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  • Robotic Arm Controlled by Paralysed Patients
    17 May 2012
    Two patients in the United States who are paralysed from the neck down have been able to use their thoughts to control a robotic arm, allowing one to drink unaided for the first time in almost 15 years. The system links a sensor, implanted on to the surface3 of...
  • £50,000 Invested in Heart Condition Diagnostic Device by The North West Fund for Biomedical
    17 May 2012
    Inventors of a heart condition diagnostic device, Rapid Rhythm Ltd, have received the £50,000 Pathfinder investment from the North West Fund for Biomedical. The spin out Company from the Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, plan to...
  • Early Detection of Cancer Thanks to Groundbreaking Biosensor
    17 May 2012
    The creation of an ultrasensitive biosensor could open up new opportunities for the early detection of cancer and ‘personalized medicine’, thanks to researchers. Findings detailed in a paper in the ‘Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences...
  • UKTI Advances in Assistive Medical Technologies Day
    15 May 2012
    Free places available to UK SME and Research exemplars The HealthTech and Medicines KTN are pleased to announce the UKTI Global Business Summit on Advances in Assistive Medical Technologies, which will take place during the Games on the 3rd September 2012 at...
  • Care in 'Crisis', Claims Diabetes UK
    15 May 2012
    As Diabetes UK claim there are some areas where only 6% of people are getting the recommended regular checks and services, campaigners have warned that diabetes care in England is in ‘crisis’, with less than half of people getting the care they need....
  • DOH Strategy Released to Prevent 7,800 Fatalities Per Year From Hidden Lung Disease
    14 May 2012
    ‘A Companion Document to the Outcomes Strategy for COPD and Asthma’, a Department of Health Publication, has claimed it could save an estimated 7,800 lives annually, if followed across the NHS. It is estimated that approximately two million people...
  • Draft Bill to Modernise Adult Care and Support Included in Queen’s Speech
    14 May 2012
    Last week’s Queen’s speech included a draft bill to modernise support and adult care in England, assessing what action the government would take to help people plan, prepare and make informed choices about their care as well as the support that could...
  • 'GPs Strike Would Put Patients at Risk' Claims Health Minister Simon Burns
    14 May 2012
    Ballot papers were sent out to 103,000 members of the British Medical Association last week, with votes commencing today on whether members should take their first industrial action over the Government’s controversial pension reforms. With results due at the...
  • With 60,000 Frontline Jobs at Risk, Nurses are Stretched to Breaking Point
    14 May 2012
    It has been suggested by the Royal College of Nursing that reforms were shifting care from acute hospitals to community sites were a ‘facade’, as community nurses are among those facing the axe. Appearing on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, RCN...
  • Clean Your Hands Halves MRSA Across England and Wales
    11 May 2012
    Since the 2004 launch of the ‘Clean Your Hands’ campaign, it has been reported that more lives have been saved than any medical development for a generation. A report published in the British Medical Journal claims the amount of soap and alcoholic hand...
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