.06.2012)

GP national strike had a more limited disruption to patients than feared. (BBC, 21.06.2012)

Telehealth can reduce deaths and hospital visits new study suggests. (OnMedica, 22.06.2012)

Headlines…

New scheme to boost physical activity ahead of the Olympic Games and European Football championships. (On Medica, 11.06.2012)

Ethical approval given for mitochondria donation in fertility treatments. (The Guardian, 12.06.2012)

Liquid glucagon formulation may be useable in standard diabetes pumps (News Medical, 13.06.2012)

‘Hitchhiking’ anti-cancer viruses ride blood cells, shows a study published in Science Translational Medicine. (BBC, 14.06.2012)

Possible genetic link between diabetes and Alzheimer’s disease identified. (BBC, 15.06.2012)