RECENT NEWS

The newly released 2025 report by the European Environment Agency (EEA ) delivers a powerful wake-up call: chronic exposure to transport noise is responsible for 66,000 premature deaths, 50,000 new cardiovascular cases, and 22,000 newly attributed cases of type 2 diabetes each year across Europe. For cardiologists and public health experts, the message is clear: noise is no longer a mere nuisance — it is a major modifiable cardiovascular and metabolic risk factor.

Scientists at the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology have discovered a key connection between high levels of iron in the brain and increased cell damage in people who have both Down syndrome and Alzheimer’s disease.

A Cochrane review has found that virtual reality (VR), when used in addition to standard therapy, can help stroke survivors regain arm movement.

New research, presented at the European Academy of Neurology (EAN) Congress 2025, has uncovered a powerful link between night time heart rhythm and future health conditions, even in people with no obvious sleep problems.

Bender has appointed Tim Checketts as commercial director to lead sales and marketing operations, and drive growth in critical infrastructure markets - including healthcare.

A rapid national investigation into NHS maternity and neonatal services has been ordered by Health and Social Care Secretary Wes Streeting to provide truth and accountability for impacted families and drive urgent improvements to care and safety, addressing "systemic problems dating back over 15 years".

New research suggests that a healthy microbiome before chemotherapy could help protect breast cancer patients against heart damage, or cardiotoxicity, as a result of cancer therapy.

New research by Swansea University and Cambridge University has revealed the causes and devastating impacts of delays – that can last decades - in diagnosing lupus, an auto-immune condition.

The General Medical Council (GMC) has published new research into the factors that determine whether overseas-qualified doctors choose to pursue their careers in the UK or go elsewhere.

The countdown has started for EBME Expo 2025! The UK’s leading healthcare technology exhibition and conference series takes place next week at the Coventry Building Society Arena, on the 25th and 26th of June.

Hundreds of GP practices will comb patient records to offer urgent tests to people most at risk of pancreatic cancer, one of the deadliest forms of the disease. GP teams will scour online patients records to identify people over 60 who have the key early warning signs of pancreatic cancer including being recently diagnosed with diabetes and sudden weight loss.

A Sheffield consultant gastroenterologist dedicated to improving the lives of patients with irritable bowel syndrome has won a prestigious international award.

​Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust (CLCH) has become the first community trust to enable patients to view their appointments in the NHS App and receive appointment reminder notifications direct to their mobile phones.

The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) marks 75 years of advancing cardiovascular medicine and improving heart health worldwide - a milestone that will be celebrated at ESC Congress 2025, taking place in Madrid from 29 August to 1 September.

A free to join webinar taking place later this month will be encouraging medical device innovators to learn more about new Post-Market Surveillance (PMS) legislation and how to successfully navigate it.

A new report has revealed a paradox at the heart of the NHS workforce crisis: healthcare has surged into the top two career choices among teenagers in England – yet it is not translating into jobs, as the NHS continues to face a £2 billion annual agency staffing bill to fill empty roles.

Better Meds and BD have partnered to integrate BD Pyxis automated dispensing cabinets (ADC) with Better Meds’ electronic prescribing and medicines administration (ePMA) system. The partnership will ensure safer and more efficient medication administration than manual processes on hospital wards, in collaboration with University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust.

An individual from the UK has died after becoming infected with rabies, following contact with a stray dog during a visit to Morocco. The individual was diagnosed in Yorkshire and the Humber.

The government has published new guidelines for health and care providers to train staff, so that people with a learning disability and autistic people will get safer, more personalised care.

Millions of people will now be able to search for and sign up to life-changing clinical trials, via the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Be Part of Research service on the NHS App, allowing patients to browse and find the trials best suited to their interests and needs.