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What can war teach today’s nurses about wound care?
A recreated First World War field hospital and groundbreaking research into wound care will be combined as part of an innovative event partnering history with healthcare next week.
Children’s intensive care under increased pressure
Children's intensive care units were operating under increased pressure as they coped with rising numbers of patients and a lack of specialist nurses, according to the latest audit.
Identifying a test to target cancer drug
Doctors are developing a more personalised approach to the treatment of bowel cancer, thanks to research which has found a way of screening tumours for their susceptibility to drug therapy.
Preventing inappropriate antibiotic use
A collaboration between scientists has helped reduce the prescription of unneeded antibiotics to children in rural China.
Anti-obesity drug acts on brain's appetite control system
A drug that targets the appetite control system in the brain could bring about significant weight loss in people with clinical obesity, according to new research.